Edward is the fifth of seven children born in Chicago from 1900 until 1910. His parents are both Dutch, born in the northern province Friesland.
In 1910 Edwin (2 y) lived with his parents Oscar (35 y) and Sarah Leep (34 y) and his, all in Chicago born, siblings Nicolas (9 y), Harry (8 y), Julian (6 y), Therisa (4 y), and Clara (2 m), in the southern part of Chicago, ward 32.
In 1911 Edward's family Leep emigrated to the former Dutch settlement Cramersburg in the southwestern part of the Canadian south central province Saskatchewan. His mother Sarah died there in February 1916 at the age of 40 years. In 1916 Edward (9 y), his father and widower Andrew (40 y), three brothers, four sisters and grandmother Clara Leep (66 y) were administrated in Maple Creek, about 70 miles southwest of Cramersburg, in Saskatchewan too. His father Andrew remarried in March 1918 in Saskatchewan to the ten years younger Catharina Maria Elisabeth (Katie) Otto.
Animal diseases, coldness, dust bowls, drought, grasshopper invasions, several successive crop failures and low grain prices caused them to leave Canada and in 1921 the family moved to Shepherd, Yellowstone County, Montana, where the family stayed for about five years.
In 1930 Edward Leep (22 y, born in Chicago), his father Andrew (54 y, Holland), his stepmother Katherine (44 y, Holland), his stepbrother Nicholas Scheffleer (19 y, Holland), his sister Mary Leep (16 y, Canada), his stepbrothers Benjamin (5 y, Montana) and Anthony J Leep (2 y, Montana) resided in Melrose, Adams County, in the utter western part of Illinois, on the River Missouri.
Edward A. (Louie) Leep married on 16 April 1936 at the age of 28 years to the five years younger Jeanette (Nettie) De Jong, born in Lansing, like Edward's birthplace Chicago in Cook County too.
In May 1940 Edward A Leep (32 y, pasteurizer at a wholesale dairy), his wife Jeanette (27 y, born in Indiana), their sons Arnold John Leep (3 y, Indiana) and Harry (0 y, Indiana), and their cousin Elizabeth Leep (21 y, Illinois) lived at an own home, worth $1500, in Highland Town, Lincoln Street, North Township, Lake County, in the utter northwestern part of Indiana, adjacent to Cook County and Chicago in Illinois. Edward lived in 1935 at the same place, Jeanette in Lansing.
Later on they had also the sons Jerry,
Ed(ward), Nick, Dennis Russell (Denny) and daughter Sarah Leep. Dennis was born on 28 September 1943 in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana.
An internet site says in 2013:
"History of American Natural Resources Inc., a family owned and operated full service Taxidermy studio, located in North West Indiana, forty minutes from downtown Chicago.
Edward A Leep, "Louie", started taxidermy in Highland, Indiana on Lincoln Street in 1937. This was a part-time business as his main living was being the back bone and original starter of the Pleasant View Dairy in Highland as well. He took taxidermy lessons from Louis Scheer, a very well known taxidermist from Chicago.
His shop was a shed in the backyard where he would mount birds and mammals, large and small, for the local sportsmen. Louie had six sons and one daughter. His son, Edward E Leep, was around the shed helping with various jobs at a young age. His love of nature and the outdoors, along with the artistic skill furthered him to spend his free time working in the shed.
Louie, as he was known, was a great man whose life was cut short at age 57. He passed away while deer hunting in Michigan.
His son, Edward E Leep, was in a position to pickup the work that was undone of his father in 1964, when he passed away. In 1968, Edward started the taxidermy business full time behind his home in Schererville, Indiana, and Leep's Taxidermy was moving forward. He continued to grow the business and in 1984 opened a retail store in the Lincoln Ridge Plaza Mall on US Route 30 in Schererville. There the taxidermy shop was showcased and combined with a fur coat salon, print and framing service, and unique gifts. This is when Leep's Taxidermy changed to our current name of American Natural Resources. As it grew it was clear, it was time to expand again. In 1991, American Natural Resources moved to 128 North Broad Street in Griffith, Indiana. Edward A Leep, Jr., started in the business in 1988 and was a full time taxidermist in 1992. Since then they have been moving forward in Griffith. In 2000, they needed to expand again as their antler chandelier and wholesale taxidermy business grew. They moved two doors south to 120 North Broad Street in April of 2001. They have continued moving forward, and in 2007 They expanded their current location to incorporate 124 North Broad Street. This has allowed to expand the work space as well as freezer and storage capacity as well as a larger retail furniture area".
Louie died in 1965 at the age of 57 years in Rockford, Kent County, Michigan while deer hunting. His widow Jeanette died in 1970 in Highland at the age of 57 years too. They are both buried in Hope Cemetery at Highland, Lake County, Indiana.
