George T. Leonard
(1818-1891)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Margaretta Ann Herr

George T. Leonard 2 3 4

  • Born: 15 Mar 1818, , , Pennsylvania, USA 2
  • Marriage (1): Margaretta Ann Herr on 31 Oct 1867 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 1
  • Died: 6 Jan 1891, , , Pennsylvania, USA at age 72 2
  • Buried: Bala-Cynwyd: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Montgomery, PA 2

   Another name for George was George T. Leonard.5

   FamilySearch ID: L6VV-QQD.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 6 The 1880 census recorded George Leonard, Railroad Superintendent, 67, living with wife Margaretta, 55; stepson Augustus Coleman, bookkeeper, 30; and stepson William H. Coleman, grocer, 27. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except Margaretta's father was born in Maryland.


George married Margaretta Ann Herr, daughter of Daniel Herr and Sarah Salome Gilbert, on 31 Oct 1867 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.1 (Margaretta Ann Herr was born on 22 Nov 1824 in Greencastle, Franklin, PA 3 7 8 9, christened on 19 Jun 1825 in Greencastle: Zion German Reformed Church, Franklin, PA, USA,10 died on 3 Dec 1884 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 3 8 9 and was buried on 4 Dec 1884 in Bala-Cynwyd: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Montgomery, PA 8 9.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940," https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V26B-JRQ George T. Leonard and Margaret A. Coleman, 31 Oct 1867; citing Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 1765118.

2 Find A Grave, http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91402023.

3 Berks History Center Library (Reading, PA) (http://www.berkshistory.org), Collection GA N Box 01A Folder 17 03. 53 pages of notes about Nagle, Norton, Coleman, Otto, Hinckel, Fretz, Beecher families.

4 Egle, William Henry, Commemorative biographical encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania : containing sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early Scotch-Irish and German settlers (Chambersburg, Pa.: J.M. Runk, 1896, 1223 pgs.), Page 217. See http://maley.net/transcription/sketches/BEherr.htm.

5 Egle, William Henry, Commemorative biographical encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania : containing sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early Scotch-Irish and German settlers (Chambersburg, Pa.: J.M. Runk, 1896, 1223 pgs.), Page 217.

6 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWVM-QQQ George Leonard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 285A, NARA microfilm publication T9.

7 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M44V-JB7 Peter Coleman, Reading, southwest ward, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 3, NARA microfilm publication M432.

8 Find A Grave, http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91402036.

9 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91402036.

10 Zion German Reformed Church (Greencastle, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States), https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/249949 Zion German Reformed Church and East Conococheague Church Records, 1818-1864, Family HIstory Library Microfilm 382822.



Table of Contents | Surnames | Name List

This website was created 17 Feb 2024 with Legacy 9.0, a division of MyHeritage.com; content copyrighted and maintained by searchtrees@gmail.com