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Edward Jenkins Leavitt

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Edward Jenkins Leavitt

Birth
Wellsville, Cache County, Utah, USA
Death
30 Jul 1958 (aged 82)
Cardston, Claresholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Burial
Cardston, Claresholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada Add to Map
Plot
Block 3 Lot 107 Plot 7
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ALBERTA DEATH REGISTER
Name: Edward Jenkins Leavitt
Gender: Male
Death Date: 30 Jul 1958
Death Place: Cardston, Alberta, Canada
Registration Number: 006-845Early Mormon Settler Edward Leavitt Dies
CARDSTON Alta (CP) - Patriarch Edward Leavitt one of the first Mormon settlers to arrive in Alberta died Wednesday in this town 40 miles south of Lethbridge. He was 82. Mr Leavitt patriarch of the Alberta Stake came to Canada in 1887 in a covered wagon with Alberta's first Mormon settlers. He was born in Wellsville Utah. He and his wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary shortly before she died in 1948. His second wife survives him. A church and community leader he waa a member of the Alberta Stake high council before becoming patriarch and had served as bishop of Nearby Glenwood ward. He was chairman of the United Irrigation District cheese factory for six years and reeve of the Glenwood Municipal District for eight years. Mr Leavitt's survivors include four sons two daughters 24 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

The Calgary Albertan
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
31 Jul 1958, Thu • Page 8
ALBERTA DEATH REGISTER
Name: Edward Jenkins Leavitt
Gender: Male
Death Date: 30 Jul 1958
Death Place: Cardston, Alberta, Canada
Registration Number: 006-845Early Mormon Settler Edward Leavitt Dies
CARDSTON Alta (CP) - Patriarch Edward Leavitt one of the first Mormon settlers to arrive in Alberta died Wednesday in this town 40 miles south of Lethbridge. He was 82. Mr Leavitt patriarch of the Alberta Stake came to Canada in 1887 in a covered wagon with Alberta's first Mormon settlers. He was born in Wellsville Utah. He and his wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary shortly before she died in 1948. His second wife survives him. A church and community leader he waa a member of the Alberta Stake high council before becoming patriarch and had served as bishop of Nearby Glenwood ward. He was chairman of the United Irrigation District cheese factory for six years and reeve of the Glenwood Municipal District for eight years. Mr Leavitt's survivors include four sons two daughters 24 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

The Calgary Albertan
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
31 Jul 1958, Thu • Page 8


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