Leif Jensen (1886-1955)

Leif Jensen (1886-1955) Chicago Stockbroker at Paul H. Davis Brokerage aka Hornblower and Weeks (b. October 04, 1886, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA - d. Sunday, June 26, 1955, Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA)

Name
His name is pronounced "life".

Birth

 * Andrew Havig Jensen (1860-1930)
 * Lena Elaine Olson (1860-1938)

Siblings
His siblings include: Mary Jensen (1883-1969) who was married to Albert Rath (1881-1950) and later married Nels Hemwall (1875-1965); Thea Jensen (1885-1910) who married Max Caro (1882-c1920); Leonard A. Jensen (1887-1979) who married Gertrude Louise Brock (1892-1944); Josetta (Dolly) Dorothy Jensen (1889-1940) who married William J. Gogerty (1893-1939); Margerite (Daisy) Jensen (1891-1986) who married Francis (Frank) Joseph Woods (1891-1972); Goldie Jensen (1893-1965) who married William Holm (1891-1983); Eleanore Margaret Jensen (1897-1987) who married Mahlon Edward Shanahan (1900-1993); and the youngest was Alvin Jensen (1900-1986) who married Helen Mae Baldwin (1907-1998).

Marriage
Leif married Agnes Hansen (1890-1965).

Children

 * Robert William Jensen (1917-1963)
 * Virginia Grace Jensen (1922-?) who married George Banta III (1923-?)
 * Muriel Elaine Jensen (1928- ) who married Thomas Arnold Patterson (1924- )

Chicago, Illinois
A "Leif Jensen" is in the Chicago City Directory for 1917 working as a "chief clerk" at 608 South Dearborn Avenue and living at 5005 Iowa Avenue. Leif appears in the 1920 and 1930 US Census living at 4932 West Austin Avenue in Chicago. In the 1930 US Census Leif is the head of household and he is living in the same building as his sister Dolly, and her husband, William J. Gogerty. Around 1931 Leif moved to an apartment building that he owned at 5643 North Spaulding Avenue in Chicago and during the depression he had his siblings move into the rental units.

Death
Sandra Elaine Shanahan (1935- ) says: "He worked for the firm of Paul H. Davis Brokerage in Chicago. He was fishing on Lake Geneva with Goldie Jensen and her husband, Bill Holm, when he died."

Obituary
His obituary appeared in the Chicago Daily Tribune on June 28, 1955 and reads as follows: Leif Jensen, The funeral of Leif Jensen of 429 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, formerly of Highland Park, a broker, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the chapel at 1567 Maple Avenue, Evanston. He died Sunday at Lake Geneva. Mr. Jensen was for many years associated with Paul H. Davis company, now Hornblower and Weeks, as a partner and customers' man. He leaves a widow, Agnes; a son, Robert, of Highland Park, and two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Banta of Menasha, Wisconsin, and Mrs. Muriel Patterson of Kenosha, Wisconsin.