Harriet Leonard, 18501913 (aged 63 years)

Name
Harriet Leonard
Given names
Harriet
Surname
Leonard
Birth February 1850 34 33
Birth of a sisterOlive E. Leonard
about 1851 (aged 0)
Marriage of a parentPhillip LeonardMary View this family
about 1852 (aged 1 year)
Death of a motherMary Ann Cook
May 3, 1854 (aged 4 years)
Death of a grandmotherIrene Churchill
January 3, 1870 (aged 19 years)
Death of a fatherPhillip Leonard
February 8, 1885 (aged 35 years)
Death July 6, 1913 (aged 63 years)
Note: DEATH
Unique identifier
4A1A0571EC204BB198660244254C321BE4A1

Last change May 18, 2020

Family with parents
father
18161885
Birth: 1816New York
Death: February 8, 1885Middleville, Barry, Michigan, United States
mother
18161854
Birth: July 15, 1816 29 30Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: May 3, 1854Hastings, Barry, Michigan, United States
Marriage
Marriage: August 25, 1841Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
3 years
elder sister
18441920
Birth: 1844 28 27Hastings, Barry, Michigan, USA
Death: January 6, 1920Middleville, Barry, Michigan, USA
17 months
elder sister
18451920
Birth: May 14, 1845 29 28Barry, Michigan, United States
Death: February 10, 1920Middleville, Barry, Michigan, United States
2 years
elder brother
18471915
Birth: May 6, 1847 31 30Barry, Michigan, United States
Death: September 22, 1915Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States
3 years
herself
18501913
Birth: February 1850 34 33Yankee Springs, Barry, Michigan, USA
Death: July 6, 1913Alameda, California, United States
23 months
younger sister
18511933
Birth: about 1851 35 34Hastings, Barry, Michigan, USA
Death: December 24, 1933Alameda, California, United States
Father’s family with Mary
father
18161885
Birth: 1816New York
Death: February 8, 1885Middleville, Barry, Michigan, United States
step-mother
Marriage
Marriage: about 1852Prob. Barry County, Michigan
Death

DEATH The following submission was listed for Harriet by a family member on FamilySearch Family Tree: "Hattie E. Leonard, age 64, born about 1849, died in 1913 in California." (The reference is "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i>. The birth date and place were added, but not documented: 6 July 1913 at Alameda, California. Unfortunately the image is undecipherable. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-L1SL-9TS?cc=1932433&wc=M6PR-XTL%3A228662301%2C228681501 : 27 May 2015), 1905-1929 > Lem, Lep-Rouse, Roy > image 11 of 870; Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.)

Note

BIRTH February 1850, as stated in the 1900 Census. In 1900 she was still single, living with her Uncle Darius B. Cook in Niles, Berrien, Michigan. In the 1850 census she was 1 year old and the family was in Yankee Springs, Barry, Michigan.

1850 CENSUS Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, p. 93. Philip Leonard, 37, inn keeper with assets worth $1,500 and Mary Ann Leonard, 34, his wife. Their children are Mary, 6; Melina, 5; George, 3; and Harriet, 1. Also living with them are Candia or Candice Porton or Pordon, 17, born New York and David Wilson, 58, a laborer also born in New York.

1860 CENSUS Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, Philip Leonard is age 40, born about 1820 in New York. His wife Mary is age 39. Also in the household are Mary Jane Leonard age 16 born in Michigan, Melissa Leonard age 14 born Michigan, George Leonard age 14 born Michigan, Franklin Clark age 14 born New York, Harriet Leonard age 11 born in Michigan, Olive Leonard age 9 born Michigan, David Leonard age 20 born New York, Jane Leonard age 18 born New York, Henry Bradley age 25 and Phebe A Bradley, age 26. Since relationships were not noted in this census. it is not known how everyone was related. (Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Yankee Springs, Barry, Michigan; Roll: M653_536; Page: 577; Image: 75; Family History Library Film: 803536, Ancestry.com. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.)

1870 CENSUS 1870 CENSUS: Middleville, Barry, Michigan. Philip Leonard is age 54, born about 1816 in New York. His wife Mary is age 48. Also in the household are Harriet Leonard age 21, Olive Leonard age 19, Josie Witherell age 27, Asa Wilson (Mary's father?) age 76, Frank Clark age 22, (Mary's son?) Harry Witherell age 19, and Jane Gregory age 35. (Year: 1870; Census Place: Middleville, Barry, Michigan; Roll: M593_661; Page: 289B; Image: 662; Family History Library film 552160. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

1880 CENSUS Hattie Leonard is living with her sister Olive in Oakland, Alameda, California. W.M. Gifford, age 37, born in Vermont is head of household. His wife Olive E. Gifford is age 27, born in Michigan. No children listed. Hattie Leonard is age 30, listed as sister-in-law. She is a "fancy worker" born in 1850 in Michigan. Her father was born in New York. Her mother was born in Connecticut. ("United States Census, 1880," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6G2-1LX : 12 August 2017), Hattie Leonard in household of W M Gifford, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 9, sheet 181A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,061.)

1900 CENSUS Niles, Berrien, Michigan, ED 70 Niles City Ward 1-2, Darius B. Cook is age 85, widowed. He was born January 1815 in Connecticut and parents born in Connecticut. His occupation is Editor and Printer. He reads, writes and speaks English. Owns his own home and does not live on a farm. Also in the household is a niece <u>Hattie Leonard age 49</u>, born February 1850 and single. She was born in Michigan. Her father was born in New York and her mother in Connecticut. She is a house keeper, reads, writes and speaks English. Herald Miller, age 14 is a boarder. He was born March 1886 in Michigan and parents born in Michigan. ("United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12455-136301-20?cc=1325221&wc=MMPJ-FYF:n762800304 : Michigan > Berrien > ED 70 Niles city Ward 1-2 > image 31 of 47.)

DEATH The following submission was listed for Harriet by a family member on FamilySearch Family Tree: "Hattie E. Leonard, age 64, born about 1849, died in 1913 in California." (The reference is "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i>. The birth date and place were added, but not documented: 6 July 1913 at Alameda, California. Unfortunately the image is undecipherable. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-L1SL-9TS?cc=1932433&wc=M6PR-XTL%3A228662301%2C228681501 : 27 May 2015), 1905-1929 > Lem, Lep-Rouse, Roy > image 11 of 870; Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.) She apparently was living with her sister Olive at the time.

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