Alois is short for Aloysius. He was brought to the U.S. by his parents at age 11, according to an article in the Milwaukee Journal. He wasn't sworn in as a U.S. Citizen until 10 Jan 1938. The article states that he came from Austria.
In the article, he claims that he thought he was automatically a U.S. citizen when he placed his foot on U.S. soil back in the early 1850s when he came from Austria as a young boy. Apparently his uncle told him that was the "law." Naturally it wasn't the law back then, so Alois lived in the U.S. illegally for around 80 years thinking that he was a citizen. He probably wasn't the only person who thought this incorrect way. Thankfully for him he was corrected in 1838 and did the right thing by swearing an oath to the United States shortly before WWII, which he lived through.
According to his obituary, he was a baker and part-time fireman in Milwaukee.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19450628&id=26kWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IyMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3625,4653011
He lived a long life. He died at age 102. His wife Mary, next to whom he is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park in Milwaukee, also lived to be 102. She wasn't his first wife, though, and was 31 years his junior, so she outlived him by about 30 years.
His older sister Theresa Glaub's son, Alexander, buried in Valhalla as well beside his wife, Lena Glaub.
In the article, he claims that he thought he was automatically a U.S. citizen when he placed his foot on U.S. soil back in the early 1850s when he came from Austria as a young boy. Apparently his uncle told him that was the "law." Naturally it wasn't the law back then, so Alois lived in the U.S. illegally for around 80 years thinking that he was a citizen. He probably wasn't the only person who thought this incorrect way. Thankfully for him he was corrected in 1838 and did the right thing by swearing an oath to the United States shortly before WWII, which he lived through.
According to his obituary, he was a baker and part-time fireman in Milwaukee.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19450628&id=26kWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IyMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3625,4653011
He lived a long life. He died at age 102. His wife Mary, next to whom he is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park in Milwaukee, also lived to be 102. She wasn't his first wife, though, and was 31 years his junior, so she outlived him by about 30 years.
His older sister Theresa Glaub's son, Alexander, buried in Valhalla as well beside his wife, Lena Glaub.
Alois is short for Aloysius. He was brought to the U.S. by his parents at age 11, according to an article in the Milwaukee Journal. He wasn't sworn in as a U.S. Citizen until 10 Jan 1938. The article states that he came from Austria.
In the article, he claims that he thought he was automatically a U.S. citizen when he placed his foot on U.S. soil back in the early 1850s when he came from Austria as a young boy. Apparently his uncle told him that was the "law." Naturally it wasn't the law back then, so Alois lived in the U.S. illegally for around 80 years thinking that he was a citizen. He probably wasn't the only person who thought this incorrect way. Thankfully for him he was corrected in 1838 and did the right thing by swearing an oath to the United States shortly before WWII, which he lived through.
According to his obituary, he was a baker and part-time fireman in Milwaukee.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19450628&id=26kWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IyMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3625,4653011
He lived a long life. He died at age 102. His wife Mary, next to whom he is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park in Milwaukee, also lived to be 102. She wasn't his first wife, though, and was 31 years his junior, so she outlived him by about 30 years.
His older sister Theresa Glaub's son, Alexander, buried in Valhalla as well beside his wife, Lena Glaub.
In the article, he claims that he thought he was automatically a U.S. citizen when he placed his foot on U.S. soil back in the early 1850s when he came from Austria as a young boy. Apparently his uncle told him that was the "law." Naturally it wasn't the law back then, so Alois lived in the U.S. illegally for around 80 years thinking that he was a citizen. He probably wasn't the only person who thought this incorrect way. Thankfully for him he was corrected in 1838 and did the right thing by swearing an oath to the United States shortly before WWII, which he lived through.
According to his obituary, he was a baker and part-time fireman in Milwaukee.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19450628&id=26kWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IyMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3625,4653011
He lived a long life. He died at age 102. His wife Mary, next to whom he is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park in Milwaukee, also lived to be 102. She wasn't his first wife, though, and was 31 years his junior, so she outlived him by about 30 years.
His older sister Theresa Glaub's son, Alexander, buried in Valhalla as well beside his wife, Lena Glaub.
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