Hancock County OhArchives Biographies.....Chanel, George A. 1855 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   GEOEGE A. CHANEL, proprietor of the "Senate" restaurant and saloon, Findlay,
was born in New York City, March 1, 1855, son of Dominick and Elizabeth
(Bernard) Chanel, who came to this country in 1852, and now reside in Bay City,
Mich. Dominick Chanel is a native of Luneville, and his wife of Baccarat,
France. They reared a family of four sons and three daughters, of whom three
sons and three daughters are still living. George A. Chanel, the subject of this
sketch, when a lad of fourteen years, joined a circus troupe, and for fourteen
years he was well and favorably known in the "ring," as one of the "Leon
Brothers," acrobats. In 1879 he retired from the "ring," and engaged in the
liquor business. In the following year he came to Findlay, where he fitted up
one of the finest saloons ever known in the place, and has been well known to
the trade since. Mr. Chanel was united in marriage, in Bay City, Mich., with
Kitty Bryce, and to them have been born two children: Louis (deceased) and
Edward S. A. Our subject and wife are regular communicants of St. Michael's
Church. He is a member of the Band Tournament Association. In politics he is a
Democrat.



Additional Comments:
Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Findlay Township and Village




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