Florence Harriet Leiser Oppenheimer
Birth: July 14, 1877 in Victoria, B.C.
Death: April 27, 1915 or 1914 in San Francisco, California
Plot: Row E – Plot 2
Inscription:
SOL
OPPENHEIMER
Born
at Yale.B.C.
April 2, 1863
Died
June 9. 1913.
FLORENCE
LEISER
OPPENHEIMER
Born at Victoria, BC
July 14. 1877.
Died
April 27. 1915.
Father & Mother
Biography:
Florence or Flossie as she was called as a girl, was very active in the social life of Victoria. She also did charitable work.
She married Sol Oppenheimer married on February 25, 1908. He died in a car accident two years prior which left her with two small children to raise. The pallbearers were: O Pearson, F Lansberg, C F Gardner, H Macklin, Roy McIntosh, A E Hinem.
As both parents died young, their young children Ruth and David were raised by Florence’s sister Amelia (Amy) Leiser Oppenheimer and her husband Milton Oppenheimer. Milton was Sol’s brother.
Parents:
Caroline Lenz Leiser (1855–1935)
Simon Leiser (1851–1917)
Spouse:
Solomon Oppenheimer (1863-1913)
Children:
Ruth Harriet Oppenheimer (1909-2005)
David Godfrey Oppheimer (1912-1988) (manufacturer agent)
Siblings:
Ella Leiser Hamburger (1874-1958)
Married Milton Hamburger
buried with Simon, Caroline and Jennie
Died in San Francisco
Jennie Leiser (1879-1880) in the Leiser family plot with her parents
Amelia (Amy) Leiser Oppenheimer (1881-1961)
Married Milton Oppenheimer
Buried in Ocean View Memorial Park, Burnaby, B.C.
Hilda Leiser Guthman (1883-) Lived in Seattle
Herbert Leiser (1885-1953):
Married May Thurston they had three children.
He’s buried in Buried in Royal Oak Burial Park
Additional Images:
The Jewish Cemetery of Victoria, British Columbia 