Person:Leonard Jerome (1)

     
Leonard Walter Jerome
m. 18 Mar 1807
  1. Allen Murray Jerome1808 - 1840
  2. Thomas Atwater Jerome1810 - 1896
  3. Addison Gardiner Jerome1811 - 1864
  4. Aaron Brainard Jerome1813 - 1839
  5. Mary Jerome1815 - 1817
  6. Leonard Walter Jerome1817 - 1891
  7. Lawrence Roscoe Jerome1820 - 1888
  8. Mary Sophia Jerome1822 - 1867
  9. Isaac Jerome, Jr1824 - 1891
  10. Chauncey Bush Jerome1826 - 1880
  11. Charles Lee Jerome1830 - 1861
  • HLeonard Walter Jerome1817 - 1891
  • WClarissa Hall1825 - 1895
m. 5 Apr 1849
  1. Clarita Jerome1851 - 1935
  2. Jeanette Jerome1854 - 1921
  3. Camille Jerome1855 - 1863
  4. Leonie Blanche Jerome1859 - 1943
Facts and Events
Name[2] Leonard Walter Jerome
Gender Male
Birth[1] 3 Nov 1817 Pompey, Onondaga, New York, United States
Residence? 1836 Princeton (township), Mercer, New Jersey, United StatesCollege of New Jersey, later Princeton
Residence? 1845 Rochester, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage 5 Apr 1849 Palmyra, Wayne, New York, United Statesto Clarissa Hall
Residence? 1850 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Death[1] 3 Mar 1891 Brighton, Sussex, England
Burial[3] Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Reference Number? Q1819011?


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Leonard Walter Jerome (November 3, 1817 – March 3, 1891)[1] was an American financier in Brooklyn, New York, and the maternal grandfather of Winston Churchill.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Leonard Jerome, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. MacColl, Gail, and Carol McD. Wallace. To Marry an English Lord. (New York: Workman Publishing, 1989).

    Jerome was a flamboyant and successful stock speculator. He made and lost several fortunes, and was known as "The King of Wall Street." He held interests in several railroad companies and was often a partner in the deals of Cornelius Vanderbilt. He was a patron of the arts, and founded the Academy of Music, one of New York City's earliest opera houses.

  3. Leonard W. Jerome, in Find A Grave.
  4.   Leonard Jerome, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.