Individual Details

Birth

Birth year of 1876 calculated from obituary (age 85 upon death in 1961)

Stratton Leopold to Carol Petranek, Nov. 3, 2015: George was about 9 years older than my father (Panagiotis)

Immigration

Immigration year from George's obituary

Residence

George's obituary states he went to Savannah in 1907.
When George first moved to Savannah, he worked as a motorman on the streetcar line - as told by Stratton Leopold. and Peter at his brother-in-law's grocery.

Census

1940 US Census
Savannah, Chatham, Georgia
720 Habersham Street
Lines 79-80 and 1-4
Leopold, Peter, head, male, white, age 49, married, not in school, finished 8th grade, born in Greece, Naturalized citizen, lived in same place in 1935, owner, confectionary
Leopold, Marika, wife, female, white, age 33, not in school, finished 8th grade, born in Greece, alien, lived in same place in 1935,
Leopold, Louis, son, male, white, age 13, single, in school, finished 7th grade, born in Georgia, lived in same place in 1935
Leopold, Vasiliki, daughter, female, white age 11, single, in school, finished 5th grade, born in Georgia, lived in same place in 1935
Leopold, George, brother, male, white, age 53, single, not in school, finished 5th grade, born in Greece, naturalized, lived in same place in 1935; part owner, confectionary
Leopold, Basil, brother, male, white, age 47, single, not in school, finished 5th grade, born in Greece, naturalized, lived in same place in 1935; part owner, confectionary

Source: Ancestry.com, accessed September 9, 2019

Death

Death date from Jenny Kontor, FAITH3739, Eliopoulos Ancestry Tree
George E Leopold
 in the Georgia, Death Index, 1919-1998

Name: George E Leopold
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 79
Birth Date: abt 1882
Residence Place: Chatham, Georgia, USA
Death Date: 4 Jun 1961
Death Place: Chatham, Georgia, USA
Certificate Number: 14835
Citation
Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records; Georgia, USA; Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-1998; Certificate Number: 14835
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Georgia, Death Index, 1919-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
Original data: State of Georgia. Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-1998. Georgia, USA: Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, 1998. Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-1998, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, State of Georgia, Georgia, USA, 1998.

Obituary

Obituary of George E. Leopold
George Elias Leopold, 85, died Sunday at St. Joseph's Hospital after a long illness. A well-known Savannah confectionery operator, he was a native of Sparta, Greece. He came to this country in 1903. He arrived in Savannah in 1907 and entered the employ of the Savannah Light Co., now the Savannah Electric & Power Co.

In 1918 he purchased the northeast corner of Habersham and Gwinnett streets with his brothers Peter and Basic Leopold and operated the confectionery business.

Leopold was a communicant of St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church and a member of Zerabbbabel Lodge, F&AM, and Alee Temple of the Mystic Shrine.

Survivors are three sisters, Mrs. Janie G. Carellas, Savannah; Mrs. Mary Theofilakos and Mrs. Evangeline Kachulis of Sparta, Greece; four brothers, Peter and Basil Leopold, Savannah; Anastasios E. Leopold and Spero E. Leopold of Sparta; several nieces and nephews.

Henderson Brothers Funeral Home is in charge.

Published in Savannah News, Tuesday, June 6, 1961, page 2A

Residence

According to son, Stratton Leopold, Panagiotis and his brother, George, originally settled in Brazil, Indiana when they came to the U.S. There was a Zarafonitis family there and they may have initially stayed with them. "When my father, Peter, and Uncle George came to this country from Greece at the turnof the century, they initially went to Brazil, Ind., to live with a great unclewho was in the ice cream and candy business."