Charles Herman BILSKY

1887 - 1964  (77 years)

• Name	Charles Herman BILSKY
  Born	15 May 1887  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	owned dry goods and grocery store and scrap yard; later, owned buildings  [2]
  	According to his granddaughter, Phillis Bilsky Wolk: "My grandfather Charles was born in Clarksville, Tennessee and did lots of odd jobs as a teenager. When he got married to Bessie Dattel, they moved to Sunflower, Mississippi, to open a dry goods store. They then moved to Paris, Tennessee to open another dry goods store. (Issy and Toby were born there.) Then they moved back to Clarksville and opened a department store. (Ruben and Celia born there.) Then they moved to Forest City, Arkansas, and opened dry goods and a scrap yard. Uncle Issy ran the Scrap, and Dad [Ruben] and Uncle Toby ran the dry good then grocery store. The boys went into the army and, after the war, moved to Memphis, Tennessee. 'Papa' retired and moved to Memphis so Aunt Celia could meet Jewish boys. Papa then had some properties. (I used to go with him as a child to collect rents.) The true wandering Jews!"
  Died	30 Dec 1964  [1]
  Buried	Baron Hirsch Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee
  		Charles Herman Bilsky's footstone Plot: Section 12, Row A, Plot 9
  Person ID	I1199	Our Family Tree | Bilsky & Bernard branches, Piaskowski relatives, Przybylski and Bilsky relatives, Urbach & Bilsky branches
  Last Modified	28 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Solomon (Szlama) PRZYBYLSKI (BILSKY),   b. 12 Jan 1866, Belchatow, Poland ,   d. 23 Jan 1935, Stuttgart, Arkansas  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Rose/Ruby (Razel),   d. Bef 1897, London, England, UK
  Married	Bef 1891	Poland
  Photos		Solomon Bilsky with his sons: Max, William, and Charles
  Family ID	F2261	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bessie DATTEL,   b. 15 May 1890, Tukum (Tukums), Latvia ,   d. 13 May 1979, Memphis, Tennessee  (Age 88 years)
  Married	11 Jan 1914
  Children	+ 1. Isador Paul BILSKY,   b. 22 Mar 1917, Paris, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Feb 2007, Tennessee  (Age 89 years) + 2. Toby BILSKY,   b. 17 Aug 1920, Paris, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Apr 1987  (Age 66 years) + 3. Ruben William BILSKY,   b. 25 Nov 1921, Clarksville, Tennessee ,   d. 30 May 2010  (Age 88 years) + 4. Celia Mai BILSKY,   b. 15 Jul 1926, Clarksville, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Apr 2010  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	28 May 2013
  Family ID	F2204	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  According to his granddaughter, Phillis Bilsky Wolk: "His name was Charles, but he thought it was fancy to have a middle name, so he added the Herman himself, and liked to be called "C.H." and had that on his grocery store sign."

  
  

• Sources

  [S036] Photograph of gravestone. [S037] Phillis Bilsky Wolk (personal communication).