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Henry Pollack Trunk Company
27 March 1912 in Manhattan, New York City, New York."18 He died on 26 June 1918 in Manhattan,
New York City, New York.119
Lilly and Joseph had the following children:
21 i. Roy DRUKKER120 was born in January 1885 in Missouri.121 He died on 26 March
1920 in Manhattan, New York City, New York.122
22 ii. Paul S. DRUKKER123,124 was born in September 1887 in Kansas.25
7. Henry POLLACKl26 (P. Samuel-1) was born on 11 December 1864 in St. Louis, St. Louis County,
Missouri.127,128 He worked as a clerk in an office in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, in 1880. He came to
Dallas with his parents and younger siblings in the early 1880's. Henry, with his brother Charles, opened
the trunk company with some of their father's wares in 1883.129 The little shop was housed in an upstairs
room on the north side of Elm Street between Murphy and Poydras in downtown Dallas.
The shop was listed in the Dallas City Directories between 1884 and 1894 as the Henry Pollack &
Company located at 722 Elm, Dallas, Texas.' 30Henry POLLACK married Jennie
WASSERZUG on 25 July 1888 in DallasHENRY PfiLLACK & o.
.fi k " . F '1 A
722 Elm Street ,.
tREAW4i ANT) COVEAZ1NG NEARLY DOME,County, Texas.131,'132 She was born on 9 Henry Pollack & Company Advertisement
June 1870 in Berlin, Germany.133 They 1885-1886 Dallas City Directory
had one son:
117 1900 US Census, St Louis City, Missouri, page 144.
18 Web Site, Italian Genealogy Group, New York Death Index.
119 Ibid.
120 1910 US Census, Hotel Ansonia, Manhattan, New York City New York County, New York, page 114b.
121 1900 US Census, Wood River, Madison County, Illinois pg 315 and St Louis City, Missouri, page 144.
122 Web Site, Italian Genealogy Group, New York Death Index.
123 Court Record, Dallas District Court 14th Judicial District Case No 54051 B/A.
124 1910 US Census, Hotel Ansonia, Manhattan, New York City New York County, New York, page I 14b.
125 1900 US Census, Wood River, Madison County, Illinois pg 315 and St Louis City, Missouri, page 144.
126 1880 US Census, St Louis Missouri, supervisor's district 1 enumeration district 77 page 32.
127 Ibid.
128 Death Certificate, Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics Certificate 7561 Henry Pollack 9 February
1940.
129 Dallas Morning News, Dogs Mourn as Henry Pollack, Blind Trunk Man, Passes Away; had Guarded Him Many Years,
February 10, 1940 issue.
130 City Directory, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, 1884-1887.
131 Court Record, District Court 14 Dallas, Texas Case 16770 Jennie W Pollack vs Henry Pollack.
132 Ibid., Dallas County, Texas Probate Case 2538.
133 Death Certificate., Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics Certificate 13712 Jennie Pollack 5 March1936.
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