Wolter Residence

Albert Wolter was born in Prussia in 1831, and arrived in America in 1854. By 1869, Mr. Wolter, a wagonmaker, resided at 335 Blue Island Avenue (now 1314 S. Blue Island Avenue) with his wife Lisette. Five of their eight children died between 1869 and 1878, and are buried at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago. The Wolter family remained at the Blue Island Avenue residence for over forty years. Mrs. Wolter died in 1891, and Albert died in 1908. They are buried in the family plot at Graceland Cemetery.

For further details, contact the Chicago Genealogical Society. Albert Wolter is Pioneer Ancestor number 257.