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The founding member of this family was John Leonard, a British Columbia Pioneer He was an Orkneyman, the son of Peter Leonard and Janet Loutit, who resided at Kingsgate in Savieskaill on the Orkney island of Rousay. John Leonard was born there on 15 May 1811, and his baptism was registered at Rousay on 18 May 1811.