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Record #16184

Name :: : Horace Howard LEENEY (1886 - 1960)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 6 Apr 1886
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 1960

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Westminster

3 Lillington Street

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 2 Jul 1893
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Oregon
Placement Family: : Robinson; Cairns; Webster

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Fegan Homes for Boys

NotesA birth registration was found for Horace Howard Leeney: Date: Apr-May-Jun 1886; District: St George Hanover Square; County: London; Volume: 1a; Page: 464. Parents: Fredrick Howard Leeney and Emily Cleverly.

In 1893, Horace Leeney, 6, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 24 Fegan boys en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Brace came up from Toronto to meet the boys at Quebec.

Report - Horace Leeney

1893 - Age 6

Three years in the Home
Mother living - Address not known.

Character:

July 8, 1893: Engaged to D. R. M. Robinson. Terms - adopted 12years, 6 St. Joseph Street, Toronto.

April 3, 1894: Engaged to Isaac Cairns, Bradford, PO. Terms: Adopted 9 years: Bradford, Ontario.

July 23, 1894: Visited. A nice little fellow, but too small to be of much use on a farm. Comfortable home, but people seem to expect too much from such a child.

April 3, 1895: Engaged to Fred D. Webster. Terms: F. C. 4 months, 8 years, 49 Victoria Street, Brantford, Ontario.

November 6, 1897: Visited: Very poor but good home, boy doing well.

November 1897: Address: c/o Fred D. Webster, 27 Dundas Street, Paris, Ontario.

September 1898: Visited. Boy is doing very well indeed as far as he has anything to do. Very good home.

August 1899: Visited. Boy has a splendid home but they are rather poor. They think a lot of the boy.

October 1900: Moved from Paris near to Brantford.

On October 15, 1913, at Whitewater, Manitoba, Canada, a marriage was registered between Horace Leany Webster and Hazel Margery Kirkwood [daughter of William Kirkwood and Eliza Anne Wright].

ContributorsCreated : 2012-04-10 10:57:02 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-06-25 18:04:46 /

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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 29 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
22828	AINGER, Charles	1884	ENG,	Jul 1893 : Oregon	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
8538	ALDEN, Thomas George	1878	ENG, LND, Holborn	Jul 1893 : Oregon	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
4706	ALMOND, Elizabeth	1879	ENG, LAN, Newton, Manchester	May 1891 : Oregon	CAN	Boys and Girls Refuge (Manchester)
4705	ALMOND, Sarah	1882	ENG, LAN, Ardwick, Manchester	May 1891 : Oregon	CAN	Boys and Girls Refuge (Manchester)
19671	BEATTIE, J	1879	ENG,	May 1887 : Oregon	CAN	National Childrens Home
19776	BEATTIE, Walter	1864	ENG,	May 1887 : Oregon	CAN	National Childrens Home
18207	BELCH, Walter	1876	ENG,	Aug 1889 : Oregon	CAN	Waifs & Strays
11149	BELLMAN, Lily	1880	ENG, , Lambeth	May 1892 : Oregon	CAN	National Childrens Home
11150	BELLMAN, Lizzie	1883	ENG, LDN, London	May 1892 : Oregon	CAN	National Childrens Home
18208	BUTLER, Walter	1875	ENG,	Aug 1889 : Oregon	CAN	Waifs & Strays
8806	CAMBRIDGE, John	1878	ENG,	Jun 1891 : Oregon	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
18209	CARTWRIGHT, Harry	1875	ENG,	Aug 1889 : Oregon	CAN	Waifs & Strays
11966	COOPER, Adeline	1876	ENG,	May 1892 : Oregon	CAN	National Childrens Home
9109	GUY, Ada Lily	1883	ENG, DOR, Sherborne	May 1892 : Oregon	CAN	National Childrens Home
18210	HAWKINS, George	1876	ENG,	Aug 1889 : Oregon	CAN	Waifs & Strays
13620	HOPLEY, Margaret	1881	ENG,	May 1892 : Oregon	CAN	National Childrens Home
18211	JACKSON, William	1874	ENG,	Aug 1889 : Oregon	CAN	Waifs & Strays
18213	KNIGHT, Charles H	1875	ENG,	Aug 1889 : Oregon	CAN	Waifs & Strays
18212	KNIGHT, Robert H	1876	ENG,	Aug 1889 : Oregon	CAN	Waifs & Strays
16184	LEENEY, Horace Howard	1886	ENG, LND, Westminster	Jul 1893 : Oregon	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
13541	MACKAY, Henry	1871	ENG,	May 1887 : Oregon	CAN	National Childrens Home
13158	NYE, Clara Amelia	1881	ENG, , Croydon	Aug 1893 : Oregon	CAN	National Childrens Home
13159	NYE, Philip	1876	ENG,	Mar 1892 : Oregon	CAN	National Childrens Home
3993	POPE, Gertrude Alice	1882	ENG, MDX, London	Aug 1893 : Oregon	CAN	National Childrens Home
18214	SLEET, Arthur	1873	ENG,	Aug 1889 : Oregon	CAN	Waifs & Strays
18215	SLEET, Stephen	1875	ENG,	Aug 1889 : Oregon	CAN	Waifs & Strays
21404	SMITH, Stephen	1876	ENG,	Aug 1889 : Oregon	CAN	Waifs & Strays
8761	STIFF, Edith	1881	ENG, , Stowmarket	Aug 1892 : Oregon	CAN	Waifs & Strays
13683	WHITE, Thomas		ENG,	May 1887 : Oregon	CAN	National Childrens Home
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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 29 Entries

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