Frederick Walker Leonard

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Frederick Walker Leonard

Birth
Randolph, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
14 Dec 1942 (aged 80)
Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Holbrook, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Please note the birth year on Frederick's stone is incorrect. Massachusetts state vital records confirm that Frederick was born in 1862. Fred's mother also gave birth to twins in 1861 so it isn't likely that he was born in 1861.

FRED H. [sic] LEONARD
Fred H. Leonard, 539 Howard street, died Monday at a local hospital, aged 82. He was formerly a shoe inspector and had been retired for some years. He was in failing health for several weeks.
Mr. Leonard leaves a son Malcolm W. Leonard of Springfield, N.J., two daughters, Mrs. Eunice Leighton of Brockton and Mrs. Sybil M. Niles of Brookville; five grandchildren, three great grand-children and a sister, Mrs. Edward Merrill.
Services will be held Thursday at 2 at the funeral home, 43 White Avenue, Brockton. Internment will be in Wendell cemetery, Brookville.
Brockton Enterprise, 15 December 1942, p. 2
Please note the birth year on Frederick's stone is incorrect. Massachusetts state vital records confirm that Frederick was born in 1862. Fred's mother also gave birth to twins in 1861 so it isn't likely that he was born in 1861.

FRED H. [sic] LEONARD
Fred H. Leonard, 539 Howard street, died Monday at a local hospital, aged 82. He was formerly a shoe inspector and had been retired for some years. He was in failing health for several weeks.
Mr. Leonard leaves a son Malcolm W. Leonard of Springfield, N.J., two daughters, Mrs. Eunice Leighton of Brockton and Mrs. Sybil M. Niles of Brookville; five grandchildren, three great grand-children and a sister, Mrs. Edward Merrill.
Services will be held Thursday at 2 at the funeral home, 43 White Avenue, Brockton. Internment will be in Wendell cemetery, Brookville.
Brockton Enterprise, 15 December 1942, p. 2