LEACY Mary Ellenor "Kathleen"

1894 - 1994  (99 years)

• Name	LEACY Mary Ellenor "Kathleen"
  Birth	16 Dec 1894	Cardinal, Grenville Co., Ontario
  Gender	Female
  Death	18 May 1994	Cardinal, Grenville Co., Ontario
  Notes	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.
  Person ID	I4971	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	LEACY James Waters
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	KAVANAUGH Margaret Ellenor
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4970	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	FREEMAN Edwin Michael,   b. 21 Sep 1895, Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario d. 01 Oct 1963, Cardinal, Grenville Co., Ontario (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	01 Oct 1918	Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario
  Family ID	F3071	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024