Arthur Holtz was born Abram Ebenholz to Isaac and Chaje Ebenholz in an area near Warsaw in January 1902. He was the second-born of four children in the family.
Arthur came to the United States aboard the Ryndam, a Holland America ship, arriving at Ellis Island on November 4, 1907. He was five years old. Traveling with him were his mother Chaje (Eva), age 27; sister Salomea (Sara), age 7; and twin brothers Jankel (Jacob) and Schulem (Solomon), age 3. The ship's manifest showed their nationality as "Hebrew," that they were from Slawalitz, Russia, and that Chaje's husband, Isaac Ebenholz from Boston, was the relative they would be joining in the "new world."
The Ebenholz family in the "new world" (c. 1914)
Arthur is the fourth from the left, standing next to his sister Sarah
Arthur migrated to the west coast of the United States and settled in Los Angeles, c. xxxx. He married his first wife, Teresa Jane Bloom in xxxx; they had a daughter, Rochalinne ("Rocky"), born February 15, 1929. Arthur and Terry were later divorced.
Arthur met his second wife, Pearl Caplan, in late December 1938. They were married on April 22, 1940, in Los Angeles.
Arthur operated a scrapyard in Los Angeles -- called Industrial Salvage Company -- for many years. He retired in xxxx because, as he liked to say, "the kids wouldn't take over the business."
Although he had little formal education (he finished the 8th grade), Arthur was self-educated and enjoyed discussing the issues of the day. He had a great appreciation for classical music acquired an extensive collection of audio recordings in his lifetime.
Arthur died May 24, 1976, while visiting his younger son Jim in northern California. Livermore was the last stop on a driving trip throughout the U.S. during which Arthur and Pearl had also visited daughter Sara (in Washington, DC) and son David (in Indianapolis, IN).
Arthur's grave is located in Mount Sinai Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills.
