Leon HANOCK ¹

   Other names for Leon were Leib CHANOCH and Leib HANOKH.

  General Notes:

Leon was instrumental in founding the cigar makers and bakers unions and was a close friend of Samuel Gompers, the first president of the AFL. He lost his sight when he was hit by a streetcar. ⁵

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Immigration, Jul 19, 1889, Castle Garden, New York, New York. ² Leib arrived aboard the SS Trave.

2. Naturalization, Bef 1900. ¹

3. Residence, Jun 6, 1900, 225 De Raven St., Chicago. ¹ ED #612, sheet 6A.

4. Employment, Jun 6, 1900, Chicago. ¹ Leon was a cigar maker.

5. Residence, Apr 18, 1910, 1731 13th St., Chicago. ⁶ ED #552, sheet 4B.

6. Employment, Apr 18, 1910, Chicago. ⁶ Leon was a cigar maker ("laborer").

7. Residence, Jan 13, 1920, 1643 S. Clifton Park Ave., Chicago. ⁷ ED #2162, sheet 16A.

8. Employment, Jan 13, 1920, Chicago. ⁷ Leon was a cigar maker.

9. Residence, Apr 10, 1930, 3239 Douglas Blvd., Chicago. ³ ED #880, sheet 20B.

10. Employment, Apr 10, 1930, Chicago. ³ Leon was a newspaper solicitor.

Leon married Fannie COHN in 1897.¹ (Fannie COHN was born in May 1879 in Russian Empire ¹ and died in 1932 in Chicago ⁵.)