POLLAKOFF, Isaac (Izzy)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Polakoff
• Eye color: gray
• Hair color: dark brown
• Height: 6’0”
• Occupation: presser for a clothing manufacturer
• Occupation: In 1917: business agent
• Religion: Jewish
• Residence: Bx, New York
• Residence: Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
• Weight: 150 lbs
• Birth: 1882, Circuit Court of the US, Southern District of NY
• Immigration: 1903, on the vessel Fornasia (Furnessia) via Glasgow, Scotland
• Arrival: Sep 1903, NY, USA
• Naturalization: 1917
• Residence: 1920, Brooklyn Assembly District 16, Kings, New York
• Residence: 1920, Brooklyn Assembly District 16, Kings, New York
• Residence: 1920, Brooklyn Assembly District 16, Kings, New York
• Residence: 1926, 320 E. 186 St. or E. 180th St., Bronx NY
• Residence: 1930, Bronx, Bronx, New York

Notes:

From his daughter, Marcelle Pollakoff London:
"In the Jewish religion, birthdays are (referred to as) so many days before or after, or in between, a holiday. So (Uncle Izzy's) fell on Valentine's Day one year, so that's the one he picked!
"He enjoyed being with people. He had all kinds of jokes to tell people. He was crazy about his granddaughter (Sue London).
"He came to the US because he didn't want to be a rabbi in Russia."

Izzy's niece, Ruth Sheinaus Asimov (daughter of Izzy’s younger sister Nettie) called her uncle "friendly."
Ruth's daughter, Nanette Asimov, also remembers him that way.

In her 1914 letters to fiance Louis Sheinaus, Nettie Pollakoff refers to her brother as Isidore, not Isaac.
But Izzy's daughter, Marcelle London, identified him as Isaac on his death certificate, and he is Isaac on census records.

Izzy also spelled his last name with one “l,” Polakoff. Others in the family spelled it with two, “Pollakoff,” which is how it appears on the grave of his mother, Esther Pollakoff.

Naturalization:
Or 1926?

Isaac married ROBINOVITCH, Mollie on 2 Jun 1917 in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. Mollie (daughter of ROBINOVITCH, Sam and PENKAUROR, Sophie) was born about 1888; died in Aug 1973 in Bronx, New York, United States of America; was buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Queens, Otic Mohliva Lodge section. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Physical Description: Blood Type: O+
• Occupation: Elementary school teacher, ESL licence (PS 165 & 75 in Manhattan)

Marcelle married LONDON, Sidney on 31 May 1947 in Greenwich, Connecticut. Sidney (son of LONDON, Herman and ?, Sarah) was born on 22 Dec 1909 in Bronx, NY; died on 16 Jul 1956 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]