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Joaquin County
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A progressive businessman of
Stockton whose success is entirely due to his own perseverance and industry is
Peter J. Wallace, the owner and proprietor of the Golden West Laundry, located
at 501 North Sierra Nevada Street. He
was born in Greece August 5, 1890, and while still a young boy was left an
orphan. When he was seventeen years old
he started for the United States and when he arrived in New York City he had
very little money in his pockets; he secured work in the factory of the
American Tobacco Company. From New York
he went to Newburyport, Massachusetts, where he worked in a cotton mill and a
shoe factory; then he went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he worked as a core
maker in an iron foundry; then to Kiel, Wisconsin, and worked in a furniture
factory. Four years were consumed from
the time he landed in New York City until he arrived in California. He found employment in the Golden Eagle Hotel
in Sacramento for a time; then to San Francisco in the employ of the Golden
State Baking Company for three and a half years and in May, 1916, he arrived in
Stockton. He purchased a small laundry
at 317 East Street and built up a fine profitable business; later he bought a
lot on Sierra Nevada Street, where he erected a building for a new laundry and
he now enjoys a very lucrative business; he specializes in family washings and
four delivery wagons are required to take care of the business. When he started in business on East Street,
three people handled the work, as now Mr. Wallace employs twenty people; he has
installed modern laundry machinery and as his business expands he intends to
erect a larger plant on his property.
The marriage of Mr. Wallace occurred
in San Francisco and united him with Miss Lena Stack, a native of New Mexico,
and they are the parents of one son, Frank, born in San Francisco. Mr. Wallace is an active member of the
Woodmen of the World, being a member of the drill team and treasurer of same.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1579. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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