NameLeopold Weidenthal
Birth23 Apr 1878, Cleveland, OH102
Death11 May 1967, Cleveland, OH6
BurialMayfield Cem., Cleveland, OH25
FatherEmanuel Weidenthal (1827-1897)
MotherJulia Kretch (1836-1904)
Spouses
Unmarried
Notes for Leopold Weidenthal
Never married
1880 U.S. Census (Ancestry.com): Emanuel Weidenthal (50 Hungary) living in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH with wife, Julia (45 Hungary) and 9 kids: Moses (23 Hungary); Rosie (21 Hungary); Bertha (19 Hungary); Celia (15 Hungary); Cassie (12 Hungary); Henry (10 OH); Lilly (8 OH); Evaline (5 OH) and Leo (2 OH).
Reporter in 1904 (MM-76)
Reporter for The Plain Dealer in 1909 (MM-76)
1910 Ohio census: Aged 32 living with sister, Ruth and her husband, Emanuel Klein. (MM-95)
Newpaperman of The World (preceeded The Press) MM-45
Political report of Plain Dealer - resigned in 1917 (MM-45)
Suceeded Maurice Weidenthal as editor of Jewish Independent (MM-45)
Organizer of Cleveland Cultural Gardens (MM-45)
Amateur painter. Painted portrait of his grandfather which hung in his house (MM-80)
He was interested in the theater (MM-18)
Living with Ruth & Emanuel Klein in 1910 (MM-95)
1917 City of Cleveland honored him by a resolution praising his splendid service to the city for 10 years as City Hall reporter for the Plain Dealer. (MM-45)
1920 Cuyahoga Co., OH Census (Ancestry.com): Ruth Klein (49 OH), widowed, living in Cleveland with son, Allan (22 OH) and brother, Leo Weidenthal (44 OH).
1930 Cuyahoga Co., OH Census (Ancestry.com): Leo Weidenthab (sic) (52 OH) living in Cleveland heights with sisters: Lillie Weidenthab (sic) (57 OH) and Ruth Klein (64 OH), widowed; next door to sister, Evelyn Sperling.
His estate, valued at $78,000, was willed to David L. Sperling (MM-78)
1942 he was living in Cleveland, OH. (MM-135)
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