Biography
Sobel, Abraham. (Sam Abelson, Julius Lieberman Henderson); b. October 10 (15), 1915, Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA; Jewish; father Joseph Sobel (1880-?), mother Anna Rosenfeld (1889-?); Graduated from Roxbury Memorial High School in 1932; 1 yr. unspecified military service; Single; Journalist, Salesman, Driver and Teacher; CP 1933 (1935); Received Passport# 353073 (411533) on November 18, 1936 which listed his address as 1646 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY (104 Devon Street, Boston, MA); Sailed November 21, 1937 aboard the Rotterdam; Arrived December 15, 1937 (June 2, 1937); Served with the XV Brigade, Lincoln BN; Served at Jarama; Later to Transport Regiment; Deserted February 28, 1938; Returned to the US on May 26, 1938 as a stowaway aboard the Washington; Married Anne Press (1919-2005) on August 16, 1941 in Roxbury, MA, daughter Jo Edith Sobel (1940-?); d. September 12, 1989, Needham, MA, buried in King Solomon Cemetery in West Roxbury, MA.
Siblings: sisters Sophia Sobel (1919-?), Mary Sobel (1922-?).
Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity (under Julius Lieberman), Cadre (arrival date is June 2, 1937), Americans; RGASPI (under Sobel – arrival date is different June, 1937), USSDA 2:0939, 60:0386; L-W Tree, Ancestry.com. Photograph: The Times (Louisiana), August 29, 1938, p. 3.
Siblings: sisters Sophia Sobel (1919-?), Mary Sobel (1922-?).
Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity (under Julius Lieberman), Cadre (arrival date is June 2, 1937), Americans; RGASPI (under Sobel – arrival date is different June, 1937), USSDA 2:0939, 60:0386; L-W Tree, Ancestry.com. Photograph: The Times (Louisiana), August 29, 1938, p. 3.