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William Black

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William Black

Birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Death
7 Mar 1983 (aged 80–81)
New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, USA
Burial
Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Chock Full o'Nuts Founder.
(his parents changed their last name, to sound more american)

Was of russian jewish descent. In 1926. William Black opens his first nut roasting shop, "Chock full o'Nuts" on Broadway and 43rd, NYC. By 1932, after the Great Depression, fancy nuts are a luxury, William Black switches from roasting nuts to roasting coffee beans, and the New York Roasted coffee shops are born.

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UPDATED in 2022:
William Black and wife Page Morton Black are in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx
Contributor: Dawn C. (50738182)
Chock Full o'Nuts Founder.
(his parents changed their last name, to sound more american)

Was of russian jewish descent. In 1926. William Black opens his first nut roasting shop, "Chock full o'Nuts" on Broadway and 43rd, NYC. By 1932, after the Great Depression, fancy nuts are a luxury, William Black switches from roasting nuts to roasting coffee beans, and the New York Roasted coffee shops are born.

articles;

ob;

UPDATED in 2022:
William Black and wife Page Morton Black are in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx
Contributor: Dawn C. (50738182)

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  • Maintained by: R.C.
  • Originally Created by: Deleted User
  • Added: Jul 11, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28198782/william-black: accessed ), memorial page for William Black (1902–7 Mar 1983), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28198782, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by R.C. (contributor 47303570).