Leonard Warren Knops

1902 - 1969  (67 years)

• Name	Leonard Warren Knops  [1]
  Birth	23 May 1902	Germany   [1, 2]
  	son of Christian Knops and Johanna Breuer
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	Leo married at least 4 times after he divorced Nellie; Clara Reim on 21 Nov 1927 in Manhattan; Ruth Irene Foetsch on 27 Feb 1939 in Prince William, Virginia; Anna E Jadanec in Feb 1955 in Clifton, Passaic, New Jersey; and Marie B Vanloan/Hawes in Nov 1962 in Teaneck Township, Bergen, New Jersey
  Death	23 Dec 1969	Teaneck, Bergen County, New Jersey   [4]
  Obituary	27 Dec 1969	Passaic, New Jersey   [5]
  	Teaneck – Funeral Services were held today for Leonard W Knops, a retired accountant, of 1161 Katherine St, who died Tuesday at Holy Name Hospital. Born in Germany, he came to this country as an infant and had lived in the Passaic-Clinton area for many years. He was employed as an office manager for the William Gelger Tool and Manufacturing Co, Passaic. He was past exalted ruler of Elks Lodge 1569, Clinton. Surviving are his wife, the former Marie van Loan; a brother Edward of Wayne; a sister, Mrs Gertrude Frankovic of Clifton; a daughter Mrs John (Phoebe) Koney of Wallington; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
  Reference Number	40283
  Person ID	I40018	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Nellie C Mabie,   b. Feb 1905, Garfield, Bergen County, New Jersey d. 17 Nov 1965, Beth Israel Hospital, Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	10 Aug 1921	Manhattan, New York County, New York   [6]
  Divorce	Jul 1927	Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey   [7]
  	Leonard Knops, of Garfield, who charged that Nellie Knops, immediately following their marriage, Aug 11, 1921, began to "run around" with other men, kicked, punched, and best him and neglected to care for their two children, Elizabeth and Eleanor, now three and two years of age respectively, had an interlocutory degree of divorce recommended for him by Vice-Chancellor Vivian M Lewis in chancery court yesterday on the grounds of extreme cruelty. Mrs Knops denied her husband's charge of extreme cruelty and counterclaimed a dissolution of their marriage upon the same grounds, but her counterclaim was dismissed.
  Children	1. Elizabeth Knops,   b. Abt 1924, Garfield, Bergen County, New Jersey d. 30 Dec 1961, Beth Israel Hospital, Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Eleanor Johanna Knops,   b. 12 Jun 1925, Garfield, Bergen County, New Jersey d. 1 Dec 2002, Wallington, Bergen County, New Jersey (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F14445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014. [S2] Social SecurityDeath Index; Url: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/ssdi/. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, New York, New York, Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937; New Jersey, Marriage Index, 1901-1914; & Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014. [S2] Social SecurityDeath Index; Url: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/ssdi/, and New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-2017. [S499] Research of Dan Burrows of Orange County, NY, obit in The Herald-News, Passaic, New Jersey, 27 Dec 1969, Sat • Page 4. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, New York, New York, Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937. [S499] Research of Dan Burrows of Orange County, NY, article in The Morning Call, Paterson, New Jersey, 19 Jul 1927, Tue • Page 2.