Bridget and John had two daughters, Mary J. and Grace E. Leonard, and one son: Peter M. Leonard. Peter married Grace E. Withnell in February 1888 in Omaha, Nebraska. They had a son, Richard Withnell Leonard, born 7 December 1888 in Omaha, Nebraska. Grace died in 1890, Richard went to his maternal grandparents in Omaha, and by the 1910 U.S. Census, Peter was living in Brooklyn, New York. Father and son were famously reunited in 1914 (the story was picked up by newspapers across the country). However, by the 1920 U.S. Census, Richard's wife, Winifred Borck Leonard, was divorced and living with her three children in Deerfield, Ohio. I have been unable to locate Peter or Richard, though Richard was reportedly taking Peter to Cincinnati, Ohio, after their reunion.
New Jersey Deaths and Burials
Name Bridget A. Leonard
Gender Female
Death Date 23 Dec 1898
Death Place Newark, Essex, New Jersey
Age 50
Birth Date 1848
Birthplace Newark, N. J.
Marital Status Married
"New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZVD-6ZZ : accessed 23 January 2016), Bridget A. Leonard, 23 Dec 1898; citing Newark, Essex, New Jersey, reference v 54 p 381; FHL microfilm 589,810.
Bridget and John had two daughters, Mary J. and Grace E. Leonard, and one son: Peter M. Leonard. Peter married Grace E. Withnell in February 1888 in Omaha, Nebraska. They had a son, Richard Withnell Leonard, born 7 December 1888 in Omaha, Nebraska. Grace died in 1890, Richard went to his maternal grandparents in Omaha, and by the 1910 U.S. Census, Peter was living in Brooklyn, New York. Father and son were famously reunited in 1914 (the story was picked up by newspapers across the country). However, by the 1920 U.S. Census, Richard's wife, Winifred Borck Leonard, was divorced and living with her three children in Deerfield, Ohio. I have been unable to locate Peter or Richard, though Richard was reportedly taking Peter to Cincinnati, Ohio, after their reunion.
New Jersey Deaths and Burials
Name Bridget A. Leonard
Gender Female
Death Date 23 Dec 1898
Death Place Newark, Essex, New Jersey
Age 50
Birth Date 1848
Birthplace Newark, N. J.
Marital Status Married
"New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZVD-6ZZ : accessed 23 January 2016), Bridget A. Leonard, 23 Dec 1898; citing Newark, Essex, New Jersey, reference v 54 p 381; FHL microfilm 589,810.
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Moved from St. Philip-2-4 in April 1900.
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