Leon Alton Drinkwater (1873 - 1957)

Born 13 Feb 1873 in Lincolnville, Waldo, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Died 29 Nov 1957 at age 84 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Drinkwater Name Study.

Leon Drinkwater was a Mainer.

Leon Alton Drinkwater
is the 8th generation of this surname found in early America, and a descendant of Thomas Drinkwater.

Leon was 2nd of 11 children born in 1873 to Frederick Drinkwater and Carolyn Dyer Lindsay in Lincolnville, Maine.

He married Prudence Matilda Keating 4 June 1902 in Boston. It was the first marriage for both - they were age 29. He lived in Boston, she at 9 Fountain Street. He was a tile Mason, she a dressmaker. They lived at 255 Bradstreet Avenue when Elsie was born.

They had two daughters:

1. Edna Priscilla, b. 1904 in Revere, Massachusetts
2. Elsie V, b. 1907, Revere, Massachusetts

WWI Draft Card

Name Leon Alton Drinkwater

Event Type Draft Registration

Event Date 1917-1918

Event Place Winthrop City no 25, Massachusetts, United States

Gender Male

Nationality United States

Birth Date 13 Feb 1873

Short, medium, blue eyes, brown hair

Tile mason

Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims

Drinkwater, Edna Priscilla; Manchester, CT; Born in Revere, MA

1. Leon Alton Drinkwater (Feb 13, 1873 – Nov 29, 1957) m June 4, 1902 Prudence Matilda Keating (Nov 29, 1873 – Dec 5,1947)
2. Frederick Augustus Drinkwater (Jun 8, 1853 – Aug 19, 1930) m. Dec 11, 1870 Caroline Dyer Lindsay (Jan 27, 1853 – Dec 31, 1880)
3. West Drinkwater II (Jan 30, 1816 – ...) m ... Martha Patterson ( ... 1828- ... )
4. West Drinkwater (Jan 9, 1792 – Apr 30, 1884) m Sep 22, 1814 Elizabeth Elwell (Jan 30, 1795 – Aug 15, 1866)
5. Zenas Drinkwater (Nov 9, 1768 – Jan 28, 1853) m Nov 13, 1789 Cynthia Pendleton (abt 1770 – Apr 28, 1857)
6. Micajah Drinkwater (Jan 25, 1739 – Jul ...1825) m. Dec 23, 1765 Elizabeth Bradford (Jul 10, 1749 – ...)
7. Ichabod Bradford (Sep 22 1713 – Apr 6, 1791) m. Nov 25, ... Mary Johnston (... – Jul 31, 1761)
8. Israel Bradford (abt 1678 – Mar 26,1760) m Nov 27, 1701 Sarah Bartlett ( ... 1681 – Apr 3, 1761)
9. William Bradford (Jun 17, 1624 – Feb 20, 1703) m ... Mary Atwood ( ... – Jan 6, 1714)
10. William Bradford (Pilgrim) (Mar ... 1590 – May 19, 1657) m. Aug 24, 1623 Alice Southworth ( ... 1590 – Mar 26,1670)

City Directory, Drinkwater, Hartford, Connecticut

1945

Edna P steno H Nat Bank & Trust Co r 22 Francis EH

Leon A & Prudence M, h 22 Francis EH

1946

Edna P steno H Nat Bank & Trust Co r 22 Francis EH

Leon A & Prudence M, h 22 Francis EH

1949

Edna P steno H Nat Bank & Trust Co r 22 Francis EH

Leon A h 22 Francis EH

1953, 1954, 1955

Edna P steno H Nat Bank & Trust Co r 22 Francis EH

Leon A h 22 Francis EH

1958

Edna P priv sec H Nat Bank & Trust Co h 222 Francis EH

Leon A died Nov 29 1957 age 84

Sources

• Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915 for Augustus Drinkwater 19:08, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Name: Augustus Drinkwater

Gender: Male

Spouse: Caroline Lindsey

Child: Leon A Drinkwater

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Revere, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_626; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 1680; FHL microfilm: 1374639. 1910 United States Federal Census for Leon Drinkwater 00:44, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Leon Drinkwater 37, married 8 years, Maine, retail tile company

Prudence Drinkwater 37, married 8 years, 2 children, 2 living, Canada

Edna P Drinkwater 6, Massachusetts

Elsie V Drinkwater 3, Massachusetts

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZNF-NZY : 13 March 2018), Leon Alton Drinkwater, 1917-1918; citing Winthrop City no 25, Massachusetts, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,684,679. 00:38, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

• Year: 1920; Census Place: Revere Ward 1, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_744; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 654. 1920 United States Federal Census for Leon Drinkwater 00:44, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Leon Drinkwater 46

Prudence Drinkwater 43

Edna P Drinkwater 15

Elsie V Drinkwater 13

• Year: 1930; Census Place: Revere, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0552; FHL microfilm: 2340695. 1930 United States Federal Census for Leon A Drinkwater 00:45, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Leon A Drinkwater 56

Prudence M Drinkwater 56

Edna P Drinkwater 26

• Connecticut Department of Health. Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2003. 00:47, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Name: Leon A Drinkwater

Gender: Male

Race: White

Marital status: Widowed

Birth Date: abt 1873

Residence : East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Death Date: 29 Nov 1957

Death Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Age: 84 Years

Spouse: Prud

• Leon Alton Drinkwater on Find A Grave: Memorial #126242991 19:46, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

• Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Vol. III. Drinkwater, page 629 00:34, 16 March 2019 (UTC)