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I have recently acquired the following information on Leonards whom I believe to be the family of my Russell Leonard, b. 1812, in NY State but migrated to Ontario, Can.:
It is from the book," Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement". It is the story of the furnace & iron works at Normandale. I will give you the excerpts from it.
" In 1829, the Van Normans placed the management in the hands of Elijah Leonard and his son Louis, who were expert American iron-workers."
"The Leonard's had started business for themselves in St. Thomas".
"Elijah Leonard, the iron-worker employed in 1829 to superintend the Normadale works, was no less a personage than the veteran old Senator, the Hon. Elijah Leonard, of London, and head of the well-known firm of E. Leonard & Sons. Frank E Leonard, Esq., one of the sons, who was a member of the first London Aldermanic Board, and who was elected mayor of the city in 1857, learned the trade of moulding, as did also his brother Lyman, in the old Normandale furnace. Their brother Louis clerked in the Messrs. Van Norman's store at the same time. From a published autobiography of the Leonard family, under the head, "Primitive Iron Foundry". the following extracts were taken.
Just goes on to describe the work at the foundry.
Do you think that this Elijah Leonard may be one of the Taunton, Mass., Leonards? Any guidance you may be able to give is appreciated. Linda.Asberry@worldnet.att.net
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