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Emilio Signes MonfortAge: 66 years1903–1970

Name: Emilio Signes Monfort

Given names: Emilio

Surname: Signes Monfort

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Birth	May 4, 1903 Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain
Baptism	May 6, 1903 (Age 2 days) Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain Note: Godparents: Pascual MONFORT PONS and Ana PEDRO SIGNES
First communion	May 2, 1912 (Age 8 years) Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain
Immigration	June 16, 1920 (Age 17 years) New York, NY, USA Note: He sailed from Le Havre on the "Leopoldina" on 5 June 1920 and arrived at Ellis Island on 16 June 1920. He listed as his contact in the US, a friend, Alberto COSTA, in Bridgeport, CT.
Occupation	peasant (campesino) between 1912 and 1920 (Age 8 years) Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain _SDATE: 1 JUL 1912
Education	at the Lafayette Evening Elementary School and received an Elementary School Equivalency March 28, 1929 (Age 25 years) Newark, Essex County, NJ, USA
Census	April 1, 1930 (Age 26 years) Newark, Essex County, NJ, USA Note: His entry, at 116 Bruen Street, reads " Signes Amilea, lodger, male, white, 27, single, not in … His entry, at 116 Bruen Street, reads " Signes Amilea, lodger, male, white, 27, single, not in school, can read and write, born in Spain, parents born in Spain, original language = Spanish, immigrated in 1920, occupation = laborer, felt factory, currently working, not a veteran of US military." In ancestry.com his last name is indexed as "Signer."
Occupation	laborer, machinist and weaver between July 1920 and 1966 (Age 17 years) _SDATE: 15 JUL 1920 Note: All of these jobs were in the northeastern US, mostly in northern NJ. Among his many jobs: a record… All of these jobs were in the northeastern US, mostly in northern NJ. Among his many jobs: a record-making factory in Connecticut, a railroad in Pennsylvania, the American Hair and Felt Company in Newark (in the 30s; he was listed as a laborer in a felt factory in the 1930 census). During World War II he worked at the Wright Aeronautical Company doing very exacting work on propellors. After the War he became a weaver, making rugs at the Beattie Manufacturing Company in Little Falls, NJ. There was a time he held two jobs at one time. I (Emil SIGNES) remember him sleeping in the attic room with a dark green shade between about 8 AM and 2 PM and going back to work - 2nd shift at Curtis Wright (Caldwell, NJ), 3rd shift at Beattie's - then repeating the process day after day.
Residence	at 116 Bruen Street 1930 (Age 26 years) Newark, Essex County, NJ, USA _SDATE: 1 JUL 1930 Note: This, and other Newark addresses, are in the Ironbound section of the city.
Residence	at 118 Brill Street December 26, 1934 (Age 31 years) Newark, Essex County, NJ, USA
Unspecified	was vacationing in Spain at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. July 1936 (Age 33 years) Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain _SDATE: 15 JUL 1936 Note: Being a citizen of Spain, he was lucky to be able to escape. For details, see http://emilito.org/family/emilito/signes/1936/1936trip.html ...
Unspecified	returned to the US after escapting the Spanish Civil War August 15, 1936 (Age 33 years) Note: He and Carmen sailed on the S.S. Columbus which left Cherbourg on August 8 and arrived in New York on August 15.
Naturalization	February 17, 1937 (Age 33 years) Note: To keep his mother's maiden name, changed name to Monfort SIGNES when he was naturalized.
Education	in Machine Shop Practices at Dawson Institute of Technology and earned a diploma February 27, 1941 (Age 37 years) Newark, Essex County, NJ, USA
Death	April 1, 1970 (Age 66 years) Paterson, Passaic, NJ, USA Note: He died at St. Joseph's Hospital of a heart attack suffered the night before while en route home from a Metropolitan Opera performance of Aida.
Burial	April 4, 1970 (3 days after death) Paterson, Passaic, NJ, USA Note: He is buried in Holy Sepulcher Cemetery next to his wife Carmen.

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Baptism	Godparents: Pascual MONFORT PONS and Ana PEDRO SIGNES
Immigration	He sailed from Le Havre on the "Leopoldina" on 5 June 1920 and arrived at Ellis Island on 16 June 1920. He listed as his contact in the US, a friend, Alberto COSTA, in Bridgeport, CT.
Census	His entry, at 116 Bruen Street, reads " Signes Amilea, lodger, male, white, 27, single, not in school, can read and write, born in Spain, parents born in Spain, original language = Spanish, immigrated in 1920, occupation = laborer, felt factory, currently working, not a veteran of US military." In ancestry.com his last name is indexed as "Signer."
Occupation	All of these jobs were in the northeastern US, mostly in northern NJ. Among his many jobs: a record-making factory in Connecticut, a railroad in Pennsylvania, the American Hair and Felt Company in Newark (in the 30s; he was listed as a laborer in a felt factory in the 1930 census). During World War II he worked at the Wright Aeronautical Company doing very exacting work on propellors. After the War he became a weaver, making rugs at the Beattie Manufacturing Company in Little Falls, NJ. There was a time he held two jobs at one time. I (Emil SIGNES) remember him sleeping in the attic room with a dark green shade between about 8 AM and 2 PM and going back to work - 2nd shift at Curtis Wright (Caldwell, NJ), 3rd shift at Beattie's - then repeating the process day after day.
Residence	This, and other Newark addresses, are in the Ironbound section of the city.
Unspecified	Being a citizen of Spain, he was lucky to be able to escape. For details, see http://emilito.org/family/emilito/signes/1936/1936trip.html ...
Unspecified	He and Carmen sailed on the S.S. Columbus which left Cherbourg on August 8 and arrived in New York on August 15.
Naturalization	To keep his mother's maiden name, changed name to Monfort SIGNES when he was naturalized.
Death	He died at St. Joseph's Hospital of a heart attack suffered the night before while en route home from a Metropolitan Opera performance of Aida.
Burial	He is buried in Holy Sepulcher Cemetery next to his wife Carmen.
Note	Played the guitar, loved automobiles and travel; had a special interest in world affairs. Stories of Gata: 1. Novelty -- it rarely got below freezing in Gata, and of course there were no refrigerators; he remembers the time his father woke the children up early to see a new formation covering the top of the wash basin -- a thin layer of "ice"! 2. Slavery. He remembered vividly when he was a young boy and his father promised to tell him about slavery. He woke him at about 4 AM one morning and walked him to the train station. There was a large group of people standing on the platform. In those days there was one particular train per week from Madrid that arrived at about 4:30 AM. Part of its cargo was cigarettes, and the crowd, pacing back and forth, had gathered because of their need to purchase them as they were being unloaded. "Those," his father said, "are slaves." Emilio never smoked. Dolores BALL (Carr) wrote in 1992, "A model husband and father, ever ready to help anyone in the family, he is remembered by all with love and great admiration."