The Leland Gallery
Photos from the 1800s into the early 1900s
Early Lelands
These are photos of AWL's parents, aunts, uncles and grands.
Robert and Jane Marie Hoyt Leland and family in EauClaire, Wisconsin around 1899.
Anna Marie, daughter of Robert and Jane Marie Hoyt Leland, m. John Mayo,who was shipwrecked with Robert and George for a time! Her sister, Sarah Hoyt and husband George Leland, also settled in EauClaire and took in Ether Leland for a time when her mother was ill.
with – Lottie, Ethel & Harriet?
Robert and Jane Marie Hoyt Leland and family in EauClaire, Wisconsin around 1899.
Alfred Leland & family
Life as a husband and father
Alfred and Harriet were married in 1907 (I think) and they moved to Dixon, Illinois to set up house. They had three daughters: first, Bernice, in 1909, then Margaret "Margot," in 1913, and then Ethel Jean "Jean" in 1915.Alfred continued with Grand Detour Plow as it became J.I. Case Company until his retirement. He was also a proud member of Rotary and the Elks Club in Rockford, IL.
When the younger girls were high school age, the family moved to Rockford, IL. There, Bernice attended Rockford College and the Rockford Secretarial School (?). Upon graduation, the two younger girls went to college, too: Margot went to Stanford and studied interior design; while Jean began at Oberlin College, then transferred to Northwestern University, majoring in French and accounting.
In summertime, the family often returned to Sayner, Wisconsin, where Alfred's father, John, worked as a lumber camp cook. While touring through Canada, Michigan and Wisconsin in 1943, they came upon the property on Squirrel Lake near Minocqua, Wisconsin, which became their summer home.
Near Dixon, IL, where Alfred and Lottie worked. Lottie married and moved on, but Alfred stayed with the company as it evolved into J.I. Case Company until he retired.
On their way to Circle Palms in Phoenix, where they spent each winter.