Charles Henry Leicester^[1]

1864 - 1953  (88 years)

• Name	Charles Henry Leicester
  Born	18 Nov 1864	Tidenham, , Gloucestershire, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Christened	1 Jan 1865	Tidenham, , Gloucestershire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1885	, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Farmer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-447846
  Died	6 Apr 1953	Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States   [3]
  Buried	Riverview Abbey Mausoleum and Crematory, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I447846	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Annie Simpson,   b. 6 Jul 1866, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Apr 1926, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States  (Age 59 years)
  Married	22 Dec 1885	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F281963	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  LEICESTER\emdash April 6, Charles H., late of 5542 NE Flanders; husband of Roberta; father of Morton, San Jose, Cal.; William, Redmond, Wash.; Gerald, Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. A. N. Taylor, Victoria, B. C.; brother of John F., San Francisco; Herbert, Tasmania; Gerald, South Africa; 6 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren. Friends are invited to attend funeral services Thurs., 2:30 pm, in the Conservatory Chapel of A. J. Rose & Son, SE 6th and Alder. Vault entombment Riverview Abbey. The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, Wednesday, April 8, 1953 ___________________ Charles by the early 1900s he was a mining engineer at Nelson, BC and Nanaimo, BC In the very early teens he was an engineer at the Ocean Falls pulp and paper plant and in the 20s moved to Portland, Oregon where he was a civil engineer, firstly for a pulp and paper company and then in private practise Email Paul Hutcheson 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11789-86. Charles Henry Leicester, 21, occ. Farmer, b. England, res. Ontario, son of Morton Amos Leicester and Susan Marshall, Married Annie Simpson, 19, b. Ontario, res. Same, daughter of George Simpson and Isabella Goodall, Wittness(es) - James Finlay and Jane Biggar, both of Galt, 22 Dec 1885 at North Dumfries [S2940] Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1913. Name:Charles Henry Leicester Event Type:Baptism Baptism Date:1 Jan 1865 Baptism Place:Tidenham, Gloucestershire, England Parish as it Appears:Tidenham [S3231] Find A Grave, Crematory, R., America, N., County, M., & Crematory, R. (1864). Charles Henry Leicester (1864-1953) - Find A... Retrieved 20 May 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197000742.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Nov 1864 - Tidenham, , Gloucestershire, England Christened - 1 Jan 1865 - Tidenham, , Gloucestershire, England Occupation - Farmer - 1885 - , Ontario, Canada Married - 22 Dec 1885 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 6 Apr 1953 - Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States Buried - - Riverview Abbey Mausoleum and Crematory, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States  = Link to Google Earth