Philadelphia Latvian Baptist Youth Society
Tillie Consul
Tillie Lieke (or Liecke, originally Lihkis) immigrated to the United States in 1888. She was a daughter of Otto Sr. and Philomena Lieke (or Wilhelmina or Minnie)1, and a sister to Ferdinand Lieke. Five years later, she married2 a fellow Latvian Baptist, William Consul. In 1910, the couple lived at 354 Wolf St. in Philadelphia with their 1-year-old son, according to the U.S. census.3 She was 22 at the time. In 1920, the couple lived at 4129 Parrish St. in Philadelphia with their son Robert W. (born in Pennsylvania) and daughter Beatrice (born in Pennsylvania), according to that year's census.4 She worked as a helper in a ball bearing plant. Also living in the house was the Hans Eagle (Egle) family. By the time of the 1930 census, the Consul family had moved to East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, into a home that included Otto Sr. and Wilhelmina, as well as 26-year-old Otto Lieke Jr.5
Notes
1. The elder Liekes were among the earliest Latvian Baptist immigrants to the United States, arriving in 1888, according to census records. They initially settled in Sussex County, Virginia, where Otto Jr. and a daughter named Minnie were born.
2. "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVZK-ZLC : 7 December 2014), Consul and Tillie Lieke, 1909; citing license number 235516, Clerk of the Orphan's Court. City Hall.
3. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGCN-K1X : accessed 18 January 2017), William Consul, Philadelphia Ward 39, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 986, sheet 10B, family 190, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1409; FHL microfilm 1,375,422.
4. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXMN-DL4 : accessed 18 January 2017), Robert W Consul in household of William Consul, Philadelphia Ward 24, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 733, sheet 1A, line 25, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1627; FHL microfilm 1,821,627.
5. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHS8-JM2 : accessed 19 January 2017), Tillie Consul in household of Willian Consul, East Lansdowne, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 62, sheet 5B, line 79, family 109, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2030; FHL microfilm 2,341,764.