John Prince LEARD

1860 - 1938  (78 years)

• Name	John Prince LEARD  [1]
  Birth	16 Oct 1860	, Westmoreland, Queens County, Prince Edward Island   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Alt-Birth Date	16 Nov 1860	, Prince Edward Island   [4]
  Name	Prince Leard  [1]
  Death	27 Oct 1938	, home, Bedeque, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada   [2, 3, 5]
  	Obituary: "The death occurred at his home in Bedeque on Thursday evening of Mr. Prince Leard, an esteemed resident of the district. He was one of the few surviving members of a family of eight brothers who were all millers and who pursued their trade in different sections of the province. The late Mr. Leard, who was 76 years of age, had been ailing for two or three years, but was bedfast for only three weeks. He leaves to mourn besides his sorrowing widow, two sons, Wright, who is proprietor of Leard's Mills, Bedeque; Marshall, in Salem, Mass.; and one daughter, Mrs. Florence Lowther, Bedeque. Funeral arrangements had not been completed as we went to press."
  Burial	the United Church Cemetery, Searletown, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 46.30267,-63.69031   [6]
  	Inscription: LEARD / J. Prince Leard / 1860 - 1938 / His Wife / Alice J. Wright / 1862 - 1941 / Gone But Not Forgotten Back: Flossie Elizabeth Lowther / Aug. 7, 1892 - Sept. 28, 1989 (Flossie Elizabeth is their daughter)
  Person ID	I71717	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	George LEARD,   b. 1 Jan 1829, , Prince Edward Island d. Nov 1903 (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Charlotte WARREN,   b. 8 Feb 1829, , Prince Edward Island d. 1906 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	Y  [7]
  Family ID	F26810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Jane WRIGHT,   b. 4 Mar 1862, , Cape Traverse, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 14 Jun 1941, , home of her daughter Florence, Bedeque, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	27 Dec 1882  [2, 3]
  	they were second cousins.
  Children	1. Robert Alder Wright LEARD,   b. 7 Jun 1885, , Wright's Mills, Searletown, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 24 Aug 1951, , Searletown, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 66 years)   2. Marshall George LEARD,   b. 1 Mar 1888, , Prince Edward Island, Canada d. ,, Massachusetts, USA   3. infant LEARD,   b. Between 1888 and 1892, , Prince Edward Island, Canada   4. Florence Elizabeth LEARD,   b. 7 Aug 1892, , Searletown, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 28 Sep 1989 (Age 97 years)
  Family ID	F16672	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S866] The Wrights of Bedeque, PEI, a Loyalist Family, 866. (Reliability: 3). page 75 [S866] The Wrights of Bedeque, PEI, a Loyalist Family, 866. (Reliability: 2). page 173 [S9556] Marker - Prince Leard & Alice Wright, 9556. (Reliability: 2). [S9562] 1901 Canada Census - Prince Leard, 9562. (Reliability: 2). [S9559] Obituary - John Prince Leard, 9559. (Reliability: 3). [S9556] Marker - Prince Leard & Alice Wright, 9556. (Reliability: 3). [S866] The Wrights of Bedeque, PEI, a Loyalist Family, 866. (Reliability: 3). page 173