Person:Leon Friedman (1)

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Leon Friedman
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Name[1] Leon Friedman
Gender Male
Birth[2] Hungary
Alt Birth[1] Apr 1840 Gmina Przemysl, Subcarpathia, PolandWhere Poland is today
Marriage to Hannah S _____
Marriage 1886 to Fanny _____
Immigration[1] 1888 City Directory has Leon in 1888
Immigration? Abt 1889 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Residence? 1889 Brooklyn, New York, United States
Occupation? 1900 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United StatesTinsmith
Residence[1] 1900 Brooklyn Ward 27, Kings, New York
Death? 1906 Brooklyn, NY, United States
Burial? 1906 Washington Cemetery, Benjamin Society Section in Brooklyn, NY, United States
Religion? Jewish

"HIS NAME WAS LEON FRIEDMAN., BORN 1839 OR 1840 IN AUSTRIA (POLAND TODAY). WITH HANNAH, HIS FIRST WIFE HE HAD 7 CHILDREN : FANNY, ANTONETTE, ROSE, MINNIE, RACHEL, SAMUEL AND HENRY. AFTER HANNAH DIED , HE MARRIED WIFE #2, FANNY,BORN 1862, AND THEY HAD 5 CHILDREN: ISABELLE,BORN 1888,ISADORE, HERBERT, BENJAMIN, AND LARRY. WITH THEIR 1ST CHILD AND HENRY, FROM MARRIAGE #1 THEY IMMIGRATED TO BROOKLYN IN 1889. LEON DIED IN 1906, IN BROOKLYN. HE AND FANNY ARE BURIED IN WASHINGTON CEMETERY IN BROOKLYN. I HAVE VISITED THEIR GRAVES. " From George Bodner's (Leon's great grandson) email to Frances Mizrany dated 8/25/2009 Washington Cemetery confirmed Leon's burial site as: Cemetery 1, Post 125, Row 13, Grave 20. He was 64 years old and the grave is not in perpetual care. Copy of information is not possible as it is a very large book and not able to copy. In an interview with Morton Mihlstin, he said that Leon had a total of 16 children. Gmina Przemysl, Subcarpathia, Poland was part of Austria when Leon and Fanny lived there.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;)
    Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 27, Kings, New York; Roll: T623_1065; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 489.

    Record for Leon Freedman

  2. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;)
    Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Brooklyn Assembly District 19, Kings, New York; Roll: T625_1174; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 1201; Image: .

    Record for Samuel Freedman