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Leech, G. B. (Geoffrey Bosdin), 1918-2013
Geoffrey was born in Montreal in 1918 and raised in Salmon Arm, B.C. He graduated in geology at the University of British Columbia and recieved a MSc from Queen’s University in 1944. He graduated with his PhD from Princeton in 1949 and joined the Geological Survey of Canada in Ottawa. Dr. Leech spent 33 years as a field geologist and research scientist.
John Leeming was born on January 2, 1814, in Colne, Lancashire, England. He was a Montreal auctioneer, real estate agent, commission merchant, and owner of the company John Leeming & Co. Auctioneers. In 1836, he married Sarah Coates (1814–1887). He died on July 29, 1876, in St. Lambert, Quebec and is buried in Montreal, Quebec.
Leeson, Wilfrid N. (Wilfrid Neill), 1847-1909
Rev. Wilfred Neill (Nevill) Leeson was born abt. 1847, in London, England.
He was a clergyman. He studied theology at Pembrooke College of Oxford University (B.D.). He was ordained deacon in 1873 and priest in 1874. He served as Champlain at Port Chalmers, New Zealand (1876-1877), Vicar of Witham-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire, England (1877-1881), and Vicar of Patcham, Sussex (1881-1886).
In 1881, he married Agnes Eliza Ashby (1846–1941). He died on August 6, 1909, in Steyning, Sussex, England.
Leet, Seth P. (Seth Penn), 1851-1926
Seth Penn Leet was born on April 26, 1851, in Richmond, Le Val-Saint-François, Quebec.
He was a Canadian lawyer and judge. He was educated at Danville Academy, obtained a Model School diploma, and worked as a school teacher for a few years. In 1879, he graduated from McGill University (B.C.L.) and was called to the bar in 1880. He practised in Montreal in partnership with Dr. J.J. Maclaren and R.C. Smith. After the dissolution of the firm in 1895, he practised by himself. In 1880, he became a Secretary of the Canadian Sunday School Union. He also served on the Executive Committee of the Dominion Alliance.
In 1874, he married Catherine O. Colwell and in 1920, he remarried Mary Annis Adams Griffith (1865-1952). He died on July 26, 1926, in Montreal, Quebec.