In 1910 Edwin (2 y) lived with his parents Oscar (35 y) and Sarah Leep (34 y) and his, all in Chicago born, siblings Nicolas (9 y), Harry (8 y), Julian (6 y), Therisa (4 y), and Clara (2 m), in the southern part of Chicago, ward 32.
In 1911 Edward's family Leep emigrated to the former Dutch settlement Cramersburg in the southwestern part of the Canadian south central province Saskatchewan. His mother Sarah died there in February 1916 at the age of 40 years. In 1916 Edward (9 y), his father and widower Andrew (40 y), three brothers, four sisters and grandmother Clara Leep (66 y) were administrated in Maple Creek, about 70 miles southwest of Cramersburg, in Saskatchewan too. His father Andrew remarried in March 1918 in Saskatchewan to the ten years younger Catharina Maria Elisabeth (Katie) Otto.
Animal diseases, coldness, dust bowls, drought, grasshopper invasions, several successive crop failures and low grain prices caused them to leave Canada and in 1921 the family moved to Shepherd, Yellowstone County, Montana, where the family stayed for about five years.
In 1930 Edward Leep (22 y, born in Chicago), his father Andrew (54 y, Holland), his stepmother Katherine (44 y, Holland), his stepbrother Nicholas Scheffleer (19 y, Holland), his sister Mary Leep (16 y, Canada), his stepbrothers Benjamin (5 y, Montana) and Anthony J Leep (2 y, Montana) resided in Melrose, Adams County, in the utter western part of Illinois, on the River Missouri.
Edward A. (Louie) Leep married on 16 April 1936 at the age of 28 years to the five years younger Jeanette (Nettie) De Jong, born in Lansing, like Edward's birthplace Chicago in Cook County too.
In May 1940 Edward A Leep (32 y, pasteurizer at a wholesale dairy), his wife Jeanette (27 y, born in Indiana), their sons Arnold John Leep (3 y, Indiana) and Harry (0 y, Indiana), and their cousin Elizabeth Leep (21 y, Illinois) lived at an own home, worth $1500, in Highland Town, Lincoln Street, North Township, Lake County, in the utter northwestern part of Indiana, adjacent to Cook County and Chicago in Illinois. Edward lived in 1935 at the same place, Jeanette in Lansing.
Later on they had also the sons Jerry,
Ed(ward), Nick, Dennis Russell (Denny) and daughter Sarah Leep. Dennis was born on 28 September 1943 in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana.
An internet site says in 2013:
"History of American Natural Resources Inc., a family owned and operated full service Taxidermy studio, located in North West Indiana, forty minutes from downtown Chicago.
Edward A Leep, "Louie", started taxidermy in Highland, Indiana on Lincoln Street in 1937. This was a part-time business as his main living was being the back bone and original starter of the Pleasant View Dairy in Highland as well. He took taxidermy lessons from Louis Scheer, a very well known taxidermist from Chicago.
His shop was a shed in the backyard where he would mount birds and mammals, large and small, for the local sportsmen. Louie had six sons and one daughter. His son, Edward E Leep, was around the shed helping with various jobs at a young age. His love of nature and the outdoors, along with the artistic skill furthered him to spend his free time working in the shed.
Louie, as he was known, was a great man whose life was cut short at age 57. He passed away while deer hunting in Michigan.
His son, Edward E Leep, was in a position to pickup the work that was undone of his father in 1964, when he passed away. In 1968, Edward started the taxidermy business full time behind his home in Schererville, Indiana, and Leep's Taxidermy was moving forward. He continued to grow the business and in 1984 opened a retail store in the Lincoln Ridge Plaza Mall on US Route 30 in Schererville. There the taxidermy shop was showcased and combined with a fur coat salon, print and framing service, and unique gifts. This is when Leep's Taxidermy changed to our current name of American Natural Resources. As it grew it was clear, it was time to expand again. In 1991, American Natural Resources moved to 128 North Broad Street in Griffith, Indiana. Edward A Leep, Jr., started in the business in 1988 and was a full time taxidermist in 1992. Since then they have been moving forward in Griffith. In 2000, they needed to expand again as their antler chandelier and wholesale taxidermy business grew. They moved two doors south to 120 North Broad Street in April of 2001. They have continued moving forward, and in 2007 They expanded their current location to incorporate 124 North Broad Street. This has allowed to expand the work space as well as freezer and storage capacity as well as a larger retail furniture area".
Louie died in 1965 at the age of 57 years in Rockford, Kent County, Michigan while deer hunting. His widow Jeanette died in 1970 in Highland at the age of 57 years too. They are both buried in Hope Cemetery at Highland, Lake County, Indiana.
