Max Azen (Azinsky)

1868 - 1943  (74 years)

• Name	Max Azen (Azinsky)
  Birth	30 Dec 1868	Dvinsk, LATVIA, RUSSIA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Naturalized	24 Aug 1907	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  	US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
  Death	10 May 1943	Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania   [2]
  Burial	Bnai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I102	Azen
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Isaac Koppel Azen
  Mother	Fay Rachel
  Family ID	F140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1
  Children	+ 1. Rebecca Azen,   b. 5 May 1893, RUSSIA d. 7 Feb 1972, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Lottie Bessie Jacobson,   b. 1870 or 1873, LATVIA d. 25 Nov 1943, Connellsville, FAYETTE, Pennsylvania (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	ca. 1894	RUSSIA
  Notes	1907 1840 Locust Avenue, PGH 1909 1211 Fifth Avenue, PGH 1915 1013 Bluff Street, PGH and all children 1918 1013 Bluff Street, PGH 1929 708 N. Negley Avenue, PGH 1938 5535 Beacon Street, PGH
  Children	+ 1. Maurice David Azen,   b. 21 Oct 1896, Russia d. 1 Jun 1981, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania (Age 84 years) + 2. Louis James Azen,   b. 21 Jul 1900, RUSSIA d. 5 Nov 1963, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania (Age 63 years)   3. Anna Azen,   b. 25 Nov 1898, RUSSIA d. 18 Dec 1918, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania (Age 20 years) + 4. Freda Azen,   b. 18 Sep 1902, RUSSIA d. 28 Jun 1994, Rockville, MONTGOMERY, Maryland (Age 91 years) + 5. Edward Allen Azen,   b. 21 Jan 1899, Dvinsk, RUSSIA d. 2 Oct 1966, Miami, DADE, Florida (Age 67 years) + 6. Hyman Azen,   b. 23 Sep 1903, Dvinsk, RUSSIA d. 20 May 1968, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania (Age 64 years) + 7. Yetta Ethel Azen,   b. 1 Mar 1905, LATVIA, RUSSIA d. 30 Oct 1994, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania (Age 89 years) + 8. Rose Azen,   b. 27 Jun 1907, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania d. 1 Jul 1967, Connellsville, WESTMORELAND, Pennsylvania (Age 60 years) + 9. Phillip J. Azen,   b. 19 Mar 1909, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania d. 4 Dec 1979 (Age 70 years) + 10. Doctor Samuel Charles Azen, M.D.,   b. 18 Aug 1911, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania d. 23 Apr 1998, San Marcos, LOS ANGELES, California (Age 86 years) + 11. Harry Azen,   b. 26 May 1913, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania d. 4 Mar 1994, Coronado, SAN DIEGO, California (Age 80 years)
  Photos		1840 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA ca. 2000 Max Azen residence ca. 1906-1909
  Documents » Slide Show		Ship's Manifest-SS Ivernia arriving Boston, MA 30 Aug 1906 Max Azen immigration
  		Federal Census 1940 - Max Azen family 5530 Beacon Avenue, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania
  		Federal Census 1920 - Max Azen Family 708 North Negley Avenue, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania
  		Federal Census 1910 - Max Azen Family 1211 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania
  		Pittsburgh City Directory 1907 - Max Azen family 1840 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania
  		City Directory of Pittsburgh, 1915 - Max Azen family 1013 Bluff Street, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania
  Headstones		Headstone of Max and Bessie (Jacobson) Azen
  Histories » Slide Show		1910 Census of Pittsburgh Max Azen
  		1920 Census of Pittsburgh,PA Max Azen
  		Federal Census 1930 - Max Azen family 940 North Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2025

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Max Azen laying cornerstone for Bnai Israel Synagogue Max Azen was the building chairmanfor the new synagogue in East Liberty, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  		Max Azen, ca. 1930's
  		Max Azen Obituary Pittsburgh Jewish Criterion, May, 1943
  		Max Azen testimonial
  		New Store Announcement Pittsburgh Jewish Criterion, 1947
  		Max Azen Advertisement, 1923 Pittsburgh Jewish Criterion

  
  

  Documents		Max Azen DC State of Pennsylvania
  		Max Azen Petition for Naturalization

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		Max Azen (the Furrier) Bio
  		Declaration of Intention for Naturalization 24 August, 1907 - Max (the Furrier) Azen
  		Petition for Naturalization 13 July 1914 - Max (the Furrier) Azen
  		Grant of Naturalization 7 July 1915
  		SS Ivernia Ship on which Max Azen came to America-arriving in Boston, Massachusetts on 30 August, 1906
  		Max Azen Naturalization showing Name Change to Azen from Azinsky; brother in law is Marcus Azinsky
  		New Castle News (New Castle, Pennsylvania) Thursday, June 20, 1912, p. 8 Max Azen's Alaskan Furs Store 21 East Washington Street New Castle, Pennsylvania
  		New Castle News (New Castle, Pennsylvania) Friday, May 10, 1912, p. 12 Max Azen's Alaska Furs Store 21 East Washington Avenue New Castle, Pennsylvania
  		New Castle News (New Castle, Pennsylvania), Thursday, Jul 10, 1913, p. 12 Max Azen's Alaska Fur store 21 East Washington Street New Castle, Pennsylvania

  
  

• Notes

  Mordechi ben Yitzhuk Yahov

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Naturalization Records (Reliability: 3). [S2] Obituary.