Charles Henry Leavens

Charles Henry Leavens

• Father: Edward Leavens b. September 1834
• Mother: Ann or Amy (?) b. November 1838

• Charles Henry Leavens was born circa March 1865 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
• He was known as Harry.
• He married Jennie M. Temple, daughter of Robert Temple, circa 1885.
• Charles Henry Leavens arrived in the United States circa 1890, according to the 1900 and 1910 censuses.
• Charles Henry Leavens and Jennie M. Temple appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 465 Connecticut Street enumerated next to Charles' parents.. Other members of the household included Mazie Florence Leavens.
• The following appeared on 30 November 1907 in The Buffalo Morning Express: Fire that followed the gas explosion at Charles H. Leavens's bakery, No. 463 Connecticut street, early yesterday morning practically destroyed the place and endangers the lives of several of its occupants.
       When the firemen reached there, Edward Leavens, father of the proprietor was hanging by his finger tips to a front window sill to escape the heavy smoke within. He was taken down a ladder. His wife was lying helpless on the floor of her room, which was rapidly filling with smoke. She also was rescued. Roland D. Salt, who, with his wife and two brothers, occupied the rooms in the rear of the second floor, had to be assisted through the heavy smoke to safety by the firemen.
       A barn in the rear of the bakery burned. In all, the damage amounted to about $4,000, covered by insurance.
• Charles Henry Leavens and Jennie M. Temple appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 265 Hoyt Street. Other members of the household included Mazie Florence Leavens.
• He was a commercial traveler (flour), according to the 1910 census.
• Charles Henry Leavens and Jennie M. Temple appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Buffalo, New York, at 265 Hoyt Street. Other members of the household included Mazie Florence Leavens, Harold Wilson Brauer, Jean Bernice Brauer and Harold Julius Brauer Winslow.
• He was retired, according to the 1920 census.
• Charles Henry Leavens died on 23 May 1925 in Kenmore, Erie County, New York, at 144 Palmer Avenue.
• He was interred at Elmlawn Cemetery, Kenmore, Erie County, New York.
• The following appeared on 24 May 1925 in the Buffalo Courier: Charles H. Leavens, sixty-one years old, former head of the Leavens Baking Co., ended his life yesterday by cutting his throat with a razor in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harold Baruer, No. 144 Palmer avenue, Kenmore. Medical Examiner Earl G. Danser, who issued a certificate of suicide, said the man had been suffering from melancholia.
       Mrs. Brauer's eight-year-old son, Harry, found his grandfather dead in the cellar. He called his mother. Leavens had been dead only a short time when the woman reached his side.
       Mr. Leavens is survived by his widow and only daughter, Mrs. Brauer. Until a few days ago the former bakery head and his wife had been living at a local hotel, taking up residence with Mrs. Brauer prior to moving back to their home on Hoyt street.
• The following appeared on 9 June 1925 in The Buffalo Morning Express: Mrs. Jennie Leavens, widow of the late Charles H. Leavens, will receive an annual income of not less than $3,600 from his estate, according to the terms of his will, filed yesterday. Mrs. Maizie Brauer, daughter, is given the home at No. 144 Palmer avenue, Kenmore. Among the other bequests is one of $500 to the Richmond Avenue Methodist Episcopal church.
       The estate of Leavens, who recently killed himself in the home of his daughter, is estimated at $60,000.
• The following appeared on 25 May 1927 in the Buffalo Evening News: [Died] In Kenmore, N Y., May 25, 1927, Jennie, wife of the late Charles H. Leavens, mother of Mrs. H. Wilson Brauer, sister of Robert H., Wallace and Herbert L. Temple. Funeral from the home of her daughter, 31 Lincoln boulevard, Kenmore, N. Y., Friday afternoon, May 27, at 2:30. Interment at Elmlawn cemetery.

• Last Edited: 26 Jun 2013