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George Gordon Browne Leith

George Gordon Browne Leith

Male Abt 1812 - 1887  (75 years)  

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  • Name George Gordon Browne Leith  [1
    Birth Abt 1812  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 1887  [1
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    Person ID I92533  The Williams Family Tree
    Last Modified 29 Jul 2015 

    Father Sir George Alexander Leith, 6th of Buchan, 3rd Baronet
              b. 1766  
              d. 1842 (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Albinia Vaughan  
              d. 1842 
    Family ID F27070  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Jemima Ramsey  
              d. 1842 
    Marriage 1835 
    Family ID F27072  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Jul 2015 

    Family 2 Eleanor Ferrier
              b. 1817  
              d. 1900 (Age 83 years) 
    Children 
     1. Margaret Albinia Leith
              b. 1844, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1934, Florence, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     2. Jemima Leith
              b. Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Charlotte Elrington Leith
              b. 1846  
              d. 1923 (Age 77 years)
     4. Alexander Henry Leith
              b. 1852  
              d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Eleanor Alma Leith
              b. 1854, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1942, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F27073  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Jul 2015 

  • Notes 
    • Our second son a very interesting character in our story George Gordon Browne Leith, born around 1812 died in 1887 who settled in Canada. In 1834 he returned to Scotland to marry his first wife Jemima Ramsey in 1835. On his return to Canada he purchased 400 acres in Binbrook Township where he established his home the "Craig Leith". His first wife passed away along with his parents in 1842. He returned to Scotland where he married his second wife Eleanor Ferrier born in 1817, died in 1900. She was the niece of the Scottish Novelist Susan Ferrier and the writer John Wilson "Christopher North". They remained in Scotland for about twelve years. Together they had five children. They eventually purchased land in Ancaster which is now a Museum known as the 'Hermitage" which they used as their summer home spending their winters in Hamilton.

  • Sources 
    1. [S9686] Electric Scotland, (http://www.electricscotland.com), accessed 28 Jul 2015), George Gordon Browne LEITH (92533) (Reliability: 3).