Individual Details
Leah Zahler
(Mar 17, 1904 - Nov 26, 1994)
Events
| Birth | Mar 17, 1904 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States |  | ||
| Census | 1910 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States |  | | |
| Census | 1920 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States | | | |
| City Directories | 1921 - 1922 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States | | | |
| Marriage | Dec 28, 1924 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - Arthur Nagel | | ||
| City Directory (Fam) | From 1926 to 1929 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - Arthur Nagel | | | |
| Census (family) | 1930 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - Arthur Nagel | | | |
| City Directory (Fam) | From 1931 to 1939 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - Arthur Nagel | | | |
| Census (family) | 1940 | Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - Arthur Nagel | | | |
| Miscnote (family) | 1942 | Arthur Nagel | | | |
| Miscnote (family) | Nov 20, 1955 | Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - Arthur Nagel | | | |
| Miscnote | 1970 | | |||
| Death | Nov 26, 1994 | Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States | | ||
| Obit | Nov 28, 1994 | Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Arthur Nagel (1903 - 1972) |
| Child | Fred Charles Nagel (1925 - 2017) |
| Child | Rita Elaine Nagel (1928 - 2010) |
| Child | Janice Nagel (1933 - 2020) |
| Father | Wolf Zahler ( - ) |
| Mother | Anna Pearl Stern ( - ) |
Notes
Census
She was living at 2530 E. 25th St with her parents and siblings.Census
She was living with her parents and siblings at 2365 E 61st St. and attending school.City Directories
In 1921 she was a stenographer at the Cleveland Builders Supply and Brick Company. She was living at 2163 W 62nd. In 1922 she was a cashier for Joseph Cleary. She was living at 2365 E 65th.City Directory (Fam)
From 1924 to 1926 Arthur Nagel sold carbonated beverages from a truck. They were living at 11024 Earle Ave. He later sold jukeboxes (1927-1934) until he was forced out by business by the mob. From 1927 to 1932 they lived at 670 E. 97th St.Census (family)
They were renting ($40/mon) with their children at 670 97th St. He was a truck driver.City Directory (Fam)
He then made furniture cabinets, record cabinets, and funeral racks for caskets.In 1934 they were living at 1606 Hillcrest Road in East Cleveland. From 1936 to 1940 he was president of Avon Novelty Sales Co. located at Room 321, 5511 Euclid Ave. In 1937 they lived at 3186 Tullamore and in 1940 they were living at 3414 Washington Blvd in Cleveland Heights.
Census (family)
They were renting ($70/mon) at 3413 Washington with their children. They had a servant earning $419/year. Art had finished 2 years of high school and she had finished 3 years. He was a salesman for a coin operation on his own account.Miscnote (family)
They moved from Cleveland to East Chicago, Indiana in 1942. He bought a diner in Indiana Harbor and ran it for a year. Then he sold Capehart record players. He went into radio parts, opening Radio Parts Distributors on 55th St in Chicago around 1944. About this time they moved to 72nd and Coles in Chicago.Miscnote (family)
Four ads for hi-if equipment sold by Arthur Nagel Inc appeared in the Chicago Tribune in 1955. [E-2433]Miscnote
After Arthur's death, Leah Nagel moved to Florida and eventually moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Obit
The following obit appeared in the November 28, 1994, Chicago Tribune on page 118:."NAGEL
Leah Nagel nee Zahler. beloved wife of the late Arthur; loving mother of Fred (Annette), Rita (Edward) Friefield of Scottsdale. AZ, Janice (Theodore) Simon, of Milwaukee, WI; cherished grandmother of nine; great-grandmother of 10.
Past president of Sarah Greenebaum Chapter Of U.O.T.S. Graveside services Monday. November 28, 3 p.m. at Shalom Memorial Park. Info. 708-291-0147."
