Mom's Memories:

Had been a gentleman farmer; "private intellectual"; pursued philosophy and the like. Owned for a while some sort of farm or ranch. Owned factory "Constantinov" made cloth.--Tweeds or something; pretty good materials; iron material according to her mother; mom had coat that lasted forever 

Hush hush, but believed to have committed suicide (and found by Mina). [Aunt Franka let it slip once; otherwise no information.] Financial difficulties. [1]

As usual, we may again fall through the cracks - that goes way back to WWI when the Germans occupied my grandfather's factory (I guess it belonged to the Baumgarten children by then) and left an "IOU". Aunt Franka pursued the matter for years afterwards until the lawyer died; but I think she had not quite given up on it by the time she died in 1970. Place was called "Konstantinova".

According to JRI-Poland, he was buried in Lodz, but I believe that this doesn't mean his grave is extant.

BAUMGARTEN Rafał Icek Section: F Row: 6)2 Grave: 2 Side: P

Notes:

[1] Obviously, Mom never saw the letter that her uncle wrote.

Geni data

Gender: Male

Birth: October 22, 1856

Death: September 22, 1906 (49) Lodz, Łódź, Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

Immediate Family: Son of Ioachim Baumgarten and Frajdla Baumgarten

Husband of Leonore (Liba) BaumgartenFather of Julek Baumgarten; Jytta Baumgarten; Freidel Francisca Tramer; Rosa Baumgarten; Felicias Baumgarten-Campetti and 1 otherBrother of Heilman Baumgarten; Abraham Baumgarten; Leopold Baumgarten; Solomon Baumgarten; Regina Baumgarten and 1 other