Talk:Michael Marks

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Was Marks a refugee?

The article doesn't say that he fled persecution. Was he an economic migrant? Obviously, all M&S customers will be grateful that he came, whatever the reason! But Wikipedia needs to be accurate. 81.148.12.80 12:00, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Russian Pogroms

This may help you understand what was going on in eastern Europe at about the time many Jews started moving westward in the mid and late 19th century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogrom

When was he born?

Alot of people need to know but the article doesnt say

When was he born?

Alot of people need to know but the article doesnt say —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.9.142.90 (talk) 20:03, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nobody knows. As the article says. Mr Stephen (talk) 20:19, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

According to the following Censuses, the year of his birth was -

5th April 1891 - 1861 Poland, Russian Empire 31st March 1901 - 1863 Poland, Russian Empire

I got these from Ancestry. I would take an educated guess and say that he was born possibly in 1862, but again I don't think we'll ever know for sure unless there are birth records still around in contemporary Belarus.