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Leonard Frank Geiger1,2b. 7 May 1870, #23659
| Father | Theodore Geiger b. 30 April 1814, d. 10 January 1869 | |
| Mother | Catherine Jeager1 b. circa 1833, d. 22 May 1920 | |
| Birth | Leonard Frank was born on 7 May 1870. On the 1900 census he gives his birth date as May of 1870.1,4 Leonard was baptized on 5 June 1870 at St. Joseph Church, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois.1 Could I Have read the date wrong in the church record??? Or were the pages not dated??? Leonard more likely was born in 1869 as his father died in 1869. | |
| Cen1870 | 1870 | Leonard Frank Geiger appears on the 1870 census in the household of Catherine Jeager
in Silver Creek township, Stephenson county, Illinois. Catherine Geiger
is a widow with 6 children. She is 36 years old and born in HANOVER.
All children were born in Illinois. Elizabeth 12, Augustus 10 Theodore
, Clara 6, Henry 3 and Leonard 1.3
He really was NOT 1 year old, if he was born in May of
1870. Suspect that his birth date is actually in 1869 as his
father died in JANUARY of 1869. |
| Cen1880 | 18 June 1880 | Leonard Frank Geiger shows in the household of Catherine Jeager
on the 1880 census of Silver Creek township, Stephenson county,
Illinois taken 18 June 1880. Catherine is a widow, 46 years old, born
in Baden and operating a grocery store. 4 children are still at home.
Theodore 18, Clara, 16, Henry 13 and Leonard 11. All children born in Illinois.5 |
| Marriage | circa 1895 | Leonard Frank Geiger married Sibylla Marie Koch circa 1895. In June of 1900 they claim to have been married for 5 years.6,4 |
| Cen1900 | June 1900 | Leonard Frank Geiger shows on the 1900 U.S. census in City of Mitchell, Davidson county, South Dakota. Leonard is 30 years old, born in May of 1870 in Illinois, parents born in Germany. He is a bartender in a Saloon.
Wife of 5 years is Sibylla who is 28, Born in Sept of 1871 in
Wisconsin, parents born in Germany. She has had 3 children and all are
in this household. Pearl 4, b. Oct 1895 in SD Ruby K. 2, b. July 1897 in SD Esther M. 1, b. Jan 1899 in SD. |
| 1910 | In 1910 they are still living in Mitchell South Dakota on Kimball street. Now Leonard is the proprietor of the saloon. Five children: Pearl, Ruby Esther, Howard and Harry. | |
| Cen1920 | 1920 | Leonard Frank Geiger and Sibylla Marie Koch show on the 1920 U.S. census in Mitchell, Davison county, South Dakota. Leonard is 50 years old,
born in Illinois, both parents born in Germany. Leonard is a General
Store Merchant. Wife is Sibylla, 48, born in Wisconsin. Children at
home are: Pearl 24, bookkeepper for a steam laundry Ruby, 22, nurse at the hospital Esther, 20, Teacher in the public school Howard, 17, salesperson in a clothing store Harry, 15, truck driver for an ice cream factory.6 |
| 1940 | In the 1940 city directory of Mitchell, South Dakota, Leonard is still living at 110 Kimball Street, City of Mitchell, Davidson county, South Dakota. Sibylla is not listed but that is not to say that she was not there. |
| Family | Sibylla Marie Koch b. circa 1872 | |
| Children | 1. | Esther Magdelene Geiger+ b. 18 Jan 1899, d. 25 Feb 19892 |
| 2. | Harry L Geiger 7 bca 1905 | |
| Last Edited | 11 Jun 2012 |
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