Brief Life History of Monterey Leroy
When Monterey Leroy Leach was born on 27 May 1849, in Leon, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, his father, Allen Leach, was 22 and his mother, Mary Brand, was 26. He married Harriet A. Calkins on 5 July 1873, in Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Qu'Appelle, South Qu'Appelle No. 157, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1906 and Kootenay County, British Columbia, Canada in 1911. He died on 12 March 1913, in Grand Forks, Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 63, and was buried in Grand Forks, Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia, Canada.
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Sources (13)
- Mont L Leach, "Colorado State Census, 1885"
- Monte* Leach, "United States Census, 1900"
- Montereg L. Leach, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
Spouse and Children
1849–1913 Male
1853–1913 Female
Children (8)
1874–1888 Male
1875–1948 Female
1878–1970 Male
1880–1944 Female
1883–1948 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1826–1910 Male
1823–1880 Female
Siblings (6)
1849–1913 Male
1850–1935 Male
1852–1930 Male
1856–1922 Male
1860– Male
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World Events (8)
1861 · Denver Becomes a City
Age 12
1863
Age 14
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
Age 17
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a physician, from Middle English leche, lache ‘physician’ (Old English lǣce ‘leech; physician, blood-letter, surgeon’). The name refers to the medieval medical practice of bleeding, typically by applying leeches to a patient. The surname is recorded in the late 14th-century Poll Tax Returns for men whose occupation is stated as medicus ‘physician’, or occasionally spicer (spicers acted as apothecaries), but some men named le Leche have unrelated occupations including cultor ‘cultivator, farm laborer’, which suggests that leche could refer to an amateur ‘medicine man’ who supplied folk remedies.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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