Biography
He was born in Zhitkovitsh (Zhitkovichi, Zhytkavichy), Byelorussia. He studied with private tutors. In 1906 he emigrated to the United States. He worked for many years as a tailor. Initially he lived in New York and later in Florida. Among his books: Fun zhitkovitsh iber der velt, a teyl epizodn fun mayn lebn (From Zhitkovitch throughout the world, some of the episodes from my life) (New York, 1972), 314 pp.; Vortslen fun der mishpokhe granadir, fun zhitkovitsh biz amerike (Roots of the Granadier family, from Zhitkovitch to America) (West Palm Beach, 1979), 243 pp.
Source: Berl Kagan, comp., Leksikon Fun Yidish-Shraybers (Biographical Dictionary of Yiddish Writers) (New York, 1986), col. 189. Book online (rtvd. 2016-Aug-19) at: "http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/yiddish-books/spb-nybc213586/kagan-berl-leksikon-fun-yidish-shraybers-mit-hesofes-un-tikunim-tsum/spb-nybc213586" (translated by "http://yleksikon.blogspot.ca/2016/02/yitskhok-yankl-jacob-i-doroshkin.html").
Source: Berl Kagan, comp., Leksikon Fun Yidish-Shraybers (Biographical Dictionary of Yiddish Writers) (New York, 1986), col. 189. Book online (rtvd. 2016-Aug-19) at: "http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/yiddish-books/spb-nybc213586/kagan-berl-leksikon-fun-yidish-shraybers-mit-hesofes-un-tikunim-tsum/spb-nybc213586" (translated by "http://yleksikon.blogspot.ca/2016/02/yitskhok-yankl-jacob-i-doroshkin.html").