John Edward LEONARD

Male 1871 - 1958  (86 years)   Has 38 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name John Edward LEONARD  [1, 2, 3
    Relationshipwith Rodney VOJVODICH
    Birth 10 Sep 1871  Dongara, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    AKA Jack; Jock 
    Occupation Labourer, Railway Fettler and later Railway Ganger 
    Residence Between 1909 and 1958  Three Springs, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 1958  Cemetery, Three Springs, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Methodist, Plot 23
    Death 31 Jul 1958  Kenwick, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Albany Highway
    Siblings
    1. Charlotte Elizabeth LEONARD,   b. 1873, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1953, Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Bernard LEONARD,   b. 1832, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1873, Greenough, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)  (Father) 
    Phoebe THOMAS,   b. 3 Jan 1737/38, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1816, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)  (3 x Great Grandmother) 
    Siblings 1 sister 
    Half-siblings 1 half brother and 2 half sisters (family of George BACKSHALL and Mary Jane BRANDIS
    Half-siblings 1 half brother and 1 half sister (family of Henry COOPER and Mary Jane BRANDIS
    Half-siblings 6 half brothers (family of Absolom BICKLEY and Mary Jane BRANDIS
    Person ID I734  MyBradyTree | BRADY, LPR, AC2, KLL, MAAL, P2, KMS, Descendant of Convict Bernard LEONARD
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2025 

    Father Bernard LEONARD,   b. 1832, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1873, Greenough, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Mother AncestorsMary Jane BRANDIS,   b. Between 1 Sep 1843 and 1847, Combrook, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1934, Palmyra, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 90 years)
    Other Partners: George BACKSHALL  m. 30 Dec 1862;   Henry COOPER  m. 27 Aug 1874;   Absolom BICKLEY  m. 1877  
    Marriage 15 Sep 1870  Irwin River, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F438  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family AncestorsSelina May BRANDIS,   b. 10 Jul 1885, Greenough, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1951, Three Springs, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 1904  Irwin River, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Reference Number #898 
    Children 
    +1. Muriel May LEONARD,   b. 1905, Irwin, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1978, Victoria Park, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    â–» Walter Edmund Vettler CUMMINS  m. 1923;   Lindsay Garfield INGRAM  m. 1951
    +2. Alda Marjory LEONARD,   b. 1907, Irwin, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1970, Kenwick, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    â–» Percy John LYON  m. 16 Oct 1926
    +3. Alfred John LEONARD,   b. 1909, Irwin, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1956, Leederville, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    â–» Irene Amelia PAGE  m. 1934
    +4. Eileen Maude LEONARD,   b. 2 Jul 1911, Three Springs, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1974, North Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    â–» John Charles CASE  m. 1932;   Victor G. DOLPHIN  m. 1943
    +5. Dorothy Una LEONARD,   b. 28 Jul 1913, Three Springs, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1981, Kewdale, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    â–» Samuel Boag CAIRNS  m. 24 Dec 1934
    +6. Evelyn Mary LEONARD,   b. 12 Nov 1916, Irwin, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1992, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    â–» Robert PALMER
    +7. Ernest Charles LEONARD,   b. 3 Mar 1919, Three Springs, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1983, West Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    â–» Nellie Centenary STEELE  m. 1953
     8. Gordon David LEONARD,   b. 3 Sep 1922, Three Springs, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1987, Rockingham, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    +9. Cyril James LEONARD,   b. 13 Mar 1924, Irwin, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1992, Bayswater, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    â–» Hilda Alice WILTON  m. 1949
    +10. Ronald Wesley LEONARD,   b. 28 Jul 1926, Irwin, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1996, Maylands, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    â–» Lynnette Dawn DUSCI  m. 7 Jan 1954
    Family ID F331  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2025 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Sep 1871 - Dongara, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1904 - Irwin River, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Between 1909 and 1958 - Three Springs, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1958 - Cemetery, Three Springs, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 31 Jul 1958 - Kenwick, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • http://www.carnamah.com.au/t17.html
      Purchased Lot 41 of Victoria Location 2022 on the east side of the Three Springs townsite on 3 July 1909 [27]
      He purchased Lot 41 from the Midland Railway Company for £7/10/-, which was payable by instalments over two years [27]
      By 1914 he had erected a residence on his Lot 41 on the east side of the Three Springs townsite [44]
      Member of the Hall Committee that managed the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs in 1914-15 [10: 10-Aug-1915]
      Played dozens of games of crib at a Surprise Party held at David TODD's home in Three Springs in early February 1915 [10: 5-Feb-1915]
      Doorman at the Westralia Red Cross Day Social & Dance held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 30 July 1915 [10: 6-Aug-1915]
      His horse Daisy won the Trotting Event at the Hall Committee's Sports Day in Three Springs on 18 February 1916 [10: 25-Feb-1916]
      Said to have carried his head a few inches higher as a consequence of his wife gave birth to a daughter in late 1916 [10: 5-Dec-1916]
      Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
      Clerk of Course of the horse races at the Sports Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Saturday 17 March 1917 [124]
      Gatekeeper at the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee's Sports Meeting in Three Springs on Saturday 16 March 1918 [124]
      Came 2nd in the Per-War Handicap race at the Arrino Railway Picnic Day held in Arrino on Saturday 29 November 1919 [9: 5-Dec-1919]
      Doorkeeper of the Ball at the Agricultural Hall held after the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on 17 March 1926 [124]
      Member of the Three Springs Race Club - was their Timekeeper in 1929 [4: 23-Feb-1929]
      Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
      His horse Bess won the Walk Trot & Gallop at the Sports Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day in 1930 [4: 22-Mar-1930]
      Appointed Caretaker of the Three Springs Hall at a meeting of the Three Springs Road Board on 10 August 1935 [5: 16-Aug-1935]
      Assisted with the running of the Annual Concert in aid of the Dominican Nuns held in Three Springs on 15 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
      Pound Keeper for the Three Springs Road Board in 1936 [5: 12-Jun-1936]
      One of five ratepayers who attended the ratepayers meeting of the Three Springs Road Board on Saturday 20 June 1936 [5: 3-Jul-1936]
      Himself, his son-in-law Percy J. LYON and J. HOWARD cleared Rowe's Road in Arrino for 3/- per chain in 1936 [5: 4-Sep-1936]
      Attended the Valedictory Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
      He was paid by the Three Springs Road Board to fortnightly water the trees in the Three Springs townsite in 1937 [5: 25-Mar-1937]
      In 1958 he was a retired Railway Ganger and was living in Williamson Street, Three Springs [24]

  • Reference  Your Name Here. "John Edward LEONARD". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I734&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed February 18, 2025).

  • Sources 
    1. [S447] kathleen.coutts-at-bigpond.com, Kathleen Lorraine Coutts (nee Leonard).

    2. [S498] rennatld-at-bigpond.com.au, Leonie Patricia Tanner (nee Richards), Some Information and Pictures Submitted by Leonie Patricia Tanner (nee Richards).

    3. [S899] mleonard82-at-gmail.com, Mark Arron Albert Leonard.

    4. [S923] Lorraine Larment, ozburials.com, Three Springs Cemetery http://www.ozburials.com/CemsWA/OtherCems/threesprings.htm.