When Wallace Taylor Leslie was born about 19 May 1898, in Canada, his father, Henry Leslie, was 46 and his mother, Annie Edith Randall, was 47. He married Martha Emmaline Ray on 26 April 1923, in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He died on 2 December 1975, at the age of 77, and was buried in Sand Point Public Cemetery, Sand Point, McNab, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.
Scottish: habitational name from a barony in Aberdeenshire, which is first recorded c. 1180 in the form Lesslyn, of obscure origin. Leslie in Fife is said to be named for this place; in some cases the surname may come from there.
English: from the Middle English female personal name Lecelin, a double diminutive of Lece. See Leece and Lesley .
History: The Scottish Clan Leslie claims descent from Bartolf, a Hungarian nobleman who came to Scotland in 1068 or 1070 in the retinue of Queen Margaret. She was an English princess who had been born and brought up in Hungary and who went on to marry King Malcolm III of Scotland. Members of the clan have held several titles in the peerage of Scotland, including Earl of Rothes (from 1437).
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