[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Jun 30, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.2669.186]
Individual: Abookire, Elias Social Security #: 288-30-8164 SS# issued in: Ohio
Birth date: Jun 29, 1887 Death date: Dec 1964
Residence code: Ohio
Both Anthony and Elias Abookire worked in the steel mills in Pittsburg for a while. Sometime after 1912, Elias, His wife Eugenie and daughter Claire ( she was still a baby ) moved to Kansas City for unknown reasons .Elias had a succesful grocery store in Independence, MO where our former president Harry Truman had a haberdashery shop close by. Phillip Abookire was told the following story by his father. Because Elias was a " foreigner " the Ku Klux Klan started a campaign against him and eventually picketed his store. Business fell off drastically and he was forced to leave the area. The reason ELias moved to Cleveland was because Eugenie's sister, Isabele Mady Karim was there and provided a temporary base.(related by Phillip Abookire)
More About Elias Abookire: Burial: Unknown, Lakewood Park Cemetary, Rocky River, Ohio. Education 1: SS# issued in: Ohio.9 Education 2: Social Security #: 288-30-8164.9
Children of Elias Abookire and Eugenie Mady are:
Claire Kire, b. 03 May 1912, Mckeesport, Pennsyvania9, d. 17 May 1993, Cleveland, Ohio9.
+Floyd George Abatt, b. 21 Oct 1920, Kansas City, Missouri9, d. 22 Nov 1965, Detroit, Michigan9.
Elias Abookire (b. 29 Jun 1887, d. 24 Dec 1964)
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