Alexander
Sved was born on 26 Nov 1891 in Gyoma, Bekes, Hungary. He was the second of
four children born to Frank Sved and Regina Newman, both also born in Hungary.
I have yet to find his immigration information, but according to census
information, he may have emigrated to the United States in 1905 along with his
parents, sisters Rita and Ella and his brother, Henry.
As
noted in the 1910 US Census he was not employed. However his younger siblings
were. Alexander became a naturalized citizen by1914. In 1915 he was residing
with his parents and siblings at E. 158th Street in the Bronx, a borough of New
York City.
By
1917, he had moved to 626 Bergen Ave. in New York City. Alexander attended the
New York College of Dentistry and worked as a dentist his entire adult life.
1917 WWI Draft Registration Card |
Alex
never served active military duty as he was exempted from the draft due to
having 3 fingers broken on his right hand. However he did work as a hospital
apprentice in 1917 at a US Naval Hospital. As described on his military
records, Alex was 5'8", 160 lbs., with brown hair, brown eyes and a light
complexion
On
October 3, 1920, Alex married Irene Oppenheim, becoming the husband of my mother’s
first cousin, once removed (!).
The
couple lived at 1967 7th Avenue in New York in the early 1920s. Alex and Irene
had three children. Erda was born in 1923. John Russell was born in 1930.
Sadly, their daughter Rose died in infancy.
By
1930 Alex and Irene had moved to 63 Henry Street in Merrick, Long Island. It
was at this home that the Sveds providing a safe haven for my mother,
grandmother, and great-grandmother, when they arrived in the US in 1938. (more about
this in a future post)
By
1942 the Sveds moved to 322 Central Park West in New York City, where Alex
continued to practice dentistry maintaining an office at 654 Madison Ave.
By
the mid-1950s, Alex and Irene had moved to Dock Lane at King’s Point in Great
Neck, Long Island, NY.
Hi. I am James Edward Sved, and Alexander was my paternal grandfather. Thank you so much for posting this.
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