Person:Mark Claff (1)

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Mark Benjamin Claff
b.15 Sep 1868 Shavli, Kovna, Russia
d.20 Dec 1928 Randolph, MA
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1857
  1. Abraham Claff1863 - 1932
  2. Benjamin Claff1866 - 1933
  3. Edwin Claff1867 - 1945
  4. Minnie (Esther) F. Claff1867 -
  5. Mark Benjamin Claff1868 - 1928
  6. Elizabeth Lorainne Claff1875 - 1948
  7. Sarah ClaffAbt 1877 -
  8. Lena Leah Claff1877 - 1934
  9. Marie Claff1878 - 1954
  10. Rose Claff1880 -
  11. Anna Claff1883 - 1940
  12. Maude E. Claff1884 - 1961
Spouse and Children
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m. 3 Jul 1893
  1. Clarence Lloyd Claff1895 - 1974
  2. Chester Eliot Claff1900 - 1972
  3. Leslie Claff1904 - 1973
  4. Warren Leonard Claff1911 - 1997
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Facts and Events
Name Mark Benjamin Claff
Gender Male
Birth? 15 Sep 1868 Shavli, Kovna, Russia
Marriage 3 Jul 1893 Brighton, MAto Mary Rebecca Hameson
Occupation? Businessman
Death? 20 Dec 1928 Randolph, MA
Burial? Central Cemetery, Randolph, MA

In the late 1890s Mark founded M. B. Claff & Sons, Inc., in Randolph, MA, a manufacturer of shoeboxes for the local shoe industry. His sons and grandsons all worked there until the company was sold in 1980 and then liquidated. He was fortunate to have the services of Carl Moeller, a practical engineer, who developed the "Claff Machine" for making boxes from a continuous web, which operated from about 1925 to 1980 and supported the family handily. Mark and Ruth Wallace Claff attended opera in Boston often.


Naturalization papers list date of birth as 15th of September, 1868 and birthplace of Shavli, Russia-Poland.

Chester Claff Jr. used birthdate of 15 May 1868 and birthplace of Riga Latvia.

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