Ninth Generation

4204. John H. LEONARD was born in 1854 in Providence, RI. He died on 22 Jul 1924 in Rhode Island.¹⁰⁹¹ He was 70 years of age at death. He listed George A. and Emily as nextof kin. Almira was his second wife.

The family is listed as living in Seekonk, Bristol Co, MA in the 1880Census (National Archives T9-0523m oage 197B). John H. is not listedamong the children -- dead, away, error, child of someone else?

He may have been a night watchman in a planing mill in the 1880 Census.

The family is listed as living at 332 Jenkins Avenue, East Providence, inthe 1900 Census. Fred, Sylvester, and Ida were still living at home.

In the 1920 Census, John H., foreman at a chemical factory, was living102 Lewis Avenue in the Rumford section of East Providence. Living withhim were his son, Frederick, 45, a carpenter at a chemical factory,daughter Ada, 28, unemployed, and son Raymond, 20, a teamster at achemical factory. No wife is mentioned. The children were born inMassachusetts.

John H. LEONARD and Almira W. WORTHINGTON were married on 28 Mar 1872 in Seekonk, MA. Almira W. WORTHINGTON (daughter of Sylvester W. WORTHINGTON and Mary CALVIN) was born in 1843 in Pawtucket, RI. John H. LEONARD and Almira W. WORTHINGTON had the following children:

+4874	i.	Henry E. LEONARD.
4875	ii.	Frederick Ervin LEONARD was born on 28 Feb 1875 in MA.1098 He was living at home in the 1900 Census, occupation: machinist/lather. At the time of the World War I draft, he was living at home at 102 FerrisAvenue, Rumford, RI. He listed his father, John H. Leonard, as next ofkin. He was working as a cabinet maker. He was of medium height andbuild, with gray eyes and brown hair.
+4876	iii.	John H. LEONARD.
+4877	iv.	Everett Elvin LEONARD.
+4878	v.	Sylvester Calvin LEONARD.
+4879	vi.	Ida Estella LEONARD.
4880	vii.	Ada G. LEONARD was born in 1892.
+4881	viii.	Raymond Lester LEONARD.