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Antique ladies 14kt. White Rolled Gold Plated
IOCO wind up fine bracelet watch is in Excellent
Working Condition. Watch repaired by my antique
watch tech. , and is in Excellent running condition.
Repairs Done: watch was running fast, and stem.
Measurement: 1 1/2in. by 3/4in. face measurement
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History Of I.O.C.O watch company: ISADOR,
son of MORITZ, who emigrated to America c.1886 and
founded I.O.C.O.--The ISADOR OLLENDORFF CORP.,
importers and manufacturers of quality watches. Max
followed Isador to America shortly afterwards. The
sons of Isador----Herbert, Walter, and Morton
succeeded their father in the management of the
IOCO watch company, while Julian, son of Max made
a name for himself as a cartoonist on the New York
Times.
MARCUS OLLENDORFF
MARCUS was born in Rawicz in 1784 and went to Pleschen,
where he owned the Hotel Prinz Heinrich von Prussien.
Pleschen, Polish Pleszewo, in Hebrew document; Poda?,has no
long history. Jews have been reported there in the 16th. century,
but there is no confirmation of this, on the contrary it is rather
unlikely due to the resistance of the Polish Guilds. It is not until
the beginning of the 19th. century that we find a few Jews in the
suburb of Malinie. The cemetery dates back to 1817 and the
organized Jewish community to the year 1821, when registers
commenced. The synagogue was erected in 1830. At that time
there were 100 Jewish families in Pleschen and the surrounding
villages, and in the year 1835 only 35 Jews were qualified to
receive Prussian citizenship. The community had increased by
then to 757, of which 644 lived in the town. Then the decline set
in. By 1900 the Jewish population had decreased to 570, by
1911 to 330, after World War 1 the community had disappeared
completely.
Among the first settlers in Pleschen are the LEWCZYK's.
JOSEPH LEWCZYK, to whose grandson *AMALIE*
OLLENDORFF was married, was born in Pleschen in 1777
according to a document in the archives of the Pleschen Jewish
Community.
Most of the information is from the Gesamtarchiv der Deutschen
Juden in Berlin and additional from his granddaughter *AMALIE
LEWCZYK in Sprottau, Germany.
MARCUS had five children, **LENCHEN (BERTA) born 1789,
PHILIPINE (PAULINE) born 1813, ARON born 1817, MORITZ
born 1819 and PINCUS born 1824. *AMALIE LEWCZYK knew
nothing of a PINCUS, who is mentioned in the records of the
Gesamtarchiv in Berlin, but she knows of a LOIS instead. It is
possible that they are the same, as she also mentioned
LENCHEN, who would be BERTA, and PHILIPINA, who would be
PAULINE of the Gesamtarchiv records.
LOUIS had two sons ALBERT and MAX. ARON, who died in
Chicago, had two daughters. Of the descendants of BERTA,
PHILIPINE, and PINCUS, nothing is known. It is possible that
LOUIS is the same LEO (LOUIS) who is mentioned as a son of
MORITZ.
MORITZ, according to *AMALIE LEWCZYK, had five children;
LEO, MARCUS. who went to America after MAX had died there
soon after, *AMALIE, who married a LEWCZYK and remained in
Germany (prottau), ISADOR, who emigrated to U.S.A. in 1886
and MAX, who followed him shortly afterwards. So all the
descendants with the name OLLENDORFF are to be found
in America. One of them is JULIAN, the well known cartoonist of
the New York Times, another MORTON, who founded the
famous OLLENDORFF WATCH INC.
All the above information by Alfred Julius Bruck.
*AMALIE was the daughter of Moritz, son of Marcus.
**There seems to be some confusion in this entry and it would
appear that LENCHEN (BERTHA) is more likely to be the wife of
MARCUS having been born only five years after he was born.
For the purpose of the family tree I shall enter her as his
wife.(Reuben Jamieson)
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