Thomas Stanislaus Leslie Walsh (1899 - 1970)

Born 14 Apr 1899 in Eganville, Grattan, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died 1970 at about age 70 in Milan Township, Monroe, Michigan, United States

Biography

Thomas was born in Grattan, Ontario in 1899. He was the son of Thomas Walsh and Mary McHugh.^[1][2] Although he was born with the middle name of "Stanislaus," he evidently changed his middle name to "Leslie," going by "Les. He married Loretta Ann McKeown in Palmer, Saskatchewan on September 24, 1923. He was a railroad engineer, and they moved to the United States, arriving on May 16, 1924. They had four children, all born in Detroit:

1. Mary Catherine (b. Detroit, 20 Jan 1924)
2. Agnes Geraldine (b. Detroit, 12 Aug 1925)
3. Eugene Leslie (b. Detroit, 12 Sep 1957)
4. William Thomas (b. Detroit, May 16, 1930)

He applied for naturalization on June 13, 1935,^[3] which was approved on September 22, 1939.^[4] The family made their home in Livonia.^[5]

He retired to Milan, a farm community south of Detroit, and passed away there.

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2T7-RSZ : 13 February 2020), Thomas Stanislaus Walsh, 1899.
2. ↑ "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM6Q-B8Q : 10 August 2017), Thomas Stanislaus Walsh, 14 Apr 1899; citing Birth, Grattan, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,021,809.
3. ↑ "Michigan, Eastern and Western Districts, Naturalization Records, 1837-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4YVZ-VXT2 : 20 February 2020), Thomas Leslie Walsh, 1935.
4. ↑ "Michigan, Eastern and Western Districts, Naturalization Records, 1837-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4YVZ-VF3Z : 20 February 2020), Thomas Leslie Walsh, 1939.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHMZ-8S3 : 5 December 2019), Thomas Welsh, Livonia Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 82-175, sheet 40A, line 5, family 934, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1833.