John Leader was a shoemaker. He was born in England in 1780, to Thomas Leader and Sara Reid.
John was married to Rhoda Walker, daughter of Joseph Walker and Mary Greenwood, on 25 December, 1818, St Mary, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England.
John and Rhoda were the parents of 9 know children: Martha Elizabeth, Joseph Walker, John Thomas, Rhoda Walker, Mary Anne (died in England), Mary Jane, Lucy Jane (died in England), Lucy Ann and William Walker Leader.
On 13 October, 1834, John, Rhoda, Joseph, John, Rhoda, Martha Elizabeth and Lucy Ann arrived in New York, aboard the Brig Meridian, from London.
Children Mary Jane and William Walker Leader were born in Blenheim, Oxford.
John and his family are on the 1851 Canadian census for Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario. John is listed as age 72, born abt 1779 in England, Wesleyan Methodist, living in Blenheim, Oxford County, Canada West.
John died on 22 March, 1859, Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario.
His wife Rhoda is listed on the 1861 Canadian census for Blenheim, as a widow, living with her son William Walker Leader, and his family.
My 3rd greatgrandfather
Bottom photo used with "written" permission from Dave Cooper
Http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dcoop/
John was married to Rhoda Walker, daughter of Joseph Walker and Mary Greenwood, on 25 December, 1818, St Mary, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England.
John and Rhoda were the parents of 9 know children: Martha Elizabeth, Joseph Walker, John Thomas, Rhoda Walker, Mary Anne (died in England), Mary Jane, Lucy Jane (died in England), Lucy Ann and William Walker Leader.
On 13 October, 1834, John, Rhoda, Joseph, John, Rhoda, Martha Elizabeth and Lucy Ann arrived in New York, aboard the Brig Meridian, from London.
Children Mary Jane and William Walker Leader were born in Blenheim, Oxford.
John and his family are on the 1851 Canadian census for Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario. John is listed as age 72, born abt 1779 in England, Wesleyan Methodist, living in Blenheim, Oxford County, Canada West.
John died on 22 March, 1859, Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario.
His wife Rhoda is listed on the 1861 Canadian census for Blenheim, as a widow, living with her son William Walker Leader, and his family.
My 3rd greatgrandfather
Bottom photo used with "written" permission from Dave Cooper
Http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dcoop/
John Leader was a shoemaker. He was born in England in 1780, to Thomas Leader and Sara Reid.
John was married to Rhoda Walker, daughter of Joseph Walker and Mary Greenwood, on 25 December, 1818, St Mary, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England.
John and Rhoda were the parents of 9 know children: Martha Elizabeth, Joseph Walker, John Thomas, Rhoda Walker, Mary Anne (died in England), Mary Jane, Lucy Jane (died in England), Lucy Ann and William Walker Leader.
On 13 October, 1834, John, Rhoda, Joseph, John, Rhoda, Martha Elizabeth and Lucy Ann arrived in New York, aboard the Brig Meridian, from London.
Children Mary Jane and William Walker Leader were born in Blenheim, Oxford.
John and his family are on the 1851 Canadian census for Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario. John is listed as age 72, born abt 1779 in England, Wesleyan Methodist, living in Blenheim, Oxford County, Canada West.
John died on 22 March, 1859, Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario.
His wife Rhoda is listed on the 1861 Canadian census for Blenheim, as a widow, living with her son William Walker Leader, and his family.
My 3rd greatgrandfather
Bottom photo used with "written" permission from Dave Cooper
Http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dcoop/
John was married to Rhoda Walker, daughter of Joseph Walker and Mary Greenwood, on 25 December, 1818, St Mary, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England.
John and Rhoda were the parents of 9 know children: Martha Elizabeth, Joseph Walker, John Thomas, Rhoda Walker, Mary Anne (died in England), Mary Jane, Lucy Jane (died in England), Lucy Ann and William Walker Leader.
On 13 October, 1834, John, Rhoda, Joseph, John, Rhoda, Martha Elizabeth and Lucy Ann arrived in New York, aboard the Brig Meridian, from London.
Children Mary Jane and William Walker Leader were born in Blenheim, Oxford.
John and his family are on the 1851 Canadian census for Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario. John is listed as age 72, born abt 1779 in England, Wesleyan Methodist, living in Blenheim, Oxford County, Canada West.
John died on 22 March, 1859, Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario.
His wife Rhoda is listed on the 1861 Canadian census for Blenheim, as a widow, living with her son William Walker Leader, and his family.
My 3rd greatgrandfather
Bottom photo used with "written" permission from Dave Cooper
Http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dcoop/
Inscription
In Memory Of
JOHN LEADER
who died
Mar. 22, 1859
in the 79th year
of his life
