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- 4. Edwin Michael, our line, was born 21 September 1895 in
Prescott. He married Mary Ellenor
"Kathleen" Leacy, of Cardinal, Ontario, on 01 October 1918 at St.
Marks R.C. Church, Prescott, by Father Masterson. For their
Honeymoon, the couple went to Toronto, Ontario where Edwin became
ill with the Spanish Flue. This was an epidemic which killed 60,000
Canadians, more than all the soldiers who died in W.W.1. Edwin
survived by the loving care of his young bride, Kathleen. Kathleen
Leacy was born 16 December 1894 in Cardinal, Grenville County,
Ontario. She was the eldest child of James Waters Leacy and his wife
Margaret Ellenor Kavanaugh. After serving in the Canadian forces
from 14 November 1915 to 04 April 1919, surviving muddy , gas
filled trenches of France, Edwin came home a Captain, and was the
Adjutant at Old Fort Henry in Kingston, Ontario until the Army was
demobilized in 1919. Edwin moved his wife to Montreal where he
established himself in the business community. He became the vice-
president of Johns-Manville Company and later the President of United
Asbestos Corporation Ltd. until his retirement in 1960. Edwin and
Kathleen moved from 685 Rockland Ave., Outemount, Montreal to
Kathleen's family home in Cardinal, Ontario, to spend their
retirement along the banks of the St.Lawrence River.
Edwin was a devoted father and grandfather, known as "Pop", and
much loved by all. He died of a heart attack, at home in Cardinal,
on 01 October 1963 and was buried in the Leacy Plot in Sacred Heart
Cemetery, Cardinal, Ontario. His wife, Kathleen lived in Cardinal
until her death on 18 May 1994, almost 100 years old. She was
buried on 21 May 1994 next to her beloved husband, Edwin, and much
loved granddaughter, Jill Ann Madden. Edwin and Kathleen had 3
children.
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