Notes for MAX FACTOR:

Son of Abraham Joseph and Celilia (Tandowsky) (Factrowitz) Factor.
Born: About 1872 in Lodz, Poland.
Alternate Dates of Birth:
September 15, 1875.
June 16, 1877.
(These cannot be correct as his Mother died in 1873).
Died: August 30 1938 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California.
Buried: About August 30, 1938 in Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, Los Angeles County, California.
Census:
April 24, 1910 - 1205 1/2 Central Avenue, Precinct 101, Assembly District 72, Enumeration District 146, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
January 10, 1920: 917 Eighth Street, Precinct 155, Supervisor's District 8, Enumeration District 379, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
April 16, 1930: 115 S Mansfield Avenue, Supervisor's District 16, Enumeration District 19-113, Assembly District 57, Block 345, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
Declararation of Intent For Citizenship: September 5, 1906 - St. Louis, Missouri.
Petition for Naturalization: May 22, 1912 - Los Angeles, California #1748.
Naturalization: August, 1912 - Superior Court Los Angeles, California. Marriage Application:
With Jenny Cook - #140427.
With Hume Helen Sradkowska - #128438
Military Service: Russian Army, age 19 mandatory 4 year conscription 1890-1894.
Upon release from Russian Army in 1894 opened a shop on square in R'azan, suburb of Moscow and met Lizzie.
January 21, 1908: Arrive Los Angeles. Shop on Central Ave.
January 2, 1909: Founded Max Factor & Co.
Occupation:
1904 - Barber.
May 22, 1912 - Ladies Hairdresser.
January 10, 1920 - Hairdresser (per census)
April 16, 1930 - Hairdresser (per census)
Passport Application: May 16, 1922.
Residence:
Before 1906 - Saint Louis, Missouri rear Washington St near brother Nathan.
1906 - 1437 Middle St, St. Louis Missouri.
January 21, 1908 - 1323 Biddle St Louis, Missouri.
May 22, 1912 - 1210 Central Ave Los Angeles, California.
1922 - 326 S Hill St LA, CA (ship manifest).
Travel:
December 23-31, 1922 - Southampton, England to New York, New York. Ship: S.S. Berengaria.
Married: (1) Eliza "Lizzie/Lisa" Esther Rosa Smoler Before 1897 in Russia.
(2) Hume Helen Sradkowska August 15, 1906 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
(3) Jenny Cook January 21, 1908 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri. Ceremony performed by Rabbi Zachariah J. Rosenfeld. (Lived directly across from Jenny when they married.)

Immigration:
ellis lsland.org pg. 0634 line #3
First Name: Max
Last Name: Factor
Ethnicity: Russian, Hebrew
Last Place of Residence: Lodz
Date of Arrival: Feb 25, 1904
Age at Arrival: 30y
Gender: M
Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Moltke
Port of Departure: Hamburg
Manifest Line Number: 0003
going to brother Natan St. Louis MO
Source: ellisisland.org pg. 0634 line #3

First Name: Max
Last Name: Factor
Ethnicity:
Last Place of Residence:
Date of Arrival: Dec 31, 1922
Age at Arrival: 49y
Gender: M
Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Berengaria
Port of Departure: Southampton
Manifest Line Number: 0007
Source: ellisisland.org

Aged eight, Factor was placed in apprenticeship to a dentist/pharmacist. At the age of 14 he became an apprentice to a wig maker. At 20, he was running his own makeup shop.

He opened his own shop in a suburb of Moscow, selling hand-made rouges, creams, fragrances, and wigs. His big break came when a traveling theatrical troupe wore Factor's make-up to perform for Russian nobility. The Russian nobility appointed Factor the official cosmetic expert for the royal family and the Imperial Russian Grand Opera.

In 1904, Factor and his family emigrated to the United States. He and his wife Lisa and three children travelled in the steerage class on board the S.S. Moltke and were processed at Ellis Island on February 25, 1904; he had $400 in his possession. Factor made a new start in St. Louis, Missouri, at the 1904 World's Fair. He sold his rouges and creams, operating under the newly re-spelled name Max Factor. Factor saw an opportunity to provide make-up and wigs to the growing film industry. He moved his family to Los Angeles, California, in 1908 and got a job with the Pantages Theatre. In 1914, Factor created a make-up specifically for movie actors that, unlike theatrical make-up, would not crack or cake. Soon, movie stars were filing through Max Factor's make-up studio, eager to sample the "flexible greasepaint" while movie producers sought Factor's human hair wigs. He allowed the wigs to be rented to the producers of old Westerns on the condition that his sons were given parts's. The boys would keep an eye on the expensive wigs. Factor marketed a range of cosmetics to the public in the 1920s, insisting that every girl could look like a movie star by using Max Factor make-up.

Upon release from Russian Army in 1894 opened a shop on square in R'azan, suburb of Moscow and met Lizzie.

January 21, 1908 arrived in Los Angeles, California and founded his shop on Central Avenue.

WW-1 Draft Registration Card - Details
Max Factor
Residence- 912 East 28th, Los Angeles, Calif.
Age-42, Born- Sept. 15th, 1875, Russia
Naturalized US Citizen
Occupation- Wig Maker
Employer- Self
326 So? Hill St, Los Angeles, Calif.
Next relative- Jennie Factor
Residence- 912 East 28th, Los Angeles, Calif.
Height- short, Build- stout, Eyes- Green?, Hair- Black
Signed- A. J.? Sanalebise?, Sep. 12-1918 City of Los Angeles, State of California
1326? S.