Jack Leonard Warner (born Jacob Warner) was a Canadian-American film executive who was the president and driving force behind the Warner Bros. Studios in California. Warner's career spanned some 45 years.
Jack Warner has Jewish Roots.
Jacob Leonard Warner was born on 2 August 1892 in London, Ontario, the son of Benjamin and Pearl Warner. He had five elder siblings, brothers Hirsch "Harry", Abraham and Samuel, and sisters Anna and Rosie, all born before his parents, both Polish Jews, immigrated to America. His next brother was David, born 1893 in Canada. The two youngest of the family, Sadie and Milton, were born in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1896 the family settled in Youngstown, Ohio where Jack spent spent most of his youth.[1][2]
He married Irma Claire Salomon on 13 October 1914 in San Francisco, California.[3] They had one son, Jack Milton (Jack Jr.) Warner.[4][5]
Jack Warner died on 9 September 1978 in Beverly Hills.[6][7][8] He was accorded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6541 Hollywood Boulevard.[9]
When Jacob Leonard (Jack) Warner was born on August 2, 1892, his father, Benjamin, was 35 and his mother, Pearl, was 35. He had four brothers and five sisters. He died on September 9, 1978, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 86, and was buried in East Los Angeles, California.
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMD5-J5P : accessed 12 October 2020), Jacob Warner in household of Benjamin Warner, Youngstown Township, Precinct B Youngstown city Ward 1, Mahoning, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58, sheet 24A, family 513, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,300.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLFZ-T1X : accessed 12 October 2020), Jack Warner in household of Benjamin Warner, Youngstown Ward 2, Mahoning, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 107, sheet 1A, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1212; FHL microfilm 1,375,225.
↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL64-2K2 : 8 December 2017), Jack Leonard Warner and Anna Claire Salomon, 13 Oct 1914; citing San Francisco, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,405,838.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQN-FHP : accessed 13 October 2020), J L Warner, Los Angeles Assembly District 63, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing ED 171, sheet 17A, line 32, family 457, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 106; FHL microfilm 1,820,106.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCFX-NSN : accessed 12 October 2020), Jack L Warner, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 819, sheet 17B, line 68, family 264, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 124; FHL microfilm 2,339,859.
↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPC3-7D2 : 26 November 2014), Jack L Warner, 09 Sep 1978; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JT4Z-HPR : 23 August 2020), Jack Warner, Sep 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZK9-9T3 : 24 August 2019), Jack Leonard Warner, 1917-1918.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K974-WNB : 23 May 2020), Jack L Warner, Tract 381, Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-36, sheet 20A, line 15, family 314, 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 220.
"New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24NN-WSD : 12 March 2018), Jack Warner, 1931; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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Wonsal-3 and Warner-10485 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate. I think the LNAB should be Warner because his father started using the name Warner when he reached America ie. 3/4 years before Jack's birth.
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