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Record #3777

Name :: : Leonard SPREAD (1883 - 1903)
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Date of Birth: : 1883
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 18 Dec 1903 Notes : Suicide

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, Alberton

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Toronto

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 9 Apr 1898
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Labrador
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Leonard Spread: Year of Registration: 1883; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: West Derby; County: Lancashire; Volume: 8b; Page: 696.

In 1891, Leonard Spread, 8 years of age was residing at 16 Brookfield Cottages, Garston, Lancashire, England. Other family members included: Elizabeth Spread, 32; Harold Spread, 1; James Spread, 9; Samuel Spread, 38, coachman; Thomas Spread, 6; and William Spread, 4. (Source: 1891 Census of England; Class: RG12; Piece: 3005; Folio 141; Page 22; GSU roll: 6098115.)

[EDITORS NOTE: The name "Samuel Spread" is deceiving. His true name was Leonard Spread (though his first or middle name could have been Samuel, which he preferred) and he married Elizabeth Phythian in 1880 in Prescot, Lanacashire, England.)

A death registration was found for Leonard Spread: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853; Year of Registration: 1891; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; Age at Death: 38; District: Liverpool (1837-1934); County: Lancashire; Volume: 8b; Page: 73.

A death registration was found for Elizabeth Spread: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859; Year of Registration: 1895; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; Age at Death: 36; District: Prescot; County: Lancashire; Volume: 8b; Page: 483.

In 1898, Leonard Speard, 14, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, along with a group of 161 children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Russell, Manitoba, Canada.

In 1901, Lynord Spred, 18, was shown as a servant for Philip B. Tyler and family in Darlington, Durham, Ontario, Canada. His date of birth is shown as February 5, 1883, and his immigration year as 1897.

On December 18, 1903, Leonard Spread, 20 years of age, died of suicide by shooting.

Toronto Star, Saturday Dec 19, 1903
FARM BOY TOOK HIS OWN LIFE:

Despondent over brother's departure,Leonard Spread committed suicide

To make death certain, Leonard Spread, employed by Alex Stirling, a Kennedy Road farmer of Ellesmere, York County swallowed paris green and then blew his head off.His body was found yesterday in a vacant building on the farm.He was last seen on Thursday. The gun with which he shot himself had hung in the barn for sparrow shooting.Spread must have put the muzzle in his mouth and pulled the trigger.The poison was drunk from a cup procured from the farm pump. Coroner Britton of East Toronto made enquiries and decided that an inquest was not necessary.

Spread who was 21 came to Canada six years ago as a Barnardo Boy. He worked near Bowmanville until last summer, when he and his brother hired with Stirling. The brother went to New Ontario two weeks ago and the deceased is supposed to have become quite despondent in consequence. The interment took place in Norway Cemetery this afternoon and was conducted by the Barnardo Home authority.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-05-04 00:20:47 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-01 14:19:58 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3004	AARON, Alfred Robert	1899	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3003	AARON, John Richard	1895	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3014	ABBOTT, Adelaide	1872	ENG, LAN, Manchester	Jul 1876 : Sardinian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
3017	ABBOTT, Alexander	1879	ENG, LAN, Blackburn	May 1889 : Polynesian	CAN	Salford Catholic Protection and Rescue Society
3018	ABBOTT, John William	1877	ENG, LAN, Manchester	May 1889 : Polynesian	CAN	Salford Catholic Protection and Rescue Society
3092	ABRAHAMS, Amy	1892	ENG, LAN, Toxteth Park	Mar 1897 : Numidian	CAN	Louisa Birt
3097	ABRAHAMS, Percy	1890	ENG, LAN, Toxteth Park	Mar 1897 : Numidian	CAN	Louisa Birt
3121	ACKERLEY, John	1888	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1900 : Vancouver	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
3122	ACKERLEY, Thomas William	1886	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1900 : Vancouver	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
3163	ADAIR, Millicent	1880	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Jul 1897 : Parisian	CAN	Louisa Birt
13137	ADAMSON, Arthur	1893	ENG, LAN, Bury	May 1905 : Victorian	CAN	Maria Rye
8819	ADAMSON, John	1891	ENG, LAN, Oldham	May 1905 : Victorian	CAN	Maria Rye
9868	ADAMSON, John	1897	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Jun 1906 : Victorian	CAN	Louisa Birt
3970	ADDISON, Florence	1893	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1908 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
12851	ADDISON, Gertrude	1886	ENG, LAN, Manchester	May 1899 : Dominion	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
9143	ADDY, Albert William H.	1893	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Feb 1907 : Victorian	CAN	Louisa Birt
17080	ADGEY, Robert Hugh	1885	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
8820	AINDOW, Albert Edward	1894	ENG, LAN, Formby	Jun 1911 : Virginian	CAN	Sailing Alone
5658	AINSWORTH, Ellen	1895	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5662	AINSWORTH, Mary	1896	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
2852	AIRD, Arthur	1895	ENG, LAN	Apr 1911 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
17052	ALDRED, Eric Woodman	1894	ENG, LAN, Manchester	Apr 1910 : Victorian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
7961	ALEXANDER, George	1913	ENG, LAN, Fleetwood	Apr 1930 : Letitia	CAN	Church Army
26974	ALEXANDER, Reginald Gordon	1917	ENG, LAN, West Derby	Jan 1928 : Barrabool	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
5048	ALLAN, Robert	1914	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
2735	ALLEN, Harry Edward	1898	ENG, LAN	Jul 1908 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
20154	ALLEY, Clara Celia	1894	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
20159	ALLEY, Emma	1891	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1911 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
6312	ALLEY, Henry Herbert	1896	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
4706	ALMOND, Elizabeth	1879	ENG, LAN, Newton, Manchester	May 1891 : Oregon	CAN	Boys and Girls Refuge (Manchester)
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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