Wallace Amos Jr

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Biography

Wallace Amos Jr is Notable.

Wallace "Wally" Amos, Jr is the founder of the Famous Amos chocolate-chip cookie, the Cookie Kahuna, and Aunt Della's Cookies gourmet cookie brands. ^[1]

Wally was born in 1936 in Florida. He is the son of Wally and Ruby Amos. In 1940 he was living with his parents in Tallahassee, Florida.^[2]

In 1950 Wally was living with his uncle and aunt, Fred and Delia Bryant, in New York City.^[3]

Wally served in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii from 1954 to 1957.

As of 2023 Wally is still living.

Sources

1. ↑ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Amos Wikipedia entry for Wally Amos
2. ↑ 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1940; Census Place: Tallahassee, Leon, Florida; Roll: m-t0627-00597; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 37-6
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #133240040 (accessed 29 September 2023)
   Wallace Amas Jr (3), single son, in household of Wallace Amas (35) in Tallahassee, Leon, Florida. Born in Florida.
3. ↑ 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
   National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: New York, New York, New York; Roll: 4547; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 31-1722
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #285519602 (accessed 29 September 2023)
   Wallace Amos Jr (13), single nephew, in household of Fred Bryant (38) in New York, New York, New York, USA. Born in Florida.

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