John Harris LEONARD
Date of Birth:
20 Feb 1868
Date of Death:
15 Nov 1940
John was born in the Nelson area.
He married Emma Friend (born at Westerham, Kent, England in 1866) at Nelson in 1892.
They had 9 children, 5 boys & 4 girls. One boy died in infancy & is buried in Levin. Three of the youngest children were born in Levin.
Two son-in-laws, Joseph Richardson & Cyril Troup served in WW1.
John was a saddler, starting in Motueka. He was in Levin, as a saddler, in the period between 1900 & 1910. He then moved to Mangatere as a dairy farmer, before moving to Helensville as a saddler again.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
John Harris Leonard, William Leonard, Sophie Hannah Warburton, Emma Jane Friend, Thomas Friend, Ann Wickenden, Charles John Leonard, Myra Selina Rodgers, Evelyn Florence Leonard, Ernest Richard Worth, Dorothy Hannah Leonard, Joseph Fitzpatrick Richardson, Magdaline Elizabeth (Stella Madoline) Leonard, Cyril Alexander Troup, Ethel Muriel Leonard, Dudley Charles Hitchcox, Edwin Albert Wickenden Leonard, Thelma Ann Lodge, Stanley George Leonard, James Wallace Leonard, Annie Olsen, Robert Percy Leonard, Ena May Warner.