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George S. LEARY

George S. LEARY

Male 1849 -

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  George S. LEARYGeorge S. LEARY was born Jan 1849, New Jersey.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: 1880; clerk
    • Census: 1880, 1900, Elizabeth, Union Co, NJ
    • Occupation: 1900; secretary of Mica Co.

    George married Joanna Brown GASTON CA 1876. Joanna (daughter of Samuel Swan GASTON and Margaret Ellen WHITENOCK) was born Oct 1851, New Jersey. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Lewis Gaston LEARY  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Aug 1877, Elizabeth, Union Co, NJ; died 1951.
    2. 3. George Daniel LEARY  Descendancy chart to this point was born CA 1879, New Jersey; died Bef Jun 1900.
    3. 4. Russell Woodward LEARY  Descendancy chart to this point was born Jan 1881, New Jersey.
    4. 5. Evelyn LEARY  Descendancy chart to this point was born Oct 1882, New Jersey.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lewis Gaston LEARYLewis Gaston LEARY Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born 3 Aug 1877, Elizabeth, Union Co, NJ; died 1951.

    Other Events:

    • Education: Rutgers University (1897), New York Univ (PhD, 1905)
    • Occupation: clergyman
    • Census: 1880, 1900, Elizabeth, Union Co, NJ
    • Census: 1910, 1920, Pelham, Westchester Co, NY

    Notes:

    Served as the pastor of the Huguenot Memorial Presbyterian Church in the Village of Pelham Manor, New York. Fluent in five languages, Dr. Leary was an avid traveler and the author of many travel articles published in a host of travel magazines. He was the author of many books, including "Andorra: The Hidden Republic. Its Origin and Institutions and a Record of a Journey Thither," published in 1912, and "The Bible When You Want It," a short collection of scriptures keyed to the reader's immediate needs, published in 1932 in West Milford, NJ.
    http://historicpelham.blogspot.com/2006/06/biography-of-lewis-gaston-leary-early.html
    http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Lewis_Gaston_Leary

    Lewis married Beatrice KNIGHT CA 1905. Beatrice was born CA 1882, New Jersey. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 6. Lewis Gaston LEARY, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Apr 1906, New York; died 1 May 1990, Chapel Hill, Orange Co, NC.
    2. 7. George K. LEARY  Descendancy chart to this point was born CA 1907, New York.
    3. 8. Mary C. LEARY  Descendancy chart to this point was born CA 1911, New York.
    4. 9. William G. LEARY  Descendancy chart to this point was born CA 1915, New York.

  2. 3.  George Daniel LEARYGeorge Daniel LEARY Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born CA 1879, New Jersey; died Bef Jun 1900.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Elizabeth, Union Co, NJ


  3. 4.  Russell Woodward LEARYRussell Woodward LEARY Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born Jan 1881, New Jersey.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: lawyer
    • Census: 1900, Elizabeth, Union Co, NJ
    • Census: 1910, Brooklyn, Kings Co, NY


  4. 5.  Evelyn LEARYEvelyn LEARY Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born Oct 1882, New Jersey.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Elizabeth, Union Co, NJ



Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Lewis Gaston LEARY, Jr.Lewis Gaston LEARY, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lewis2, 1.George1) was born 18 Apr 1906, New York; died 1 May 1990, Chapel Hill, Orange Co, NC.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Chapel Hill, Orange Co, NC
    • Census: 1910, 1920, Pelham, Westchester Co, NY

    Notes:

    Lewis Gaston Leary Jr. was an English professor and scholar. He taught English at the University of Miami, 1935-1941; Duke University, 1941-1951; Columbia University, 1951-1968, serving as department chairman, 1962-1968; and was William Rand Kenan Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1968-1976.


  2. 7.  George K. LEARYGeorge K. LEARY Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lewis2, 1.George1) was born CA 1907, New York.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, 1920, Pelham, Westchester Co, NY


  3. 8.  Mary C. LEARYMary C. LEARY Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lewis2, 1.George1) was born CA 1911, New York.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, Pelham, Westchester Co, NY


  4. 9.  William G. LEARYWilliam G. LEARY Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lewis2, 1.George1) was born CA 1915, New York.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, Pelham, Westchester Co, NY