Frank Angelo de Leonardo was born in 1839 in Genoa, Italy. He shortened his name to Frank Angelo when he emigrated from Italy to America in 1857. (Actually 'Angelo' was his mother's maiden name although she was born in France).
Frank was a musician and played every instrument. He was an orchestra leader & traveled throughout the southern states. He personally knew Jenny Lind, John Wilkes Booth, & Adelina Patti plus many other celebrities of the times and routinely entertained them at his places of business.
He later operated a saloon across from the Merchant's Exchange Building in St. Louis, MO.
In 1894 he moved to & ran 'the House of Comfort' saloon & restaurant at Fairgrounds Park, St. Louis, MO.
While Frank and his wife, Elizabeth, lived to be 84, out of the eight children born to them, they outlived all but two: Rosa Anna and George. Rosa, sadly, did not have any children but George was the father of three children: Maebelle Anna from his first wife Sophia, Michael, and another daughter from his second wife, Carrie.
Frank was a musician and played every instrument. He was an orchestra leader & traveled throughout the southern states. He personally knew Jenny Lind, John Wilkes Booth, & Adelina Patti plus many other celebrities of the times and routinely entertained them at his places of business.
He later operated a saloon across from the Merchant's Exchange Building in St. Louis, MO.
In 1894 he moved to & ran 'the House of Comfort' saloon & restaurant at Fairgrounds Park, St. Louis, MO.
While Frank and his wife, Elizabeth, lived to be 84, out of the eight children born to them, they outlived all but two: Rosa Anna and George. Rosa, sadly, did not have any children but George was the father of three children: Maebelle Anna from his first wife Sophia, Michael, and another daughter from his second wife, Carrie.
Frank Angelo de Leonardo was born in 1839 in Genoa, Italy. He shortened his name to Frank Angelo when he emigrated from Italy to America in 1857. (Actually 'Angelo' was his mother's maiden name although she was born in France).
Frank was a musician and played every instrument. He was an orchestra leader & traveled throughout the southern states. He personally knew Jenny Lind, John Wilkes Booth, & Adelina Patti plus many other celebrities of the times and routinely entertained them at his places of business.
He later operated a saloon across from the Merchant's Exchange Building in St. Louis, MO.
In 1894 he moved to & ran 'the House of Comfort' saloon & restaurant at Fairgrounds Park, St. Louis, MO.
While Frank and his wife, Elizabeth, lived to be 84, out of the eight children born to them, they outlived all but two: Rosa Anna and George. Rosa, sadly, did not have any children but George was the father of three children: Maebelle Anna from his first wife Sophia, Michael, and another daughter from his second wife, Carrie.
Frank was a musician and played every instrument. He was an orchestra leader & traveled throughout the southern states. He personally knew Jenny Lind, John Wilkes Booth, & Adelina Patti plus many other celebrities of the times and routinely entertained them at his places of business.
He later operated a saloon across from the Merchant's Exchange Building in St. Louis, MO.
In 1894 he moved to & ran 'the House of Comfort' saloon & restaurant at Fairgrounds Park, St. Louis, MO.
While Frank and his wife, Elizabeth, lived to be 84, out of the eight children born to them, they outlived all but two: Rosa Anna and George. Rosa, sadly, did not have any children but George was the father of three children: Maebelle Anna from his first wife Sophia, Michael, and another daughter from his second wife, Carrie.
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