Brief Life History of William Harrison
When William Harrison Leonard was born on 17 December 1872, in Grant City, Worth, Missouri, United States, his father, Harmon Biddie Leonard, was 29 and his mother, Amanda Jane Blaylock, was 19. He married Nellie Wilson on 21 June 1896, in Gentry, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Wilson Township, Gentry, Missouri, United States for about 30 years. He died on 13 October 1951, in Stanberry, Gentry, Missouri, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Stanberry, Gentry, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (14)
- William H Leonard, "United States Census, 1900"
- William Leonard in entry for Oscar J. Olson and Eva M. Leonard, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
- William H Leonard, "United States Census, 1910"
Spouse and Children
1872–1951 Male
1878– Female
Children (7)
1897–1988 Male
1899– Female
1901–1978 Female
1904–1986 Male
1908–1988 Male
+2 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1843–1928 Male
1853–1929 Female
Siblings (6)
1870–1945 Male
1872–1951 Male
1877–1877 Male
1881–1976 Male
1886–1965 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 3
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
Age 3
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 24
Name Meaning
English; French (Léonard); Walloon (mainly Léonard): from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements leo ‘lion’ (a late addition to the vocabulary of ancient Germanic name elements, taken from Latin) + hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’, which was taken to England by the Normans. A Christian saint of this name, who is supposed to have lived in the 6th century, but about whom nothing is known except for a largely fictional life dating from half a millennium later, was popular throughout Europe in the early Middle Ages and was regarded as the patron of peasants and horses. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Italian Leonardo , Polish, Slovenian, etc. Lenart or Lenard , and probably also their derivatives. Compare Larned , Learned , and Yenor .
Irish (Fermanagh): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Fhionáin or of Langan .
German: variant of Leonhard , cognate with 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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