Louis Frank REISS

   Another name for Louis was Frank REISS.

  General Notes:

According to records from St. Cecilia's Church records office (dated 1/29/99), Louis Frank Reiss lived at 400 West 160th Street (Manhattan?) in 1929 when he married Elizabeth Kenny. Marriage records indicate that his Best Man was James Gilligan and that Louis F. was baptized at Annunciation Church. The Application for Social Security card states that Frank was born in Brooklyn, NY.

According to the "Certificate of Baptism" received from the Church of the Annunciation, 259 North Fifth Street, Brooklyn, Frank's baptismal name was Louis Francis Reiss. His parents were listed as Francis Reiss and Maria E. Tromser. The date of birth was listed as 10/19/1894 and the date of baptism as 10/28/1894. Rev. Joseph Ernst presided and the sponsors were Louis and Lena Tromser. According to church records, the Reiss family lived at 166 Hope Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn when "Ludovicus Fransiscus" was baptized in 1894.

According to the 1897-98 Brooklyn City Directory, the Frank Reiss family lived at 152 Leonard Street. In 1900, the family lived at 168 Leonard Street. In 1903, when his mother died, the family lived at 103 Ten Eyck Street. That was still the family address in 1909 (Brooklyn City Directory).

The LDS microfilm of Draft Board District 51, viewed on June 35, 2003, states that Louis F. registered for the World War I Draft on June 5, 1917. At that time he was living at 182 Ainslie Street, Brooklyn. He worked as a bookkeeper at Phenix Tube Co., 182 North 18th Street, Brooklyn. On the form, it is noted that he was not serving in the military at that time and he " rejected navy." His brother, Charles, gave a different address when he registered on the same day, in a different district (50).

Louis F. "Frank" Reiss served during World War I with the 4th Division, 7th Infantry Brigade, 39th Infantry during 1918, reportedly as a messenger. His unit saw service at Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne and the Defensive Sector. He was awarded the World War Victory Medal, a service medal from New York State and an unidentified service medal with French lettering. He brought home European coins from France, Belgium, Holland and Germany with dates ranging from 1901 to 1918. These medals and coins are now in the possession of his son, Tom, in a box labeled "F. Reiss - Personal."

According to the 1920 Federal Census Index, he and his brother, Charles, were boarders at 752 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn. They were enumerated with a "Frederic Humrich."

In civilian life, Frank was an accountant. At the time that Frank applied for a social security card (1936), the name of the company he worked for was The International Printing Corporation, 75 Varick Street, N.Y.C. His son remembers the name of the company as Interchemical Corporation, 432 West 45th Street, New York, NY. At the time of Frank's death, the company was called Inmont Corporation, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036.

After their marriage, Frank and Liza lived at 50-13 45th Street, Woodside, Queens, near St. Teresa Little Flower Church and School.

In 1965-66, Frank and his son, Tom were living in an apartment at 69-44 Garfield Avenue in Queens. Earlier in the 1960's they had lived on Woodside Avenue, Hightstown, NJ .

According to his death certificate, Frank died of a cerebral hemorrhage.