By 1910, the Dubersteins had moved up -- and uptown, to the Bronx, where they resided at 408 E. 140th St. The census that year listed Morris as a "manufacturer, ice cream wafers" -- which fits nicely with the many family stories of his having invented the ice cream cone, or the ice cream sandwich, or something along those lines. Eldest daughter Anna B. (what did the B. stand for? I don't think I ever heard of her having a middle name...) was employed as an "operator, shirtwaists" while her sister Bertha ("Betsy" in the 1900 census and "Breine" on the ship manifest) was working as a milliner in a wholesale store. Jack was a bookkeeper in a coal yard, and Julius -- begininng a long history of family employment -- was keeping the books for his father. The younger children were still at home.
The 1910 census seems to settle the question of where Gerald, the youngest, had been born. In the 1900 census he was listed as having been born in the U.S., but that can't be right, if he was shown on the ship manifest when they came over from Minsk/Hamburg that year. Just another case of the government not quite getting it right ...
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Just found this blog and wondered how things have come along since your last post--my grandmother (who married a Duberstein, so this was her talking about my grandfather's family) used to tell us the story of my great (or it must have been great great...) grandfather inventing the ice cream cone. We always took it with a huge grain of salt, but maybe she knew what she was talking about. Surely this must be the same Duberstein...I'd love to be in touch and hear more about what you've learned! canicas at hotmail dot com
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