Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Samuel Willet Clarke "Clarke" Leybourne

Male 1883 - 1962  (78 years)


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  • Name Samuel Willet Clarke "Clarke" Leybourne 
    Born 23 Nov 1883  West Garafraxa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1901  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Watch Maker 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-82750 
    Died 1962 
    Buried New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I82750  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Samuel Leybourne,   b. 17 Feb 1833, , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1919, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Fanny Eliza Light,   b. 14 Mar 1841, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1910, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Family ID F21558  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Willett C. Leybourne learned the Watchmaking with Breckenridge, then went to the Ellis firm in Hamilton and later graduated as an optician.

      Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

  • Sources 
    1. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 11.

    2. [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 37912 (1884), Samuel Willet Clark Leybourne.
      Samuel Willet Clark b. 23 Nov 1883 West Garafraxa s/o Samuel Leybourne (butcher) & Fanny Eliza Light

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Nov 1883 - West Garafraxa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Watch Maker - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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