Family Card - Person Sheet
NameMihai Schapira 
Birthca 1887, Galatz, Romania
FatherNoach Israel Schapira (1854-1921)
MotherMathilde Miral Dinermann (1856-1920)
Notes for Mihai Schapira
October 1946 he sailed from Southhampton to New York as a first class passenger on the Queen Elizabeth, age 59, born in Galatz, a textile manufacturer, with his last permanent residence in New York City.
From New York Times obituary of his daughter Ileana: “Mihail Schapira, a prominent Jewish industrialist. “
From article on Leo Castelli: after his discharge from the Army following World War II “he worked for his father-in-law's sweater factory in Manhattan.”
“"The interiors were filled with tapestries, Aubusson carpets, antiques and paintings from France and Italy. . . . The dining room sat 20," remembered Mariève Rugo, a Schapira granddaughter, and the author of unpublished memoirs”
From New York Times obituary of his daughter Ileana: “Mihail Schapira, a prominent Jewish industrialist. “
From article on Leo Castelli: after his discharge from the Army following World War II “he worked for his father-in-law's sweater factory in Manhattan.”
“"The interiors were filled with tapestries, Aubusson carpets, antiques and paintings from France and Italy. . . . The dining room sat 20," remembered Mariève Rugo, a Schapira granddaughter, and the author of unpublished memoirs”