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Florence K. <I>Milligan</I> Leonard

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Florence K. Milligan Leonard

Birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
25 Apr 1956 (aged 63)
Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section H - Lot 2
Memorial ID
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Wife of Wellington R. Leonard and mother of John W. Leonard, Ruth Leonard Doolittle, and Irene Leonard Sherman

Ellen Florence Katherine Milligan Leonard was born in Chicago IL to Martin and Mary (Cleary) Milligan, both Irish immigrants. Their surname is recorded as Melligan, Mellican, Milligan, or Melican, variously. She was second youngest of several children: Kattie Melligan 1877 –
Agnes Milligan Turner 1879 –
John Milligan 1883 – 1919
William Melligan 1889 –
Mabel Milligan Leonard 1893 – 1936 (Mable married Wellington's brother Ernest Leonard)
Florence worked in a boarding house in Chicago where she met Wellington. They married January 18, 1915. Their son John William Leonard was born Feburary 2, 1916, followed by daughters Ruth Agnes (1918 - 2002) and Irene Mary (1921 - 1997). Florence was a farm wife until cancer took her life on April 25, 1956.
Wife of Wellington R. Leonard and mother of John W. Leonard, Ruth Leonard Doolittle, and Irene Leonard Sherman

Ellen Florence Katherine Milligan Leonard was born in Chicago IL to Martin and Mary (Cleary) Milligan, both Irish immigrants. Their surname is recorded as Melligan, Mellican, Milligan, or Melican, variously. She was second youngest of several children: Kattie Melligan 1877 –
Agnes Milligan Turner 1879 –
John Milligan 1883 – 1919
William Melligan 1889 –
Mabel Milligan Leonard 1893 – 1936 (Mable married Wellington's brother Ernest Leonard)
Florence worked in a boarding house in Chicago where she met Wellington. They married January 18, 1915. Their son John William Leonard was born Feburary 2, 1916, followed by daughters Ruth Agnes (1918 - 2002) and Irene Mary (1921 - 1997). Florence was a farm wife until cancer took her life on April 25, 1956.


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