Brief Life History of Arthur Gustavus
When Arthur Gustavus Leonard was born on 9 October 1849, in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Joseph Barney Leonard, was 28 and his mother, Rebecca Brown Stahl, was 25. He married Clara Celeste Yarnall on 21 June 1871. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 23 August 1906, at the age of 56, and was buried in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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- Arther G Leonard in household of Rebecca B Leonard, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855"
- Arthur Leonard, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Alther G Leonard, "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935"
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1855 · Lager Beer Riot
The Lager Beer Riot came at a time in Chicago's history where large waves of Irish and German immigrants moved to the city. The Riot was started because the Mayor of the city renewed enforcement of an old liquor ordinance mandating that taverns be closed on Sundays and to raise the cost of a license to sell liquor from $50 to $300 each year. This didn't sit well with the German immigrants because they felt like it was directed towards them and their heritage. There was only one death throughout the time of the riot, though protesters claimed that it was more.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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