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Leon Cerf

Birthdate:
Birthplace: France
Death: August 13, 1932 (79)
Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, United States
Place of Burial: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Moise Cerf and Jeannette Kahn
Husband of Leontine Cerf
Father of Moise Cerf; Mamie Jolesch; Sadie Epstein; Corinne Cerf and Rosa Berger
Brother of Sophie Levy; Louis Cerf; Mina Raphael and Isadore Cerf

Managed by: Howard Eichenwald
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About Leon Cerf

Leon Cerf, Pioneer Ennis Banker, Dis

ENNIS, Texas, Aug. 13. -- Leon Cerf, 80, prominent merchant and financier of Ennis, died at his home here at 8:15 o'clock Saturday night. He was a native of Alsace-Lorraine, but had resided in Ennis since 1876.

Children surviving are Moise Cerf, Mrs. Joe Jolesch and Corinne Cerf of Ennis, Mrs. Sam G. Epstein, Dallas, and Mrs. Alex Berger, St. Louis. Funeral services will be held Monday.

Dallas Morning News (TX), August 14, 1932, Section 1, page 3

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Leon Cerf's Timeline

1852
December 5, 1852
France
1886
January 25, 1886
Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, United States
1887
July 4, 1887
Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, United States
1889
September 17, 1889
Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, United States
1891
November 23, 1891
Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, United States
1896
September 27, 1896
Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, United States
1932
August 13, 1932
Age 79
Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, United States
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Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park (Plot Hillcrest Mausoleum Cerf niche), Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, United States