Alternate names
Biography
Leo Tiefenbrunner, later known as Leo Bruner, was born on 13 February 1905 in Strasbourg, a son of Alfred Alter P Tiefenbrunner and Sarah Rachel Scharf. He reached Ellis Island from Hamburg aboard the SS Thuringia in the summer of 1927 and settled in Chicago, where he was naturalised in 1934 and registered for the WWII draft in October 1940. On 20 October 1928, in Chicago, he married Jenny E Elke; that marriage ended, and on 10 January 1942, in Lake County, he married Clara Mae Johnson, with whom he had four children — Ronald John, Richard Alan, Suzanne and Gail. Leo died in Chicago on 1 September 1987 and is buried at Oakridge Cemetery, Hillside.
Occupations1
- Manager in a Restaurant
Life events13
- ImmigrationNew York City, New York, United States
Leo arrived at Ellis Island from Hamburg on board the ship S.S. Thuringia
- CensusChicago, Illinois, United States
1930 US Federal Census for Cook County, Illinois (Chicago City)
- NaturalisationChicago, Illinois, United States
A card index to naturalization records for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois, in Chicago, ARC Identifier 1165908.
- CensusChicago, Illinois, United States
1940 U.S. Federal Census record (Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940 — Population Schedule).
- World War II Draft CardChicago, Illinois, United States
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
- Birth of Daughter
- BurialChicago, Illinois, United States
Oakridge Cemetery is a cemetery located in the village of Hillside, near Chicago. The cemetery is located at 4301 West Roosevelt Road, Hillside, IL 60162
- Census
Places5
Family
Parents
Family record F0082 →
Spouses & Children
Wedding: · Lake County, Indiana, United States
40th Anniversary · Ruby · 1982- Ronald John Bruner♂BIOLOGICAL
- Richard Alan Bruner♂BIOLOGICAL
- Living — details private
- Gail Beth Bruner♀BIOLOGICAL
Media3
Leo Bruner
Leo
Leo and Clara