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Leroy Heartz "Roy" LEIGHTON

Leroy Heartz "Roy" LEIGHTON

Male 1899 - 1959  (60 years)

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  • Name Leroy Heartz "Roy" LEIGHTON  [1
    Nickname Roy 
    Birth 28 Oct 1899  Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    _UID DE7D85DDA79C7C4AA2BAE599B8793FE1F1D7 
    Residence 28 Oct 1899  Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1900  Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1900  Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence 23 Feb 1901  Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Census 1910  Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Military Draft Registration 12 Sep 1918  Georgetown, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Census 1920  North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Residence 1928  Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Census 1930  Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Residence From 1931 to 1932  Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Census 1940  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Residence From 1949 to 1959  Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Death 25 Dec 1959  Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Person ID I3000  Our Family Tree
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2023 

    Father Eugene Richard LEIGHTON,   b. 13 Feb 1860, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1932, North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Jennie Edith HEARTZ,   b. 8 May 1879, Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1942, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 5 Oct 1898  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1443  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruth Fortian BATTLES,   b. 1 Mar 1904, North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1986, Laconia, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 1926  North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [16, 17
    Children 
    +1. Leroy Heartz "Roy Jr." LEIGHTON, Jr,   b. 7 Jan 1927, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jun 2012, Norway, Oxford, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     2. Ruth Emily LEIGHTON,   b. 13 Dec 1940, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 14 Jun 2012 (Age 71 years)
    +3. Marietta LEIGHTON,   b. 16 Aug 1942, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 2014, Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F1414  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Oct 1899 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 4 Green Street - 28 Oct 1899 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 15 Green Street - 1900 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 15 Green Street - 23 Feb 1901 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Draft Registration - 12 Sep 1918 - Georgetown, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1926 - North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 41 Byron Ave. - 1928 - Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - From 1931 to 1932 - Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - From 1949 to 1959 - Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Dec 1959 - Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Link to Google Earth
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  • Reference  Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I3000&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "Leroy Heartz "Roy" LEIGHTON."

  • Sources 
    1. [S302] "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 ." Database with images., (Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.com : 2005.), (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2008), Leroy Heartz Leighton; U. S. Selective Service, National Archives and Records Administration.

    2. [S1642] Perley M. Leighton, A Leighton Genealogy, Decendants of Thomas Leighton of Dover, New Hampshire, 2, (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1989.), 1: 287-288.

    3. [S1639] "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors , ((https://www.americanancestors.org : 2004)), accessed 24 Apr 2011), Leroy Heartz Leighton, 28 Oct 1899; Cambridge, Vol 485, p.313.

    4. [S1643] Wilkinson Birthday Book, datebook of Ruth K. (Leighton) Wilkinson and Priscilla R. (Wilkinson) Plotkin. 1920 - 1990. Privately held by Nowell-Leighton family Longmont, Colorado. 2008., October 28: "Leroy H. Leighton 1899 Passed away Jan 1960"

    5. [S1640] Massachusetts, Middlesex County, 1900 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, (https://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004), T623, roll 657, Cambridge Ward 4, enumeration district (ED) 710, sheet 9, p. 9B, dwelling 199

    6. [S416] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995" , (digital images, Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com : 2011), accessed 26 Mar 2013), Leighton Eugene R. wire weaver, h. Moxon's blk. Green; 1900 Cambridge, MA, img 168, p. 344.

    7. [S1639] "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors , ((https://www.americanancestors.org : 2004)), accessed 24 Apr 2011), Ruth Kimball Leighton, 23 Feb 1901; Cambridge, Vol. 509, p.336.

    8. [S1641] Massachusetts, Essex County, 1910 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, (https://ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2006), T624, roll T624_582, Haverhill, enumeration district (ED) 313, sheet A, p. 11, dwelling 299, family 290, Eugene R Leighton, accessed 6 Jul 2010

    9. [S1702] Massachusetts, Essex County, 1920 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, (https://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), T625, roll 696, North Andover, enumeration district (ED) 235, sheet A, p. 14, dwelling 185, family 284, Eugine Leighton, accessed 24 Apr 2011

    10. [S1711] "Massachusetts City Directories," database with images, Ancestry , ((https://www.ancestry.com : 2005)), Leighton Leroy H, Byron Ave., 41; 1928 Lawrence City Directory.

    11. [S336] Massachusetts, Middlesex County, 1930 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, (https://ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), T626, roll 927, Reading, enumeration district (ED) 401, sheet B, p. 10, dwelling 225, family 242, Leroie H Leighton, accessed 24 Apr 2011

    12. [S416] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995" , (digital images, Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com : 2011), accessed 4 Apr 2013), Leighton Leroy H (Ruth F) salesman h 102 (2) Salem; 1931 Reading City Directory.

    13. [S1895] Massachusetts, Suffolk County, 1940 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, (https://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), T627, roll T627_1665, Boston, enumeration district (ED) 15-286, sheet A, p. 8, household 147, Leroy Leighton, accessed 4 Apr 2013

    14. [S416] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995" , (digital images, Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com : 2011), accessed 4 Apr 2013), Leighton Leroy (Ruth F) emp C Y Woodbury Co Inc h 9 Gladstone Street; 1955 Quincy, MA, img 199, p 398.

    15. [S1075] "Find a Grave Memorials." Database and images., (Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com : 2019.), (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 Nov 2021); Leroy Heartz Leighton (1899-1959) Memorial # 197730596; citing Mount Vernon Cemetery, Abington, Mass.

    16. [S2010] "Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970." Database with images., (Ancestry. https://ancestry.com : 2013.), (https://ancestry.com : accessed 31 Aug 2018); Leroy H Leighton, 1926; Index 1926 -1930, Kobera - Mattrow, Vol. 101; citing Haverhill [Marriages]Haverhill 21:360 and North Andover [Marriages] 39:214.

    17. [S2010] "Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970." Database with images., (Ancestry. https://ancestry.com : 2013.), (https://ancestry.com : accessed 31 Aug 2018); Battles, Ruth F, 1926 Haverhill Vol. 21 p. 360, North Andover Vol. 39 p. 214; Index 126 -1930, Aaker - Brotherston, Vol. 96; citng Haverhill [Marriages] 21:360 and North Andover [Marriages] 39:214.