Leonard Origins

Person Page 2,021

Robert Dewey Leonard

M, #50501, b. 1923, d. 1938
ReferencesJames of Staffordshire 1792
John Warwickshire 1730

Parents

FatherLeo Samuel Leonard (b. 6 October 1897, d. 24 December 1954)
MotherGrace Elizabeth Axtell (b. 1897, d. 1934)
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Biography

Robert Dewey Leonard was born in 1923 in Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He died in 1938 at age ~15 in Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
Last Edited26 December 2013

William Leonard

M, #50502, b. about 1846, d. 5 January 1889
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Family: Luella L. Weiskopff (b. July 1852)

SonWilliam Leonard (b. 1868)
SonSylvester J. Leonard (b. October 1870)
SonJohn J. Leonard (b. about 1873, d. 1934)
DaughterLaura A. Leonard (b. 1876)
DaughterHattie E. Leonard (b. January 1879)
SonCharles W. Leonard (b. 1881)
SonJoseph J. Leonard (b. 1884)
SonMark Dwayne Leonard (b. 20 October 1886, d. 9 November 1963)
SonGeorge Leonard (b. 1890)
SonIrvin Leonard (b. 1893)
DaughterElsie Hazel Leonard (b. October 1895)

Biography

William Leonard was born about 1846 in New York. He and Luella L. Weiskopff were married about 1868 in Pennsylvania. He died on 5 January 1889 at age ~43 in Groton, Cayuga County, New York.
His parents were born in NY. He lived in Cayuga Co., NY, and moved to Union, Tioga Co., PA, where his children were born. He was a farmer.
Last Edited26 December 2013

Luella L. Weiskopff

F, #50503, b. July 1852
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Family: William Leonard (b. about 1846, d. 5 January 1889)

SonWilliam Leonard (b. 1868)
SonSylvester J. Leonard (b. October 1870)
SonJohn J. Leonard (b. about 1873, d. 1934)
DaughterLaura A. Leonard (b. 1876)
DaughterHattie E. Leonard (b. January 1879)
SonCharles W. Leonard (b. 1881)
SonJoseph J. Leonard (b. 1884)
SonMark Dwayne Leonard (b. 20 October 1886, d. 9 November 1963)
SonGeorge Leonard (b. 1890)
SonIrvin Leonard (b. 1893)
DaughterElsie Hazel Leonard (b. October 1895)

Biography

Luella L. Weiskopff was born in July 1852 in Pennsylvania. William Leonard and she were married about 1868 in Pennsylvania.
Last Edited26 December 2013

Sylvester J. Leonard

M, #50504, b. October 1870

Parents

FatherWilliam Leonard (b. about 1846, d. 5 January 1889)
MotherLuella L. Weiskopff (b. July 1852)
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Biography

Sylvester J. Leonard was born in October 1870.
Last Edited26 December 2013

John J. Leonard

M, #50505, b. about 1873, d. 1934

Parents

FatherWilliam Leonard (b. about 1846, d. 5 January 1889)
MotherLuella L. Weiskopff (b. July 1852)
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Biography

John J. Leonard was born about 1873. He died in 1934 at age ~61 in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
Last Edited26 December 2013

Hattie E. Leonard

F, #50506, b. January 1879

Parents

FatherWilliam Leonard (b. about 1846, d. 5 January 1889)
MotherLuella L. Weiskopff (b. July 1852)
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Biography

Hattie E. Leonard was born in January 1879.
Last Edited26 December 2013

Laura A. Leonard

F, #50507, b. 1876

Parents

FatherWilliam Leonard (b. about 1846, d. 5 January 1889)
MotherLuella L. Weiskopff (b. July 1852)
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Biography

Laura A. Leonard was born in 1876.
Last Edited26 December 2013

Charles W. Leonard

M, #50508, b. 1881

Parents

FatherWilliam Leonard (b. about 1846, d. 5 January 1889)
MotherLuella L. Weiskopff (b. July 1852)
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Biography

Charles W. Leonard was born in 1881.
Last Edited26 December 2013

Joseph J. Leonard

M, #50509, b. 1884

Parents

FatherWilliam Leonard (b. about 1846, d. 5 January 1889)
MotherLuella L. Weiskopff (b. July 1852)
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Biography

Joseph J. Leonard was born in 1884.
Last Edited26 December 2013

George Leonard

M, #50510, b. 1890

Parents

FatherWilliam Leonard (b. about 1846, d. 5 January 1889)
MotherLuella L. Weiskopff (b. July 1852)
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Biography

George Leonard was born in 1890.
Last Edited26 December 2013

Irvin Leonard

M, #50511, b. 1893

Parents

FatherWilliam Leonard (b. about 1846, d. 5 January 1889)
MotherLuella L. Weiskopff (b. July 1852)
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Biography

