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Ernest Henkel

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Ernest Henkel (December 26, 1876 - September 3, 1935) was the personnel manager of the Metropolitan Opera.[1]

Biography

He was born in December 26, 1876 in Germany. His family became citizens of England.[1]

He married Ceceline Casean on 24 July 1909 in Brooklyn, New York City. Their daughter, Marta Henkel was a dancer.[2]

In 1917 he was arrested for carrying alcohol in the trunk of his car into Atlanta, Georgia while there for business.[3]

He died at a homeless shelter run by the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration in Manhattan during the Great Depression on September 2, 1935.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ex-Aide Of Opera Dies In Tera Room. Ernest Henkel, Former Head of Personnel, Victim of Heart Attack at Shelter Here". New York Times. September 3, 1935. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
  2. ^ "Youth in the Opera House". New York Times. December 12, 1920. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
  3. ^ "Georgia". The Brewers' Journal. 1917. Retrieved 2015-01-12.