Edward is the fifth of seven children born in Chicago from 1900 until 1910. His parents are both Dutch, born in the northern province Friesland.
In 1910 Edwin (2 y) lived with his parents Oscar (35 y) and Sarah Leep (34 y) and his, all in Chicago born, siblings Nicolas (9 y), Harry (8 y), Julian (6 y), Therisa (4 y), and Clara (2 m), in the southern part of Chicago, ward 32.
In 1911 Edward's family Leep emigrated to the former Dutch settlement Cramersburg in the southwestern part of the Canadian south central province Saskatchewan. His mother Sarah died there in February 1916 at the age of 40 years. In 1916 Edward (9 y), his father and widower Andrew (40 y), three brothers, four sisters and grandmother Clara Leep (66 y) were administrated in Maple Creek, about 70 miles southwest of Cramersburg, in Saskatchewan too. His father Andrew remarried in March 1918 in Saskatchewan to the ten years younger Catharina Maria Elisabeth (Katie) Otto.
Animal diseases, coldness, dust bowls, drought, grasshopper invasions, several successive crop failures and low grain prices caused them to leave Canada and in 1921 the family moved to Shepherd, Yellowstone County, Montana, where the family stayed for about five years.
In 1930 Edward Leep (22 y, born in Chicago), his father Andrew (54 y, Holland), his stepmother Katherine (44 y, Holland), his stepbrother Nicholas Scheffleer (19 y, Holland), his sister Mary Leep (16 y, Canada), his stepbrothers Benjamin (5 y, Montana) and Anthony J Leep (2 y, Montana) resided in Melrose, Adams County, in the utter western part of Illinois, on the River Missouri.
Edward A. (Louie) Leep married on 16 April 1936 at the age of 28 years to the five years younger Jeanette (Nettie) De Jong, born in Lansing, like Edward's birthplace Chicago in Cook County too.
In May 1940 Edward A Leep (32 y, pasteurizer at a wholesale dairy), his wife Jeanette (27 y, born in Indiana), their sons Arnold John Leep (3 y, Indiana) and Harry (0 y, Indiana), and their cousin Elizabeth Leep (21 y, Illinois) lived at an own home, worth $1500, in Highland Town, Lincoln Street, North Township, Lake County, in the utter northwestern part of Indiana, adjacent to Cook County and Chicago in Illinois. Edward lived in 1935 at the same place, Jeanette in Lansing.
Later on they had also the sons Jerry,
Ed(ward), Nick, Dennis Russell (Denny) and daughter Sarah Leep. Dennis was born on 28 September 1943 in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana.
An internet site says in 2013:
"History of American Natural Resources Inc., a family owned and operated full service Taxidermy studio, located in North West Indiana, forty minutes from downtown Chicago.
Edward A Leep, "Louie", started taxidermy in Highland, Indiana on Lincoln Street in 1937. This was a part-time business as his main living was being the back bone and original starter of the Pleasant View Dairy in Highland as well. He took taxidermy lessons from Louis Scheer, a very well known taxidermist from Chicago.
His shop was a shed in the backyard where he would mount birds and mammals, large and small, for the local sportsmen. Louie had six sons and one daughter. His son, Edward E Leep, was around the shed helping with various jobs at a young age. His love of nature and the outdoors, along with the artistic skill furthered him to spend his free time working in the shed.
Louie, as he was known, was a great man whose life was cut short at age 57. He passed away while deer hunting in Michigan.
His son, Edward E Leep, was in a position to pickup the work that was undone of his father in 1964, when he passed away. In 1968, Edward started the taxidermy business full time behind his home in Schererville, Indiana, and Leep's Taxidermy was moving forward. He continued to grow the business and in 1984 opened a retail store in the Lincoln Ridge Plaza Mall on US Route 30 in Schererville. There the taxidermy shop was showcased and combined with a fur coat salon, print and framing service, and unique gifts. This is when Leep's Taxidermy changed to our current name of American Natural Resources. As it grew it was clear, it was time to expand again. In 1991, American Natural Resources moved to 128 North Broad Street in Griffith, Indiana. Edward A Leep, Jr., started in the business in 1988 and was a full time taxidermist in 1992. Since then they have been moving forward in Griffith. In 2000, they needed to expand again as their antler chandelier and wholesale taxidermy business grew. They moved two doors south to 120 North Broad Street in April of 2001. They have continued moving forward, and in 2007 They expanded their current location to incorporate 124 North Broad Street. This has allowed to expand the work space as well as freezer and storage capacity as well as a larger retail furniture area".
Louie died in 1965 at the age of 57 years in Rockford, Kent County, Michigan while deer hunting. His widow Jeanette died in 1970 in Highland at the age of 57 years too. They are both buried in Hope Cemetery at Highland, Lake County, Indiana.
