Martha Elizabeth Leader was baptized on 3 June, 1827, in Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England, daughter of John Leader and Rhoda Walker.
She moved to New York, on the Brig Meridian, landing on 13 October, 1834.
From there, the family moved to Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada.
Young Martha lasted only one year in the cold Canadian winter. She has the earliest surviving tombstone in the cemetery.
Bottom photo used with "written" permission. from Dave Cooper
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dcoop/
She moved to New York, on the Brig Meridian, landing on 13 October, 1834.
From there, the family moved to Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada.
Young Martha lasted only one year in the cold Canadian winter. She has the earliest surviving tombstone in the cemetery.
Bottom photo used with "written" permission. from Dave Cooper
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dcoop/
Martha Elizabeth Leader was baptized on 3 June, 1827, in Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England, daughter of John Leader and Rhoda Walker.
She moved to New York, on the Brig Meridian, landing on 13 October, 1834.
From there, the family moved to Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada.
Young Martha lasted only one year in the cold Canadian winter. She has the earliest surviving tombstone in the cemetery.
Bottom photo used with "written" permission. from Dave Cooper
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dcoop/
She moved to New York, on the Brig Meridian, landing on 13 October, 1834.
From there, the family moved to Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada.
Young Martha lasted only one year in the cold Canadian winter. She has the earliest surviving tombstone in the cemetery.
Bottom photo used with "written" permission. from Dave Cooper
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dcoop/
Inscription
In Memory of
MARTHA ELIZABETH
Daughter of John
& Rhoda Leader
Who Died May 29th, 1837
Aged 10 years and 19 ds
