Harry Babchin obituary, 1923
from New Jersey Courier, 19 Oct 1923 Harry Babchin, one of Lakewood's prominent hotelmen died on Monday at the Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York City, where he had been operated on for serious stomach ailment, the latter part of September. Mr. Babchin, who was in his 57th year, was born in Russia, married in Petrograd, in 1889 coming to America the same year. About 12 years ago he started in his first hotel enterprise opening the Hotel Babchin on Fourth Street. The same year a hotel of the same name was opened in Asbury Park for the summer season. In 1919 he took over the Palmer house and renamed it hotel Babchin. Besides his widow, Mr. Babchin is survived by two daughters, Miss Lillian and Mrs. Leo Robbins and one son, Leo