Irvin Leonard was born in 1893.
Last Edited26 December 2013

Elsie Hazel Leonard

F, #50512, b. October 1895

Parents

FatherWilliam Leonard (b. about 1846, d. 5 January 1889)
MotherLuella L. Weiskopff (b. July 1852)
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Biography

Elsie Hazel Leonard was born in October 1895.
Last Edited26 December 2013

Mark Dwayne Leonard

M, #50513, b. 20 October 1886, d. 9 November 1963

Parents

FatherWilliam Leonard (b. about 1846, d. 5 January 1889)
MotherLuella L. Weiskopff (b. July 1852)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Mark Dwayne Leonard was born on 20 October 1886 in Roaring Branch, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. He and Ethel Pearl Dudley were married. He died on 9 November 1963 at age 77 in Pennsylvania.
They had 10 children.
Last Edited26 December 2013

Ethel Pearl Dudley

F, #50514, b. 1896, d. 1950
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Biography

Ethel Pearl Dudley was born in 1896. Mark Dwayne Leonard and she were married. She died in 1950 at age ~54.
Last Edited26 December 2013

William Leonard

M, #50515, b. 1868

Parents

FatherWilliam Leonard (b. about 1846, d. 5 January 1889)
MotherLuella L. Weiskopff (b. July 1852)
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Biography

William Leonard was born in 1868.
He probably died before the 1880 Census.
Last Edited26 December 2013

Thomas Leonard

M, #50516, b. 1747, d. 1 December 1791
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Family: Hannah Burgess (b. 25 March 1764, d. 24 April 1793)

SonSamuel Leonard+ (b. 24 October 1779, d. October 1857)
SonWilliam Leonard (b. before 24 June 1781)
SonThomas Leonard (b. before 8 June 1783, d. 1840)
SonJames Leonard+ (b. before 31 December 1786, d. 16 July 1864)
SonRalph Leonard+ (b. before 27 January 1788, d. 1829)

Biography

Thomas Leonard was born in 1747 in Worcestershire, England. He and Hannah Burgess were married on 25 July 1776 in Middlewich, Cheshire, England. He died on 1 December 1791 at age ~44 in Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, England. He was buried on 1 December 1791 in Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, England.
This Leonard line appears to have been iron workers or in closely allied trades. They lived primarily in the Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, area, close to the Worcestershire boundary and the villages of Stourbridge, Dudley, Cradley, Old Swinford, and Kingswinford, and the ancient parish of Rowley Regis. The area had a number of furnaces and foundries and was noted for nail-making, although Cradley had a large factory making chains and Brierly Hill later had the Round Hill Steel Works.

Thomas is also recorded as being buried in Kingswinford. Thomas Leonard lived in Middlewich, Cheshire, England, on 25 July 1776.
Last Edited19 February 2021

Hannah Burgess

F, #50517, b. 25 March 1764, d. 24 April 1793

Parents

FatherJohn Burgess (b. 1715)
MotherMartha Martyn (b. 1720)
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Family: Thomas Leonard (b. 1747, d. 1 December 1791)

SonSamuel Leonard+ (b. 24 October 1779, d. October 1857)
SonWilliam Leonard (b. before 24 June 1781)
SonThomas Leonard (b. before 8 June 1783, d. 1840)
SonJames Leonard+ (b. before 31 December 1786, d. 16 July 1864)
SonRalph Leonard+ (b. before 27 January 1788, d. 1829)

Biography

Hannah Burgess was born on 25 March 1764 in Middlewich, Cheshire, England. Thomas Leonard and she were married on 25 July 1776 in Middlewich, Cheshire, England. She died on 24 April 1793 at age 29 in Saint Michael, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, England.
Hannah Burgess was christened on 25 March 1764 in Middlewich, Cheshire, England. She lived in Grimston, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, in 1790.
Last Edited10 March 2021

Samuel Leonard

M, #50518, b. 24 October 1779, d. October 1857

Parents

FatherThomas Leonard (b. 1747, d. 1 December 1791)
MotherHannah Burgess (b. 25 March 1764, d. 24 April 1793)
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Family: Elizabeth ("Betty") Hemmings (b. 18 April 1779, d. 1859)

DaughterHannah Leonard (b. 1801, d. April 1851)
SonThomas Leonard (b. 1804, d. 1806)
DaughterHarriot Leonard (b. 7 May 1807, d. 1837)
DaughterElizabeth ("Eliza") Leonard (b. 16 December 1809, d. June 1881)
DaughterMary Anne Leonard (b. 12 May 1812, d. 1882)
DaughterLouisa Leonard (b. 4 September 1814, d. 1853)
DaughterMaria Leonard (b. 13 October 1816, d. 1896)
SonSamuel Leonard+ (b. before 24 January 1819, d. 10 June 1890)
DaughterFrances Leonard (b. 14 April 1822, d. September 1880)
SonJames Leonard+ (b. 14 July 1824, d. 5 March 1874)

Biography

Samuel Leonard was born on 24 October 1779 in Upton Magma, Shropshire, England. He and Elizabeth ("Betty") Hemmings were married in 1800. He died in October 1857 at age ~78 in Worcestershire, England.
Listed as a pullman in the 1841 Census, living in Stourbridge/Halesowen, listed as a carrier in the 1851 Census, son James and wife Sarah living close by in Cradley Forge.

