Leonard Tait, Jr

1853 - 1931  (78 years)

• Name	Leonard Tait  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Suffix	Jr
  Born	26 Jun 1853	Morriston, Puslinch Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	School Teacher and Businessman
  Residence	1861	Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Residence	1876	Alma, Peel, Wellington, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Residence	1880	Bridgewater, Hastings, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Residence	1881	Madoc, Hastings North, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1886	Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Residence	1887	Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Residence	1888	Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Residence	1 Apr 1892	Pierce County, Washington State, USA   [7]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
  Residence	1893	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada   [10]
  Residence	1898	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada   [10]
  Residence	1901	Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada   [1, 3, 8]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
  Residence	1911	Nanaimo, British Columbia   [4]
  Residence	1 Jun 1921	831 Ellery St, Esquimalt Esquimalt, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada   [9]
  	Residence Religion: Presbyterian; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Head
  Died	30 Sep 1931	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada   [12]
  Person ID	I19100	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Leonard Tait,   b. Abt 1 Apr 1821, Cornhill, Northumberland, England ,   d. 18 Mar 1871, Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jane Ord,   b. 21 Jul 1815, Eccles Lodge, Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland ,   d. 20 Nov 1872, Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Scotland, England or Canada
  Family ID	F4917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Middleton,   b. 11 Apr 1855, Nichol, Wellington, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Dec 1919, Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Married	5 Dec 1873	Nichol, Wellington, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Children	1. James Leonard Tait,   b. 22 Jan 1876, Peel Township, Wellington, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Oct 1943, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 67 years)  [natural]   2. David Spragge Tait,   b. 11 Dec 1878, Madoc, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Aug 1952, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 73 years)  [natural]   3. George Leonard Tait,   b. 7 Aug 1881, Quinte, Hastings, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Jan 1914, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 32 years)  [natural]   4. Mary Marjorie Tait,   b. 3 Nov 1883, Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Nov 1936, Victoria, British Columbia  (Age 53 years)  [natural]   5. Ernest Lyall Tait,   b. 27 Jan 1886, Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Sep 1953, Cadboro Bay, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 67 years)  [natural]   6. Edwin Sims Tait,   b. 4 Feb 1889, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA ,   d. 24 Jul 1958, Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 69 years)  [natural]   7. John Franklin Tait,   b. 31 Aug 1890, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA ,   d. 13 May 1952, Nanaimo, Nanaimo Regional District, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 61 years)  [natural]   8. Hazel Elinor Tait,   b. 8 Mar 1894, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ,   d. 14 Dec 1978, Marin County, California, USA  (Age 84 years)  [natural]   9. Amy Cecile Tait,   b. 28 Oct 1896, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia ,   d. 9 Dec 1990, Surrey, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 94 years)  [natural]   10. Charles Harold Tait,   b. 9 Dec 1900, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F4918	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Leonard Tait Jr and his twin brother David were born in 1853 in Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada as the sixth and seventh of eight children born to Leonard Tait Sr and Jane Ord. In 1861. at age 9, Leonard Jr was residing in Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada with his parents and siblings. Leonard was 18 years old when his father died in late 1871. Leonard was not residing with his widowed mother in Hamilton in the 1871 census. He has not been found in 1871. His mother died a year later. In 1873, at age 20, Leonard married in Nichol, Wellington, Ontario, Canada to Agnes Middleton. She was the older sister Magaret Middleton who married Leonard's twin brother, David Tait. In 1875, at the birth of his first son, Leonard was residing in Peel Township, Wellington, Ontario, Canada (just west of Nichol Township where he was married.) He was employed as a school teacher. Rather than following many of his family members to the nearby city of Hamilton after the death of his parents, Leonard appears to have taken teaching positions firstly in Alma, Peel Township, Wellington, County, nearby to where he was married, then in Bridgewater, Madoc Township, Hastings County in eastern Ontario, Canada and thirdly in Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada, just west of the city of Hamilton. In 1876, Leonard was residing in Alma, Peel Township, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, employed as a teacher. (Fisher and Taylor's Wellington County Directory and Gazetteer) In 1880, Leonard was listed as a teacher in the village of Bridgewater, Madoc, Hastings, Ontario, Canada in the Hastings County Directory. Bridgewater is now defunct but was located near Tweed, north of Belleville. In 1881, at age 28, Leonard was living in Madoc, Hastings, Ontario, Canada with his wife and two sons, James and David. He was employed as a school teacher. In Dec 1885, Leonard's oldest brother moved to Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA where he founded the Tacoma Business College and was its first principal. His brother David Tait also moved to Tacoma about the same time. Leonard appears to have followed shortly thereafter as his son Edwin was born in Tacoma in 1889. Leonard's twin David returned to Canada in 1898 and moved to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. As Leonard was a schoolteacher, it seems likely that he may have worked for his brother teaching at Tacoma Business College for a few years. In 1886,1887 and 1888, Leonard and his twin brother David are listed together in the Brant County Directory as residing in Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada. Their occupations are not listed. On 1 Apr 1892, at age 39, according to the Washington State Territorial Census, Leonard was residing in Pierce County, Washington, USA with his wife, Agnes, and their children: James, David, George L,, Mary, Ernest, Edwin, and John F. All the children were shown as born in Canada except Edwin and John F who were born in Washington State, USA. Leonard was employed as a teacher. In 1893, Leonard is listed in the Williams Official British Columbia Directory as residing at 28 Elizabeth in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, employed as a salesman at Brackman and Ker Milling Company. His son James Leonard is also listed at the same address and was employed as a clerk at TM Graham. (Also listed are Alex George Tait, a dairyman, and Robert Tait, a carpenter. It is not known if they are related.) Leonard's brother John W Tait died in 1893 and John's son took over the college. Given the timing, it seems likely that John W Tait's death may have precipitated Leonard's return to Canada. By 1894, Leonard and his family were back in Canada when their daughter Hazel was born in British Columbia, Canada. Although her birth was registered in Victoria, British Columbia, it is believed she was born in Campbell River. A later record says Leonard's family first settled in Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada, north of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. This is supported by the fact that Leonard's oldest son, James, married a woman from Campbell River sometime in the late 1890s. In 1898 and 1900, Leonard was residing on Craigflower Road in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, employed as the principal of Victoria West School. The current incarnation of Victoria West School is an elementary school. It's not known about the 1898 school, but it was most likely all grades. (Henderson's British Columbia Gazetteer and Directory) In 1901, at age 47, Leonard was residing in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada with his wife and nine children. He was employed as a schoolteacher. In 1911, at age 58, Leonard was residing in Esquimalt, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada near his twin brother David. He had left teaching and was working as the manager of a travel company. He was residing with his wife and seven of their children. In 1921, at age 65 (sic), Leonard was residing at 831 Ellery Street in Esquimalt, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada as a widower in the home of his daughter Mary and her family. Leonard was employed as the principal of a school. Leonard died in 1931 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

  
  

• Sources

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