Brief Life History of Thaddeus William Henry
When Thaddeus William Henry Leavitt was born on 16 November 1842, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, William Henry Leavitt, was 39 and his mother, Eliza Ann Stoddard, was 24. He married Lydia Brown on 9 March 1869, in Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada in 1881 and Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada in 1901. In 1879, at the age of 37, his occupation is listed as historian in Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. He died on 20 June 1909, in Bancroft, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 66, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- Thadeus Leavitt, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Thad W H Leavitt, "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869"
- Thadeus William Henry Leavitt, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · United counties
The county was formed by the union of the historical counties of Leeds and Grenville in 1850.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English:
(of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French leuet ‘wolf cub’ (see Low 3).
habitational name from any of various places in Normandy called Livet. All are of obscure, presumably Gaulish, etymology.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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