Berton Fred Leonard

Brief Life History of Berton Fred

When Berton Fred Leonard was born on 1 August 1876, in Barre City, Washington, Vermont, United States, his father, Fred A. Leonard, was 21 and his mother, Alice Ann Shepard, was 18. He married Elizabeth Ellen Lucia on 31 August 1899, in Barre City, Washington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 14 December 1933, at the age of 57, and was buried in Barre City, Washington, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

Berton Fred Leonard
1876–1933
Elizabeth Ellen Lucia
1881–1920
Marriage: 31 August 1899
Earl Stanley Leonard
1900–1980
Leonard
1901–1901
Clyde B. Leonard
1902–1994
Leslie F Leonard
1904–1978
Vena Alice Leonard
1906–1932
Elizabeth Katherine Leonard
1907–1908
Hazel Irene Leonard
1909–1911
Ernest Chancey Leonard
1910–1910
Ina Belle Leonard
1913–1913
Una Mae Leonard
1913–2007
Harry Mark Leonard
1914–1997
Charles Chancey Leonard
1916–
Harley E Leonard
1916–1916
Leonard
1917–1917
Florence Leonard
1918–2003
Herbert Arthur Leonard
1920–1920

Sources (64)

  • Bert F Leonard in household of Fred Leonard, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Burton Fred Leonard, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • Burton F. Leonard, "Find A Grave Index"

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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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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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