Leonard
Percy de Wolfe
Tilley
Born in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Brother of
William Harrison Tilley [half], Louisa Hanford (Tilley) Street [half], Leonard Arthur Tilley [half], Fanny Elizabeth (Tilley) DeWolf [half], Jessie (Tilley) Chipman [half] and Herbert Chipman Tilley
Husband of
Laura Tremain (Richardson) Tilley
— married
1903 [location unknown]
Died
at age 77
in Saint John, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
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Preceded by
Charles D. Richards
Charles D. Richards
21st Premier of New Brunswick
June 1, 1933 – July 16, 1935
June 1, 1933 – July 16, 1935
Succeeded by
Allison Dysart
Allison Dysart
Biography
Leonard Tilley is Notable.
Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley, the son of Sir Samuel Tilley and Alice Chipman, worked as a lawyer in Saint John before serving as an MLA for nine years. In 1931 he was appointed Minister of Lands and Mines and two years later became premier.
He married Laura Tremain Richardson in 1903; they had two daughters and a son.
He died of myocarditis at Saint John General Hospital in 1947.
Sources
- Canadian Encyclopedia
- Wikipedia:Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley
- Find A Grave: Memorial #151103418
- Death certificate PANB
- Photograph: Leonard Percy Dewolfe Tilley and his Daughters, Margaret and Alice Tilley c. 1908
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leonard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Leonard:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leonard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Leonard:
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~1.56%
Jon Tomlinson
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A371942 [compare], Ancestry member writtenword09
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~0.78%
Miroslav Wiesner :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Matthew Prentiss :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member m_prentiss
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~0.78%
Gael Tomlinson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A347512 [compare], Ancestry member phebejadelechner
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