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Record #16184
Name :
: Horace Howard LEENEY (1886 - 1960)


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 6 Apr 1886

Marriage (1)
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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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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
16184 LEENEY, Horace Howard1886ENG, LND, Westminster Jul 1893 : Oregon CAN Fegan Homes for Boys