Jacob James Hanauer (1872 - 1947)

Born 6 Aug 1872 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Jan 1947 at age 74 in Ohio, United States

Biography

Jacob Hanauer has Jewish Roots.

Jacob was born in 1872. He was the son of Jacob Hanauer and Sarah Winklein.

He was living with his widowed mother and his siblings in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio in 1880.^[1]

In 1918 the Cincinnati city directory listed J. J. Hanauer with the J J Hanauer & Co. of 713 Elm Street in that city. The company was in the business of tailor's trimmings. He and his mother both lived at 3592 Bogart Avenue in Cincinnati. ^[2]

He was living in the household of his married sister Hester (Hanauer) Hays in 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 in Cincinnati.^[3][4][5][6] He was head of household and was living with niece Sarah and grandniece Hester in Cincinnati in 1940.^[7]

He passed away in 1947 in Ohio.^[8][9] According to his obituary, he was known as "Uncle Jake" and "The Mayor of Elm Street." He was the last retail button dealer at the time in the United States. At the time of his death, he left surviving six nieces and a nephew.

He was buried in Walnut Hills Jewish Cemetery in Cincinnati.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8M1-26J : 15 September 2017), Jacob Hannauer in entry for Sarah Hannauer, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 168, sheet 71B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1028; FHL microfilm 1,255,028.
2. ↑ Cincinnati, Ohio, City Directory, 1918, page 802. Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/4228841
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM8K-9KG : accessed 19 July 2019), Jacob Hanauer in household of Louis E Hays, Precinct B Cincinnati City Ward 31, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 270, sheet 2B, family 25, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,281.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLZ1-Z62 : accessed 19 July 2019), Jacob J Hanauer in household of Louis Hays, Cincinnati Ward 13, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 150, sheet 8B, family 145, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1189; FHL microfilm 1,375,202.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDT6-WV7 : accessed 19 July 2019), Jacob J Hanover in household of Lewis E Hays, Cincinnati Ward 13, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; citing ED 224, sheet 5B, line 78, family 118, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1391; FHL microfilm 1,821,391.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X47R-WN8 : accessed 19 July 2019), Jacob Hanauer in household of Louis Hays, Cincinnati (Districts 1-250), Hamilton, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 148, sheet 6B, line 63, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1811; FHL microfilm 2,341,545.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWPN-TYR : 15 March 2018), Jacob Hanover, Ward 13, Cincinnati City, Cincinnati City, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 91-209, sheet 8B, line 63, family 175, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3194.
8. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6JB-GR8 : 9 March 2018), Jacob J Hanauer, Wednesday, 21 Jan 1947; citing , reference certificate; FHL microfilm 2,372,968.
9. ↑ Obituary, Jacob James Hanauer, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Jan 22, 1947, page 23, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34017052/jacob_james_uncle_jake_hanauer/
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 January 2021), memorial page for Jacob Hanauer (6 Aug 1872–21 Jan 1947), Find A Grave: Memorial #185151671, citing Walnut Hills Jewish Cemetery, Evanston, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by CindyS (contributor 18484625) .

• Research of Annie Jacobs, dated November 6, 1998.