The brother of 3 siblings, Lou arrived as Leib Wolik, age 18--along with sister, Chaike/Clara--in Baltimore aboard the "Brandenburg" from Bremen on Nov. 13, 1903, two years after his father, whom they soon re-united with in Philadelphia at 710 Mountain St. Chaike, 16, was listed as a servant and Leib as a laborer.
He seems to have quickly Americanized his name to Wallace because, as the story goes, the family of his fiancée, Edith--who was born in Minneapolis--thought he'd stand out as a "greenhorn" with his Russian-Jewish name.
By age 25, Louis and was a cabinet maker living with wife Edith at 727 Jackson St in South Philadelphia. But soon after, in 1913, he had become a grocer and also a father of sons Daniel and William, living and working 920 S. 21st St, along with a lodger, Minnie Dillon. In 1920, the Wallaces' s third child, daughter Lucille, was born.
In 1930 Lou's family was living at 5222 Jefferson St in West Philly where his store was now a "meat shop." Ten years later Lou was a "jobber of wholesale cakes" and by 1950 he was still a pastries salesman. By then his older sister Mincie was living him and wife Edith.
Lou was always remembered as the most religious member of the entire Wallace family, an observant modern Orthodox Jew who always wore a yarmulke. He and his brother Martin, as well as their
their brother-in-law Jacob Goldberg, were very active in the Russian-Jewish landsmanschaft organization known as OSBA--Ochremaver Sochachover Beneficial Assn.--named for Ochremaver, an alternate (perhaps Yiddish) name for their shtetl hometown of Sarny.
The brother of 3 siblings, Lou arrived as Leib Wolik, age 18--along with sister, Chaike/Clara--in Baltimore aboard the "Brandenburg" from Bremen on Nov. 13, 1903, two years after his father, whom they soon re-united with in Philadelphia at 710 Mountain St. Chaike, 16, was listed as a servant and Leib as a laborer.
He seems to have quickly Americanized his name to Wallace because, as the story goes, the family of his fiancée, Edith--who was born in Minneapolis--thought he'd stand out as a "greenhorn" with his Russian-Jewish name.
By age 25, Louis and was a cabinet maker living with wife Edith at 727 Jackson St in South Philadelphia. But soon after, in 1913, he had become a grocer and also a father of sons Daniel and William, living and working 920 S. 21st St, along with a lodger, Minnie Dillon. In 1920, the Wallaces' s third child, daughter Lucille, was born.
In 1930 Lou's family was living at 5222 Jefferson St in West Philly where his store was now a "meat shop." Ten years later Lou was a "jobber of wholesale cakes" and by 1950 he was still a pastries salesman. By then his older sister Mincie was living him and wife Edith.
Lou was always remembered as the most religious member of the entire Wallace family, an observant modern Orthodox Jew who always wore a yarmulke. He and his brother Martin, as well as their
their brother-in-law Jacob Goldberg, were very active in the Russian-Jewish landsmanschaft organization known as OSBA--Ochremaver Sochachover Beneficial Assn.--named for Ochremaver, an alternate (perhaps Yiddish) name for their shtetl hometown of Sarny.
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