{geni:about_me} Born: [Sept. 28] 1882 Wien Gewitsch Carl to: Hermann/Stricker Friederike

Married, per Genteam.at:
* Year [Dec. 23] 1909, Numerative [https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-2579...,344266302,344325801 '''470'''] Volume Stadttempel
* Last Name Gewitsch First Name Karl
* Last Name Merz First Name Aloisia J

''Immigration'':

Passenger '''Carl Gewitsch''' (28yrs) and '''Luisa Gewitsch''' (22yrs) [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJGG-T59 arrived Ellis Island], New York aboard the ''Martha Washington'' on October 24, 1911
* Batch Number: P00122-0 Page Ref. Number: 6 Page Line Numbers: 0026-0027
* Age at Arrival: 28y; 22y
* Marital Status: '''M'''
* U. S. Citizen? No
* Nationality: Austria, Austrian
* Place of Residence: Austria, Wien
* Ship Name: ''Martha Washington''
* Ship Arrival Port: New York
* Departure Port: Patras
* Standardized Departure Port: Patras, Akhaia, Peloponnessos, Greece

When Carl Gewitsch [https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-25967-20044-35?cc=1968530 registered] for the World War I draft in September 1918, he was working for the Standard Kid Mfg Co. of Boston. He lived at 14 Westland Ave., Boston; Luisa was living in Wilmington, Delaware.

From [https://books.google.com/books?id=Jus-AQAAMAAJ&...itsch%22&f=false ''Shoe and Leather Reporter, Volume 133 (1919)'']: "''Banquet of Standard Kid Mfg. Co. employees''. Benjamin Simons, general manager of the Standard Kid Mfg. Co., Boston, acted as toastmaster at a banquet of the employee of this concern held . . . February 15. The banquet was tendered to the president of the concern, Sol Agoos, for his liberal and generous policy toward the employes. The bonuses this year averaged more than 25 per cent of the salaries received. ... Carl Gewitsch rendered classical selections on the piano and on the violin."

In 1919 Carl Gewitsch filed a [https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-39693-43691-83?cc=2185145 U.S. Passport application], stating he had been naturalized as a U.S. citizen on April 7, 1919 in Boston, having immigrated inOctober 1911 via Palermo, Sicily {Ellis Island record says Patras, Greece}. He planned to travel to Vienna "for about a year."

Carl Gewitsch appears in the [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFMN-Y1X '''1920'''] US Census for Boston, Mass., living in a boarding house -- no relatives.

In May 1921, Carl Gewitsch went to Vienna "for business reasons." While there, he filed an [https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-37920-8621-59?cc=2185145 application] for a U.S. Passport in December 1922. He stated, "Icame to Austria [in May 1921] for the purpose of selling leather for various American concerns . . . I desire to continue the sale of leather in Austria for the next year or two . . . I find that I cannot do profitable business here. So far business has been very poor but I desire to try further in the hope that conditions will improve. If not, I shall return to the U.S." (see in MEDIA).

He did return to the U.S., in May 1923, [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNFZ-L29 sailing from Bremen] to Boston on the ''President Arthur'' (marked ''Single'').

In 1925, Carl married Agnes _____ (b. 1891, Boston), per Massachusetts Marriage Index via ''Ancestry.com''

Carl Gewitsch appears in the [https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-2784...,805008101,954013201 '''1940'''] US Census at 324 W. 101st Street, near Riverside Drive, in Manhattan -- with occupation "automobile salesman."
* ''Household Role Gender Age Birthplace''
* Carl Gewitsch Head M 58 born Austria
* Agnes Gewitsch Wife F 48 born Massachusetts
* Last Place of Residence (1935): Paris, France

In 1942, when he [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT9T-X2H registered] for the World War II draft, Carl worked for The Kerner Company of Newark, New Jersey.