San Joaquin County Biographies


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PETER J. WALLACE.
 
        A progressive business man 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, Mass., where he worked in a cotton mill and a shoe factory; then he 
went to Milwaukee, Wis., where he worked as a core maker in an iron foundry; 
then to Kiel, Wis., 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.
 
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 
1923
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Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.