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Charles Herbert Leggott

Born 29 Sep 1884 in Sarnia Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Son of Richard George Leggott and Margaret (Metcalf) Leggott

Brother of Mary Elizabeth (Leggott) McFarlane, George Richard Leggott, Thomas William Leggott, Sarah Ann (Leggott) Eason, Robert James Leggott, Alice Mabel (Leggott) Stewart, Ethel Margaret (Leggott) Lepley and Ida Myrtle (Leggott) Lauder

Husband of Nina Mary (Jenks) Leggott — married 29 Aug 1911 (to 3 Mar 1955) in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Descendants

Father of Charlotte Mary (Leggott) Loudy, Margaret Florine (Leggott) Jones and Nina Elizabeth (Leggott) Ogar

Died 23 Feb 1958 at age 73 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

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Biography

D & C Steamer "Western States."

Charles H. Leggott, Chief Electrical Engineer.

Charles Herbert Leggott was born on September 29, 1884, in Bunyan, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, the child of Richard George and Margaret (Metcalf) Leggott. ^[1]

He imigrated from Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.^[2]^[3]

He married Nina Mary Jenks on August 29, 1911, in Detroit, Michigan. They had three daughters, Charlotte, Margaret and Nina. His occupation was Electrician. He was a retired Electrical Inspector for the City of Detroit, Building Department.^[4]

Charles was the Chief, Electrical Engineer on the excursion steamship 'S.S. Western States' of the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company fleet. This was a steamship that traveled between Detroit and Cleveland. Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company, often abbreviated as D&C, was a shipping company on the Great Lakes. The main route was between Detroit, Michigan, and Cleveland, Ohio.

The SS Western States was one of the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co.’s Big Six of overnight passenger steamers. She, like the other five, was designed by master naval architect Frank E. Kirby and built at Detroit Ship Building Co. in Wyandotte, Mich. Though she and her sister ship, the Eastern States, were originally built for the Detroit and Buffalo Steamboat Co., which was absorbed into the D&C line in 1909.^[5]

He was subject to the draft in WW I.^[6]

He died 23 Feb 1958 in Detroit, Michigan. Burial Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, Oakland County, MI, USA.Charles Herbert Leggott

Research Notes

Leggott_Name_Origin

This is a truly ancient surname. Recorded in various spelling forms including Legatte, Leggate, Leggett, Leggitt, Legott, Leggott and even it is said, Legwood, its origins are French and English, but ultimately Roman. In the early days of history a legate was a Roman official ambassador, and this status is still maintained in for instance a Papal Legate, an ambassador for the Roman Catholic Church. Read more

Name Origin Research 1980 - 2017
Surname Leggott

CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project.

Bunyan Cemetery, Lambton County , ON.

LEGGOTT, George 1834 - 1888 (age: 54)

LEGGOTT, George R. spouse

LEGGOTT, George R. 1873 - 1941

LEGGOTT, Mary Ann 1822 - 1904 (age: 82)

LEGGOTT, Mary E. (Humphrey) 1882 - 1903 (age: 21)

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Sources

↑ Canada Census, 1901
↑ Michigan, Detroit Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Detroit
↑ United States Census, 1910 Charles H Leggott
↑ Charles H. Leggott and Nina N. Jenks, 1911 Michigan, County Marriages
↑ Charles H. Leggott Chief Electrical Engineer
↑ Charles Herbert Leggott United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Charles Leggott.Canada Census, 1901 "Canada Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHLC-P6Y : 13 November 2014), Charles Leggott in household of Richard Leggott, E, Lambton (west/ouest), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 5, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.]

Chas Leggott. Michigan, Detroit Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Detroit

Name Chas Leggott.

Event Type Immigration.

Event Date 10 Jun 1908.

Event Place Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.

Gender Male.

Age 22.

Nationality Canada.

Birth Year (Estimated) 1886.

"Michigan, Detroit Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Detroit, 1906-1954," database with images, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ1Y-N7R : 4 December 2014), Chas Leggott, 10 Jun 1908; citing NARA microfilm publication M1478 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,490,494.]

United States Census, 1910.United States Census, 1910 Charles H Leggott "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 28 June 2017), Charles H Leggott in household of Cornelius F Carroll, Detroit Ward 4, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 5B, family 128, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 681; FHL microfilm 1,374,694.]

Charles H. Leggott and Nina N. Jenks, 1911 Michigan, County Marriages "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC49-D4H : 25 April 2016), Charles H. Leggott and Nina N. Jenks, 1911.

Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company.Detroit and Cleveland Charles H. Leggott Chief Electrical Engineer

United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Charles Herbert Leggott United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : 12 December 2014), Charles Herbert Leggott, 1917-1918; citing Detroit City no 26, Michigan, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 2,032,764.]

Burial Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, Oakland County, MI, USA. Source: Find a Grave. Charles Herbert Leggott

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Gerald Jones

Charles hobbies were photography and woodworking. He kept a photo developing room in the basement of the house at 600 Drexel in Detroit. He took still photos and movies. He also had numerous and expensive woodworking tools in the basement such a table saws, lathe and wood chisels. He made toys for the grand-children. I still have a child's work-bench he made. I remember all of it plus the big coal fired, later fuel oil, furnace down there. Also a wringer type electric washing machine and a toilet. Unusual for those days.

posted 9 Aug 2017 by Gerald Jones [thank Gerald]

Gerald Jones

Their address was 600 Drexel Avenue (Changed by the City from 212), which was East of Jefferson Avenue near the Detroit River. You could hear the freighters air-horns at night (You did not notice the horns in daylight hours due to the noise of the city). They had three daughters during their marriage. He survived His Wife Nina Mary Jenks by three years. He died on February 23, 1958, in Detroit, Michigan, at the age of 73, and was buried in Berkley, Michigan.

He was a slim man of about five foot six or seven inches tall. Per my Mother, He did not care for a Farmers life. He worked as an Electrician in the construction industry and was apparently an early member of the Electrical Union, now, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 58.

His parents, Richard and Margaret (Metcalf) Leggott immigrated from England and settled to farm in Lambton, Ontario, Canada. For his occupation He was an Electrician in the contracting industry, crew aboard the "Western States" and later, after about 1924, He was an Electrical Inspector for the City of Detroit until he retired in about 1954. His hobbies were photography and woodworking. He had a photography dark-room in the basement where he developed his own movies and photos. He had woodworking machinery such as a table saw and a band-saw, and a lathe. He had a Hudson Motors four door sedan automobile which he kept in the garage in the rear of the house off the alley. He was a cigar smoker. He had family in Ontario and Western Saskatchewan, Canada, which he visited in his car. He subscribed to National Geographic Magazine, and would put a circular mark, with a blue ballpoint pen through the title to indicate that he had read that issue. He kept the copies and us kids would look at the pictures.

posted 29 Jul 2017 by Gerald Jones [thank Gerald]

Gerald Jones

* Served as Chief Electrician, D&C Navigation Co. Steamer "Western States" per his Daughter (My Aunt) Nina Elizabeth Leggott (Ogar), related to me directly about 2006/7.

posted 9 May 2016 by Gerald Jones [thank Gerald]

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