Leland’s Lake in Mascarene, New Brunswick

 

 

 

 

1. Thomas Leland

(From Dowling Family Genealogy on RootsWeb.com)

 

ID: I8030

Name: Thomas LELAND

Birth: 1777 in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland or Perthshire, Scotland

Death: 25 October 1846 in Mascarene, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada

Religion: Presbyterian

Event: Military service Sergeant, British Army

 

Note: (from Elinor Leland Zetina): Thomas was married once and was left with a boy (name unknown) and a daughter Sarah, born 1808. He and Sarah came to Canada and the boy was left in Ireland. Thomas was a sergeant in the British army and a widower with two children, a son and a daughter, when he came to Canada. He was stationed at Saint John when he met Ann McKenzie. Thomas Leland was a Presbyterian and his name is one of the committee of the first and only Presbyterian church at Mascarene known for many years as "The Kirk" before it fell into decay. It had never been completely finished as it was on McKenzie property and it is said that George McKenzie (don't know if related to Ann or not) wouldn't give a deed to the property so the elders gave up and would not finish the building, thus it fell into decay.

 

Marriage 1 Before 1908 Children:

Sarah Leland b: 1808 in Ireland

Son, LELAND, in Ireland

 

Marriage 2 Ann McKenzie (b: 1794 in Sutherlandshire, Scotland) 14 August 1814 in St. Andrews, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada; Children:

John William LELAND b: 16 JUN 1816 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Charles Hector LELAND b: 13 DEC 1817 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Margaret McKenzie LELAND b: 19 JUN 1819

Hector LELAND b: 27 APR 1821 in Mascarene, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada

John McKenzie LELAND b: 12 AUG 1823

Robert William LELAND b: 25 JUL 1825 in Le Tette, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada

George LELAND b: 29 JUN 1829 in Mascarene, New Brunswick, Canada Eliza Jane LELAND b: 21 APR 1837 in Mascarene, New Brunswick, Canada

 

 

2. Robert William Leland

(From Dowling Family Genealogy on RootsWeb.com: 

 

ID: I6266

Birth: 25 JUL 1825 in Le Tette, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Death: 12 March 1912 in Elk Mound, Dunn Co., Wisconsin

Event: Emigration 1855 Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI

Burial: 14 MAR 1912 Lakeview Cemetery., Eau Claire, WI

Census: 1900 Sheet 7A, Union, Eau Claire Co., WI

Census: 1860 Half Moon, Eau Claire Co., WI

Census: 1870 Page 22, Oak Grove, Eau Claire, Co., WI

Census: 1910 Page 6A/40, ED 65, Union, Eau Claire Co., WI

Occupation: Farmer, Sea captain

 

Father: Thomas LELAND (b. 1777 in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland or Perthshire, Scotland)

Mother: Ann MCKENZIE (b. 1794 in Sutherlandshire, Scotland)

 

Marriage: Jane Maria HOYT (b: 28 December, 1828 in Le Tette, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada) 12 December 1849 in Mascarone, New Brunswick, Canada Children:

Hector Cornelius LELAND (b. June 1851 in Mascarene, New Brunswick, CAN; d. 1939, EauClaire WI)

John William LELAND (b. 16 Jan 1853 in Mascarene, New Brunswick, Canada; d. 1897, EauClaire, Wisconsin) baker, grocer, lumber camp cook

Darius Robert LELAND (b: 5 April 1855 in Mascarene, New Brunswick, Canada; d. 1944)

Margaret LELAND (b. 1856, d. 1856)

Daniel Hoyt LELAND (b. 5 Jan 1858 in Eau Claire, WI; m. Cora Osmun 28 December 1886 Genesee Co. MI; çhildren:

Clara Alice Leland 1890 and

Wallace E. Leland 1894; 1944 in Denver, Colorado) Baptist minister

Anna Maria LELAND (b. 1 May 1860 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, married John Hubbard Mayo, a butcher, 30 December, 1850; d. 18 September 1869 in EauClaire)

George Wellington LELAND (b: 1861; d. 1865)

Elizabeth Jane LELAND (b. July 1864 in Eau Claire, WI; m. George F. Cliff | m. Ernest F. Jarvis, 7 February 1883; Children:

Chester W. Jarvis, 1884; Ida Mae Jarvis 1885; | m. John Calvin Southmayd, 22 June 1888; child: Mildred M. Southmayd, 18 June 1890; d. 1934)

Margaret Isabelle LELAND (b. 10 July 1866 in Eau Claire, WI; m. Henry Charles Sharp, 28 October 1884 | children:

Henry Irving Sharp, b. 11 JUN 1887;

Alice Isabelle Sharp, b. 17 FEB 1889;

Olive Anna SHARP, b. 6 JUN 1891;

Josephine Mertie SHARP, b. 3 DEC 1893;

Luella Mae SHARP, b. 22 MAY 1894;

Clinton Robert SHARP, b. 5 APR 1897;

Arthur Hoyt SHARP, b. 1 FEB 1899 | d. 20 May 1952 EauClaire WI)

Martha Lucinda LELAND (b. 22 June 1868 in Union, WI; m. Silas Oscar Ott, 25 July, 1889; d. 13 Jan 1951, EauClaire WI)

Sarah Delia LELAND (b. btw July and Dec 1870, WI; m. Malcolm M. Graves 25 July 1894; Children:

Leland Graves, b. betw 1896 & 1897 in Wisconsin;

Benjamin Graves, b. betw 1897 & 1898 in Wisconsin;

Roy H. Graves, b. betw 1899 &1900 in Wisconsin;

Marion Graves, b. betw 1901 & 1902 in Wisconsin; Margaret J. Graves, b. betw 1907 & 1908 in Wisconsin;

Everette E. Graves; d. 1958)

Charles Fillmore LELAND (b. Sept 1872 in Eau Claire, WI; m. Rose Schmidt 1898; child:

Anna B. Leland January 1898; d. 26 December 1944)

 

Robert W. Leland and his wife emigrated from Mascarone, New Brunswick, Canada. He helped to found the First Baptist Church of Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

 

"...before settling in the United States, Robert was a sea captain and George a first mate, sailing out of New Brunswick, Canada..." "...They (Robert and George Leland and John Mayo) were shipwrecked in the Strait of Magellan around the southern tip of South America. It took them three years to get back home to New Brunswick.

