Benjamin Leon, circa 1890s or early 1900s

Benjamin Leon, 1904, Jerusalem

Benjamin Leon as an adult

Benjamin Leon as a young man

Benjamin, Tzivia, and Mollie Leon

Benjamin, Tzivia, and Mollie Leon in car in Ohio

born: 24 May 1889, Smichov,Bohemia,Austria

died: 31 Dec 1973, Los Angeles Co.,California

occu: watchmaker and goldsmith

spouse: Tzivya Sarah Celia KAUFMAN Alias: Sarah Celia Leon

marr: Abt 1905, Jerusalem,Israel

born: 4 Apr 1889, Jerusalem, Israel, Ottoman Empire Occupation

died: 10 Nov 1958, Los Angeles,California, at Midway Hospital

Children:

Molly Leon

Lilly Leon

Abraham Leon

Jack Leon

Celia Leon

Judith Leon

Sony Leon

Albert Leon

                      |--------Johann Josef NAHRHAFT (1790, Austria - 1837, Austria)
                      |
           |---------Wenzel NAHRHAFT (1819, Austria - 1914, Weinberge)
           |          |
           |          |--------Anna Maria GEBERT (1787, Austria - 1827, Austria)
           |
  |------Johann Franz Seraphin NAHRHAFT (1848, Austria - 1918, Egypt)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------Franz WETTENGLER ( - )
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Agnes WETTENGLER (1831, Austria - 1914, Weinberge)
  |                   |
  |                   |--------BUCHHOLZ ( - )
  |
Emanuel NAHRHAFT (1889, Austria - 1973, California)
  |
  |                   |--------
  |                   |
  |        |---------
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |
  |------Teresia BILEK (1848, Austria - 1917, USA)
           |
           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------
                      |
                      |--------

When he was married, Benjamin was 16 and his wife was only 13. They had to get the approval of their parents, of course. One of the witnesses at their marriage was the US consul to the Ottoman Empire in Jerusalem.

Benjamin and Tzivya (also known as Sarah) eventually settled in the USA.

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