Endnotes
1. Emil H. Isaacson, Interview with Leah Zahler Nagel; Miami, Florida, Dec 1984.
2. 1910 U.S. Census: Ohio, Cuyahoga County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Lea Zahler: Cleveland Ward 13; Roll: T624_1170; Page: 13B; ED: 0214; FHL microfilm: 137518 (accessed Sep 27 2014) [E-1648].
3. 1920 U.S. Census: Ohio, Cuyahoga County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Leah Zahler: Cleveland; Roll: T625_1369; Page: 4A; ED: 342; Image: 12 (accessed Sep 17 2014) [E-1649].
4. "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989", database on-line, Ancestry.com, Leah Zahler 1921; page 2823; 1922, page 2760; Cleveland City Directory (accessed Oct 29 2018) [E-2419].
5. Emil H. Isaacson, Interview with Leah Zahler Nagel; Miami, Florida, Dec 1984.
6. "Vital Records for Cuyahoga County, Ohio, including marriages, 1810-1941, and index, 1810-1988, and auditor’s tax duplicate, 1819-1869", microfilm, Western Reserve Historical Society Library, Cleveland, Ohio, Marriage Certificate for Arthur Nagel and Leah Zahler: #196165 (abstracted by Emil H. Isaacson) [E-0771].
7. "US. Cuyahoga County, Ohio Jewish Marriage Record Extracts, 1837-1934" database, Ancestry.com; Records extracted from the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Marriage Application and Return volumes, Cuyahoga County Archives, Marriage Certificate for Arthur Nagel and Leah Zahler: #196165 (accessed Mar 27 2010) [E-0771].
8. "Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973", database on-line, Ancestry.com; Original records: "Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1810–1973", Microfilm publication, 20 rolls. Reels 12–27, 107–110., Marriage; Dec 28, 1924 Arthur Nagel & Leah Zahler (accessed Jul 8 2014) [E-2197].
9. "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989", database on-line, Ancestry.com, Arthur Nagel: Cleveland, Ohio: 1925 to 1940 (accessed Sep 5 2014) [E-1617].
10. Emil H. Isaacson, Interview with Leah Zahler Nagel; Miami, Florida, Dec 1984.
11. 1930 U.S. Census: Ohio, Cuyahoga County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Arthur Nagel: Cleveland, Roll 1772; Page: 6B; ED: 0431; Image: 905.0; FHL microfilm: 2341506 (accessed Feb 21 2003) [E-0414].
12. "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989", database on-line, Ancestry.com, Arthur Nagel: Cleveland, Ohio: 1925 to 1940 (accessed Sep 5 2014) [E-1617].
13. 1940 U.S. Census: Ohio, Cuyahoga County, population schedule, digital images, Ancestry.com, Arthur Negal [sic]: Cleveland Heights, Roll: T627_3049; ED: 18-46, Page 61A (accessed Jul 30 2012) [E-1304].
14. Emil H. Isaacson, Interview with Leah Zahler Nagel; Miami, Florida, Dec 1984.
15. "Chicago Tribune Historical Archive", database, (www.infoweb.newsbank.com), Ads: Sep 25, 1955, Page C40; Nov. 20, 1955, Page D3; Nov. 27, 1955, Page C33; Dec 4, 1966, Page E20 [E-2433].
16. Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index", online database, Ancestry.com, Leah Nagel: Nov 1994[ E-0491].
17. "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997", database on-line. Ancestry.com, Leah Nagel: Nov 26, 1994 (accessed Sep 7 2011) [E-1205].
18. "Chicago Tribune, Obituary Index, 1988-1997", database on-line, Ancestry.com, Leah Zahler Nagel: Obit: Nov 28, 1994 (accessed Sep 7 2011) [E-1206].
19. "Chicago Tribune, Obituary Index, 1988-1997", database on-line, Ancestry.com, Leah Zahler Nagel: Obit: Nov 28, 1994 (accessed Sep 7 2011) [E-1206].
20. Newspapers.com [online database], Leah Zahler Nagel: Obit: Nov 28, 1994 Chicago Tribune; page 118 (accessed Sep 7 2011) [E-1206].