 

After that, the two brothers, Robert and George, traveled down the Ohio River on flatboats and up the Mississippi River the La Crosse. From La Crosse they walked to Union Valley and staked out 160 acres, then walked to Hudson for their claim from the U.S. Government."

 

"They [Robert and Jane (Hoyt) Leland and their three children, and George and Sarah (Hoyt) Leland...] got here (present Union Township) late in the fall. There were no buildings around-- just wild land.] For Protection from the cold weather ahead, they dug out a hole in the high bank on the south side of Sherman Creek just east of where Sherman Creek Park is today. [ed. note: these are "Aunt Sarah & Uncle George" in Ethel's Stories]

 

They put a log support, a center pole, in front of the dugout and reinforced the top and sides by building a roof and walls of split logs. Logs also enclosed the front of the dugout, to include a door and possibly a log window. It was like a little log house underground."

--From WEST OF THE CHIPPEWA

 

Eau Claire Telegram obituary: THE LATE R.W. LELAND

 

R.W. Leland died March 12 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Sayner, Elk Mound. The body was laid at rest in Lakeview Cemetery March 14 beside that of his wife who passed away three years previous. The deceased was born in Le Tette, Canada in 1826 and was one of Eau Claire's earliest settlers, coming here in the year 1849. He first settled on a homestead in the town of Union. Mr. Leland made an extensive trip abroad visiting Liverpool, London, Australia, and many other points of interest. The deceased leaves to mourn his untimely demise four daughters...four sons.....

 

 

From The Leland and Mayo Families in Eau Claire, by Donald Brill

 

Robert Leland came from Mascarene, New Brunswick, Canada to Eau Claire County, WI in about 1849. Robert Leland was born 15 July 1825 in Mascarene and died in Eau Claire in 1912. He married Jane Marie Hoyt who was born 1 Dec. 1828 in Mascarene and died 14 Mar. 1909 in Eau Claire. Family legend has it that they lived the first winter in a dugout on the banks of Sherman Creek (see above).

 

(In 1861 Jane Hoyt Leland, along with her sister, Sarah, were among the organizers of the First Baptist Church at 4th and Niagara Streets, Eau Claire. Sarah married Robert's brother, George Leland; she was the first Sunday School superintendent, and also led the singing.)

 

John Hubbard Mayo joined the Leland family about 1872. He married Robert's daughter Anna Leland, waiting for her to become 17, and founded the Eau Claire Mayo family, now in its sixth generation here.

 

John Hubbard Mayo was born 24 Nov. 1850 in SW Harbor, ME and died 19 Apr. 1925 in Eau Claire. He at one time served as Chairman of the Town of West Eau Claire. Anna Maria Leland Mayo was born 1 May 1860 in Eau Claire and died 18 Sep. 1910 in Eau Claire....

 

Among John and Anna's children was Grace Darling Mayo. Grace was born 23 Oct. 1883 and died 5 Sep. 1973 in Cambridge, MN. She was a Gold Star Mother. Grace married John J. Brill who was born 2 Oct. 1882 in Dunn County, WI and died 10 Mar. 1950 in Eau Claire County. Grace's direct descendant, Donald Brill, is the contributor of this article.

 

These families, knowing the price of freedom, have been actively involved in the major events of the country from its founding with seven ancestors known to have arrived on the Mayflower, eight served in the American Revolution, and generations since represented in the many international conflicts. More history of the Leland and Mayo families can be found in "West of the Chippewa: a Town of Union history, Eau Claire County, WI" by Charlene M. Gillette.

 

 

 

3. John William Leland

(From Dowling Family Genealogy on RootsWeb.com)

 

ID: I8051

Birth: 16 January 1853 in Mascarene, New Brunswick, Canada

Death: 4/25/1896 or 7?

Census: 1870 Page 22, Oak Grove, Eau Claire, Co., WI

Census: 1860 Half Moon, Eau Claire Co., WI

Census: 1880 Page 374D, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI

Occupation: Cook (for lumber companies in northern Wisconsin and Michigan)

 

Father: Robert William LELAND (b. 25 July 1825 in Le Tette, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada)

Mother: Jane Maria HOYT (b. 28 December 1828 in Le Tette, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada)

 

Marriage: Margaret C. Hepburn (Maggie, b: 1856 - 1857 in New Brunswick, Canada;) m. 4/7/1875  Children:

Lottie LELAND (b: March 8,1879 in EauClaire, Wisconsin; m. Royce Long 31 August 1905 Dixon IL; d. ? ) secretary, teacher, stenographer.

Alfred William LELAND (b. 13 March 18; m. Hariett VanSpanckeren ; d. ...) Children:

Bernice LELAND

Margaret (Margot) LELAND

Ethel Jean LELAND (b. 7/16/1915 d. 9/10/1985) m Ronald w. Mattison 8/16/1940

Ethel Jane LELAND (b. 31 August m.Bernhardt H. VanSpanckeren; adopted Gertrude Thayer; d. 1988 )

Muriel LELAND (b. ? d. ?) m.  

Earl Percy LELAND ( b. 1890