John Leonard, younger

JOHN LEONARD younger

(aka JOHNNY LAYNARD, JOHNNY LEONARD, or LEONARD JOHNNY)

John Leonard, younger, is the eldest son of John Leonard, elder, and his third wife, Marguerite Sllortssa. His father was an Orkneyman who had been employed by the Hudson's Bay Company. In his first marriage certificate John Leonard, younger, is identified as "Johnny Leonard" son of "John Leonard" and "Marguerite" British Columbia, Marriage Registrations and in his second as "Johnny Leonard" son of "John Leonard" and "Maggie". British Columbia, Marriage Registrations

Tk’emlups te Secwepemc

Following the accidental death of his father, John Leonard, younger, and his brothers: "were brought up in the Kamloops Band as Indians". [Jean Barman, Sojourning Sisters: The Lives And Letters Of Jessie And Annie McQueen (University of Toronto Press Incorporated, 2003), page 136]

1881 Census

John Leonard, younger, is noticed twice in the census which was enumerated on 4 April 1881. He is noticed once in the household return of Joseph Katchford Canada Census, 1881 and for a second time in the household return of Jerome Hiheilist Canada Census, 188

The 1881 census return is also published bt the Archives of Canada: (1) Joseph Katchford's household Library and Archives Canada: 1881 (2) Library and Archives Canada: 1881 Census of Canada

1891 Census

John Leonard, younger, was at home in Kamloops when the Canadian Federal Census was enumered on 6 April 1891 [ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWKQ-PR6 KQ-PR6 Canada Census, 1891] as was his wife Julie Canada Census, 1891

Library and Archives Canada: 1881 Census of Canada

1911 Census

John Leonard, younger, together with his wife Julie and their daughter Betsy, is noticed on 1 June 1911, when the Canadia Federal Census for that year was enumerated Census Canada 1911

First Marriage

John Leonard, younger, married Julie, at Kamloops on 5 November 1882. Britism Columbia Marriages

Second Marriage

John Leonard, younger, married Clara, the widow of Noah, at Kamloops on 11 December 1919. British Columbia Marriages

Children of the First Marriage

1. Mary Leonard
2. Andrew Leonard
3. Saul Leonard
4. Betty Leonard