All of their children were baptized in Park Lane Presbyterian Church in Cradley. Most are in the Nonconformist records. Samuel Leonard lived in Upton-Magna, Shropshire, England. James was a farmer of 40 acres at Two Ends Lane in Cradley in the 1861 Census. His (second) wife was Ann Folks; children: Sarah, Thomas Henry, Ann, Louisia, Samuel, and William. He lived in Worcestershire, England, in 1851.
Last Edited26 February 2020

Elizabeth ("Betty") Hemmings

F, #50519, b. 18 April 1779, d. 1859

Parents

FatherWilliam Hemmings (b. 1744)
MotherElizabeth Dutton
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Family: Samuel Leonard (b. 24 October 1779, d. October 1857)

DaughterHannah Leonard (b. 1801, d. April 1851)
SonThomas Leonard (b. 1804, d. 1806)
DaughterHarriot Leonard (b. 7 May 1807, d. 1837)
DaughterElizabeth ("Eliza") Leonard (b. 16 December 1809, d. June 1881)
DaughterMary Anne Leonard (b. 12 May 1812, d. 1882)
DaughterLouisa Leonard (b. 4 September 1814, d. 1853)
DaughterMaria Leonard (b. 13 October 1816, d. 1896)
SonSamuel Leonard+ (b. before 24 January 1819, d. 10 June 1890)
DaughterFrances Leonard (b. 14 April 1822, d. September 1880)
SonJames Leonard+ (b. 14 July 1824, d. 5 March 1874)

Biography

Elizabeth ("Betty") Hemmings was born on 18 April 1779 in Charlton Moss, Staffordshire, England. Samuel Leonard and she were married in 1800. She died in 1859 at age ~80.
James was a farmer of 40 acres at Two Ends Lane in Cradley in the 1861 Census. His (second) wife was Ann Folks; children: Sarah, Thomas Henry, Ann, Louisia, Samuel, and William.
Last Edited14 May 2015

Hannah Leonard

F, #50520, b. 1801, d. April 1851

Parents

FatherSamuel Leonard (b. 24 October 1779, d. October 1857)
MotherElizabeth ("Betty") Hemmings (b. 18 April 1779, d. 1859)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Hannah Leonard was born in 1801 in Cradley, Worcestershire, England. Jeremiah Webb and she were married about 1825. She died in April 1851 at age ~50 in Dudley, Staffordshire, England.
Last Edited27 December 2013

Jeremiah Webb

M, #50521, b. 1804, d. 1873
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Biography

Jeremiah Webb was born in 1804. He and Hannah Leonard were married about 1825. He died in 1873 at age ~69.
Last Edited27 December 2013

Thomas Leonard

M, #50522, b. 1804, d. 1806

Parents

FatherSamuel Leonard (b. 24 October 1779, d. October 1857)
MotherElizabeth ("Betty") Hemmings (b. 18 April 1779, d. 1859)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Thomas Leonard was born in 1804 in Cradley, Worcestershire, England. He died in 1806 at age ~2 in Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, England.
Record states that he was nonconformist.
Last Edited3 March 2021

Harriot Leonard

F, #50523, b. 7 May 1807, d. 1837

Parents

FatherSamuel Leonard (b. 24 October 1779, d. October 1857)
MotherElizabeth ("Betty") Hemmings (b. 18 April 1779, d. 1859)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Harriot Leonard was born on 7 May 1807 in Cradley, Worcestershire, England. She died in 1837 at age ~30 in Cradley, Worcestershire, England.
Last Edited29 April 2018

Elizabeth ("Eliza") Leonard

F, #50524, b. 16 December 1809, d. June 1881

Parents

FatherSamuel Leonard (b. 24 October 1779, d. October 1857)
MotherElizabeth ("Betty") Hemmings (b. 18 April 1779, d. 1859)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Elizabeth ("Eliza") Leonard was born on 16 December 1809 in Lossel, Staffordshire, England. Joseph Deeley and she were married on 2 October 1826 in Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England. Richard Burley Hawkswood and she were married in 1864 in Stourbridge, Staffordshire, England. She died in June 1881 at age 71.
Last Edited29 April 2018

Joseph Deeley

M, #50525, b. 1807, d. 1855
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Biography

Joseph Deeley was born in 1807. He and Elizabeth ("Eliza") Leonard were married on 2 October 1826 in Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England. He died in 1855 at age ~48 in Cradley, Worcestershire, England.
Last Edited27 December 2013