Edith Gertrude (Powis) Leacock (1883 - 1935)

Born 12 Dec 1883 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of George David Young Leacock — married 20 Nov 1913 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Died 17 Jul 1935 at age 51 in Aurora, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Edith Died From from Breast Cancer

Edith Gertrude Powis was born 12 December 1883 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was the daughter of Edmund Powis and Eliza Barnes.

She married George David Young Leacock in 1913 in Toronto, Ontario^[1].

She passed away on 17 July 1935 (due to Carcinoma of the left Breast of 3 years duration) and was buried on 19 July 1935 at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada^[2][3].

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27ZB-VG7 : accessed 12 December 2015), George David Young Leacock and Ethel Gertrude Powis, 20 Nov 1913; citing registration , Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,976,468.
2. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKN7-56Y : 2 March 2021), Ethel Gertrude Leacock Or Powis, 17 Jul 1935; citing Aurora, , Ontario, 039337, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,414,577.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235290394/edith-gertrude-leacock: accessed 13 June 2023), memorial page for Edith Gertrude Powis Leacock (12 Dec 1883–17 Jul 1935), Find A Grave: Memorial #235290394, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by annabanana (contributor 46953159)

See also:

• "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWKZ-MTW : 3 August 2016), Ethel Gertrude Powis, Ward 3, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148098.