Hon. William Bower Leas
(1812-1882)
Mary Geddes Stewart
(1818-1891)
Myron Humphry
Sarah Fisk
David Porter Leas
(1843-1916)
Alice H. Humphry
(1847-1916)

Leroy Porter Leas
(1875-1954)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ethel Ripley McKenny

2. Doris Elliot Thompson

Leroy Porter Leas 1 2

  • Born: 23 Jun 1875, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Marriage (1): Ethel Ripley McKenny on 4 Jun 1901 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
  • Marriage (2): Doris Elliot Thompson about 1918
  • Died: 1954 at age 79
  • Buried: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

  General Notes:

Lived at Philadelphia, PA


LE ROY PORTER LEAS

In the leather business and Treasurer of Leas & McVitty, Inc., at No. 305
Vine Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Married Doris Eliot Thompson, Feb-
ruary 10, 1917, and lives at Overbrook, Pa. Was previously married
to Ethel Ripley McKenney, June 4, 1901, who died in February, 1911.
Has the following three children : Norman Leas, born March 28, 1902,
attending Pennsylvania Military College, Chester, Pa.; David Porter
Leas, 2nd, born February 12, 1907, attending Haverford School;
Thompson Leas, born January 9, 1919. 3

  Noted events in his life were:

• United States Census: Resided, 1900, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.

• United States Census: Residence, 1910, Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.

• United States Census: Residence, 1920, Montogomery County, Pennsylvania.

• United States Census: Residence, 1930, Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.


Leroy married Ethel Ripley McKenny, daughter of Charles H. McKenny and Julia Ripley, on 4 Jun 1901 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. (Ethel Ripley McKenny was born in 1879 in Massachusetts, USA, died in 1911 and was buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA.)


Leroy next married Doris Elliot Thompson, daughter of Unknown and Charlotte J., about 1918. (Doris Elliot Thompson was born about 1893 in Connecticut, USA.)


Sources


1 Notes from David A. Leas and/or the 1950 Leas Family Genealogy.

2 Gene Waite.

3 Princeton University, Class of 1896 ; digital images, Princeton University Class of 1896 (http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/princeton-university-class-of-1896.shtml).


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