Comments regarding Corporal Rudolph POLAKOFF

Information compiled from various sources.

Military related information:

Service Number -1400212

Company L Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1917 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 19 Sep 1917. Listed as Private. Transferred from Company H 344th INF to 33rd DIV per SO#66 Hdq 86th DIV dtd 6 Nov 1917; Assigned to and Joined Company L, 132nd INF on 9 Nov 1917 per SO#60 Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 5 Nov 1917. Absent with Leave 22 Dec to 5 Jan 1918. - Muster Roll Jan-Feb 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private. Transferred to Quartermaster Corps per SO#39 Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 31 Jan 1918.

- Promoted to Corporal (Date unknown)



WWI Victory Medal
 

United States, Veterans Administration Master Index (see above)
Name: Rudolph POLAKOFF or PAULY
Event Type: Military Service
S/N 1400212
Corporal, Stud Company 7 QMC Quarter Master Corps
Enlisted: 19 September 1918
Event Date: 29 Nov 1918 Discharged

Event Place: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Residence Place: 1604 N. Harvard Blvd, Los Angeles, Cal
Birth Date: 4 Nov 1894
Death Date: 10 Jun 1947

WWI Draft Registration. Select image for larger view. Will open in a new browser window or tab.

Post War Occupations / Bio:

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Rudolph Polakoff
Age in 1910: 15
Birth Year: abt 1895
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1910: Chicago Ward 19, Cook, Illinois
Street: Center Ave
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Louis Polakoff
Father's Birthplace: Russia
Mother's Name: Anna Polakoff
Mother's Birthplace: Russia

Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Messenger
Industry: Telegraph Co

Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Attended School: No
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Out of Work: N
Number of Weeks Out of Work: 0
Household Members Age Relationship
Louis Polakoff 54 Head
Anna Polakoff 53 Wife
Rose Polakoff 19 Daughter
Mills Polakoff 17 Son
Rudolph Polakoff 15 Son
Ruth Polakoff 13 Daughter
Renald Polakoff 11 Daughter
Mollie Polakoff 9 Daughter

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Rudolph Pauly
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892 (NOTE: Nov 4, 1894 on WWI & WWII Draft Registrations)
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: California (NOTE: Chicago on WWI Draft Registration).
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
Map of Home in 1940: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
Street: N Linden Drive
House Number: 505
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
Residence in 1935: Beverly Hills
Occupation: Director
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 18,000
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 48
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 5,000
Income Other Sources: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Rudolph Pauly 48 Head
Doris Pauly 39 Wife
Hubert Hammond 27 Butler
Mildred Hammond 24 Cook
Jerry Pauly 19 Son
Elaine Pauly 16 Daughter
Edward Pauly 13 Son
Ira Pauly 9 Daughter

WWII Draft Registration:

Post War Known Addresses:

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

California, U.S., Death Index
Name: Rudy Pauly
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 4 Nov 1894
Birth Place: Illinois
Death Date: 10 Jun 1947
Death Place: Los Angeles

Father's Surname: Polakoff

Miscellaneous: Note name change from POLAKOFF to PAULY

Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Marriages Index
Name: Rudolph Polakoff
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1895
Marriage Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 18 Apr 1920

Marriage Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Spouse Name: Doris Ratowitz
Spouse Age: 21
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Marital Status: Single
FHL Film Number: 1030723

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