In 1910 Edwin (2 y) lived with his parents Oscar (35 y) and Sarah Leep (34 y) and his, all in Chicago born, siblings Nicolas (9 y), Harry (8 y), Julian (6 y), Therisa (4 y), and Clara (2 m), in the southern part of Chicago, ward 32.
In 1911 Edward's family Leep emigrated to the former Dutch settlement Cramersburg in the southwestern part of the Canadian south central province Saskatchewan. His mother Sarah died there in February 1916 at the age of 40 years. In 1916 Edward (9 y), his father and widower Andrew (40 y), three brothers, four sisters and grandmother Clara Leep (66 y) were administrated in Maple Creek, about 70 miles southwest of Cramersburg, in Saskatchewan too. His father Andrew remarried in March 1918 in Saskatchewan to the ten years younger Catharina Maria Elisabeth (Katie) Otto.
Animal diseases, coldness, dust bowls, drought, grasshopper invasions, several successive crop failures and low grain prices caused them to leave Canada and in 1921 the family moved to Shepherd, Yellowstone County, Montana, where the family stayed for about five years.
In 1930 Edward Leep (22 y, born in Chicago), his father Andrew (54 y, Holland), his stepmother Katherine (44 y, Holland), his stepbrother Nicholas Scheffleer (19 y, Holland), his sister Mary Leep (16 y, Canada), his stepbrothers Benjamin (5 y, Montana) and Anthony J Leep (2 y, Montana) resided in Melrose, Adams County, in the utter western part of Illinois, on the River Missouri.
Edward A. (Louie) Leep married on 16 April 1936 at the age of 28 years to the five years younger Jeanette (Nettie) De Jong, born in Lansing, like Edward's birthplace Chicago in Cook County too.
In May 1940 Edward A Leep (32 y, pasteurizer at a wholesale dairy), his wife Jeanette (27 y, born in Indiana), their sons Arnold John Leep (3 y, Indiana) and Harry (0 y, Indiana), and their cousin Elizabeth Leep (21 y, Illinois) lived at an own home, worth $1500, in Highland Town, Lincoln Street, North Township, Lake County, in the utter northwestern part of Indiana, adjacent to Cook County and Chicago in Illinois. Edward lived in 1935 at the same place, Jeanette in Lansing.
Later on they had also the sons Jerry,
Ed(ward), Nick, Dennis Russell (Denny) and daughter Sarah Leep. Dennis was born on 28 September 1943 in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana.
An internet site says in 2013:
"History of American Natural Resources Inc., a family owned and operated full service Taxidermy studio, located in North West Indiana, forty minutes from downtown Chicago.
Edward A Leep, "Louie", started taxidermy in Highland, Indiana on Lincoln Street in 1937. This was a part-time business as his main living was being the back bone and original starter of the Pleasant View Dairy in Highland as well. He took taxidermy lessons from Louis Scheer, a very well known taxidermist from Chicago.
His shop was a shed in the backyard where he would mount birds and mammals, large and small, for the local sportsmen. Louie had six sons and one daughter. His son, Edward E Leep, was around the shed helping with various jobs at a young age. His love of nature and the outdoors, along with the artistic skill furthered him to spend his free time working in the shed.
Louie, as he was known, was a great man whose life was cut short at age 57. He passed away while deer hunting in Michigan.
His son, Edward E Leep, was in a position to pickup the work that was undone of his father in 1964, when he passed away. In 1968, Edward started the taxidermy business full time behind his home in Schererville, Indiana, and Leep's Taxidermy was moving forward. He continued to grow the business and in 1984 opened a retail store in the Lincoln Ridge Plaza Mall on US Route 30 in Schererville. There the taxidermy shop was showcased and combined with a fur coat salon, print and framing service, and unique gifts. This is when Leep's Taxidermy changed to our current name of American Natural Resources. As it grew it was clear, it was time to expand again. In 1991, American Natural Resources moved to 128 North Broad Street in Griffith, Indiana. Edward A Leep, Jr., started in the business in 1988 and was a full time taxidermist in 1992. Since then they have been moving forward in Griffith. In 2000, they needed to expand again as their antler chandelier and wholesale taxidermy business grew. They moved two doors south to 120 North Broad Street in April of 2001. They have continued moving forward, and in 2007 They expanded their current location to incorporate 124 North Broad Street. This has allowed to expand the work space as well as freezer and storage capacity as well as a larger retail furniture area".
Louie died in 1965 at the age of 57 years in Rockford, Kent County, Michigan while deer hunting. His widow Jeanette died in 1970 in Highland at the age of 57 years too. They are both buried in Hope Cemetery at Highland, Lake County, Indiana.
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