I am interested in George Leonard, b. 1898 (?), d. 1988 (NJ), he is my biological father and lived most of his adult life in NJ. His father's name was also George. Can sks help with this man and his family? Thank you, Robert Leonard On 1/28/08 12:20 AM, "irish-new-york-city-request@rootsweb.com" <irish-new-york-city-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. LEONARD's in NY (Pauline Leonard) > 2. Re: LEONARD's in NY (Michelle and Kevin Cassidy) > 3. Re: LEONARD's in NY (corbyoconnor@comcast.net) > 4. Re: LEONARD's in NY (Michelle and Kevin Cassidy) > 5. Re: Birth Certificates and Surprise information (cathy hatcher) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:30:27 -0500 > From: "Pauline Leonard" <treehouse3@gmail.com> > Subject: [IRISH-NYC] LEONARD's in NY > To: IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <504246e20801271430j62dd8332mdf3229868533fb91@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > corbyoconnor@comcast.net > writes: > What was your grandmother's first name? Where was your father born? In > Ireland? Did you grandfather ever leave Ireland after he married your > grandfather? > ****************************************************************************** > ****************** > > > My grandfather was Hugh LEONARD. he was from Cashelbane, Co. Cavan > (closest town was Dowra) and when he returned to Ireland he went to Belfast > and married my grandmother Catherine MURRAY in Belfast. He died and is > buried in Belfast. My father was born in Belfast and so was I. > > As for the link to Ancestry, no I do not have Ancestry. I would need to get > the most expensive subscription since I was born in Ireland. Most Americans > just need to get the US part which is the cheapest subscription. I have > spent years just getting to the point of trying to find the missing NY part > of the family. > > I have checked out Ancestry at times when it has been free and others have > tried to find Hugh LEONARD in the census but I never seem to find anyone > that I could actually say that was him. If I remember correctly they were > all married and how could he have been married in the US and then go back to > Belfast and marry my grandmother in the Catholic Church? > > Thank you for your reply. > Pauline > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:24:41 -0600 > From: Michelle and Kevin Cassidy <kmct@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [IRISH-NYC] LEONARD's in NY > To: irish-new-york-city@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <D97AECC6-7184-449C-A2EA-2DD5CFB6A362@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > He may have married and lost a wife to death before he returned to > Ireland. He may have also been mistakenly recorded in a census as > Leonard Hughes or the like. > > Good luck. > > > On Jan 27, 2008, at 4:30 PM, Pauline Leonard wrote: > >> corbyoconnor@comcast.net >> writes: >> What was your grandmother's first name? Where was your father >> born? In >> Ireland? Did you grandfather ever leave Ireland after he married your >> grandfather? >> ********************************************************************** >> ************************** >> >> >> My grandfather was Hugh LEONARD. he was from Cashelbane, Co. Cavan >> (closest town was Dowra) and when he returned to Ireland he went to >> Belfast >> and married my grandmother Catherine MURRAY in Belfast. He died and is >> buried in Belfast. My father was born in Belfast and so was I. >> >> As for the link to Ancestry, no I do not have Ancestry. I would >> need to get >> the most expensive subscription since I was born in Ireland. Most >> Americans >> just need to get the US part which is the cheapest subscription. I >> have >> spent years just getting to the point of trying to find the missing >> NY part >> of the family. >> >> I have checked out Ancestry at times when it has been free and >> others have >> tried to find Hugh LEONARD in the census but I never seem to find >> anyone >> that I could actually say that was him. If I remember correctly >> they were >> all married and how could he have been married in the US and then >> go back to >> Belfast and marry my grandmother in the Catholic Church? >> >> Thank you for your reply. >> Pauline >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRISH-NEW- >> YORK-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:38:38 +0000 > From: corbyoconnor@comcast.net > Subject: Re: [IRISH-NYC] LEONARD's in NY > To: irish-new-york-city@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <012720082338.7817.479D15FD000E6B8E00001E8922155751149D010202010C01970D9D010C@ > comcast.net> > > > What are you trying to learn about Hugh Leonard? I can try to help although I > only have the US Ancestry.com > > > > -- > www.corbyoconnor.com > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Pauline Leonard" <treehouse3@gmail.com> >> corbyoconnor@comcast.net >> writes: >> What was your grandmother's first name? Where was your father born? In >> Ireland? Did you grandfather ever leave Ireland after he married your >> grandfather? >> ***************************************************************************** >> *** >> **************** >> >> >> My grandfather was Hugh LEONARD. he was from Cashelbane, Co. Cavan >> (closest town was Dowra) and when he returned to Ireland he went to Belfast >> and married my grandmother Catherine MURRAY in Belfast. He died and is >> buried in Belfast. My father was born in Belfast and so was I. >> >> As for the link to Ancestry, no I do not have Ancestry. I would need to get >> the most expensive subscription since I was born in Ireland. Most Americans >> just need to get the US part which is the cheapest subscription. I have >> spent years just getting to the point of trying to find the missing NY part >> of the family. >> >> I have checked out Ancestry at times when it has been free and others have >> tried to find Hugh LEONARD in the census but I never seem to find anyone >> that I could actually say that was him. If I remember correctly they were >> all married and how could he have been married in the US and then go back to >> Belfast and marry my grandmother in the Catholic Church? >> >> Thank you for your reply. >> Pauline >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:51:50 -0600 > From: Michelle and Kevin Cassidy <kmct@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [IRISH-NYC] LEONARD's in NY > To: irish-new-york-city@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <2CCB888E-78EF-42A3-ACF3-3E356F7EAAC4@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > ? > This is from Heritage Quest. He is single and living as a boarder > with a Thos. and Michl. Leonards. I know the names don't match but it > is on the west side where James Leonard appeared to live in 1913 > according to the ship manifest. > > > LEONARDS > HUGH > 35 > M > W > IREL > NY > NEW YORK > MANHATTAN > 1920 > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:23:45 -0800 (PST) > From: cathy hatcher <cathhat@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [IRISH-NYC] Birth Certificates and Surprise information > To: irish-new-york-city@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <515131.16122.qm@web32510.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Dear Michelle and Kevin, > > ? ?One event was possibly recorded by two doctors.? > > Thank you so much for playing devil's advocate to my thought process: that > was just what I was hoping for. I have found seven of the eight children Kate > mentions in the 1910 census in censuses, draft registration cards, city > directories, and burial plot records. My grandfather was born before the 1891 > birth/s: I think I will acquire his birth certificate now and check the > sibling count in 1888! > > > > ? ?It is rather odd that there is no burial information. I would > think > either there was no second baby at all or maybe he did not die but > was institutionalized. Calvary etc. would not dream of burying a kid > without a death certificate by 1891.? > > > I agree: another reason to think the two certificates are for the same > child. > > > > ? ?St. Raphael is > one of the few parishes that has records available through the FHL in > Salt Lake City. For $5.50 you can see a microfilm of the original > baptismal register yourself. You might even find other Gaughran > children baptized in these records.? > > Wonderful to know: I?ll try to do this later this week; however, I asked > them about my grandfather's 1888 baptism about a year and a half ago, and they > did not have record of it. I was also in the process of contacting Ellen at > Holy Family this week: thanks for the encouragement. > > Again, MANY thanks for all of the insight and information. > Take care, > Cathy > > > > --------------------------------- > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY list administrator, send an email to > IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY mailing list, send an email to > IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the > email with no additional text. > > > End of IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Digest, Vol 3, Issue 32 > **************************************************