Eighth Generation

412. Walter Bradford LEONARD⁹⁷ was born on 13 December 1867 in Bristol, RI.⁸⁷ He died on 20 February 1955 at the age of 87 in Providence, RI. VR's - 515 He was buried at Section 3, Lot 2, also known as lot #617 in North Burial Ground, Bristol, R.I.. He was apparently named after Walter Bradford who married Sarah Macomber in June 1845 and died suddenly in late June 1858. He was apparently a close friend of John H. Leonard.

In the 1880 Census, Walter Bradford Leonard was living with his brother-in-law, Charles W. Cross, in Providence, RI. He isn't listed in the 1900 Census, but does appear in the 1910 Census as a fireman, living at 206 Power Street, Providence, with his wife and daughter next to Maria F. (Leonard) Waldron and her daugher Bessie and grand-daughter Marion M. Waldron, and John H. Leonard, brother of Walter and Maria. Walter was also listed in the 1910 Census at the fire station on South Main Street, Providence.

In the 1920 Census, Walter and Frances were living at 208 Power Street, Providence, with his daughter, Madeline, now married to Edward Sweeney and grandchild Leonard Sweeney. Walter was a captain in the fire department. Previously, Walter had been listed as living at 203 Power Street.

In the 1930 Census, he is listed as living at 61 Colonial Road in Providence, RI, a foreman in a coal yard. He and his wife were living with their daughter, her husband, and her daughter. His wife Fannie was also 61 and was born in VT, as were her parents.

My grandfather, Walter B. Leonard, styled himself Walter B. Leonard II or 2nd. When I asked him about it, he said there was another Walter B. Leonard in Providence, a deputy fire chief, and he used the "2nd" so that mail would not get mixed up. He never mentioned that the other Walter was his uncle.

Walter is buried in the plot with his father and mother, next to his brother, John H. Leonard. His wife does not appear to be buried there.

Walter Bradford LEONARD and Frances Lorraine TEMPLE were married on 24 November 1892 in Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island.⁹⁸ Frances Lorraine TEMPLE, daughter of John TEMPLE and Fannie MCGONIGAL, was born in 1871 in Vermont. Or was she born in 1881 (29 in the 1910 Census)? Or was she born the same year as Walter (both 24 when they married and both 61 in the 1930 Census)?

She went by the name of Fanny.

Walter Bradford LEONARD and Frances Lorraine TEMPLE had the following children: