Leslie Easton Hand1

#932, (15 July 1884 - )
BirthLeslie Easton Hand was born on 15 Jul 1884 in Stouffville, York County, Ontario.
Information from registration: Leslie E Hand, male, father James Hand, teacher, mother Letitia Mahaffy, registered by father on 23 Aug 1884.2 
1911 CensusHe appeared on the 1911 Census of Richmond Hill Village, York County, Ontario. He was recorded as Ernest Hand, lodger, single, born July 1885 in Ontario, age 26, Scotch, Presbyterian, manager of a bank, worked 52 weeks at 50 hours/week for $950 [this was a good income].3 
MarriageHe married Phyllis Frances Bonnycastle, daughter of Francis Edward Bonnycastle and Elizabeth Lennox, on 28 Nov 1911 in Seymour Township, Northumberland County, Ontario.
Information from registration: Leslie Easton Hand, banker, bachelor, age 27, Presbyterian, residence Richmond Hill, father James Hand, teacher, mother Letitia Mahaffy.
Phyllis Frances Bonnycastle, nurse, spinster, 26, Church of England, residence Seymour, father Frank Bonnycastle, farmer, mother Elizabeth Lennox.
Witnesses were [Phyllis' brother] R.H. Bonnycastle of Campbellford and [her sister] E.E. Wallace of Seymour.1 
Passenger ListLeslie Easton Hand was listed on a border crossing card dated 25 Oct 1923 in Buffalo, New York. The card is very blurry. Information recorded: Leslie E Hand, age 41, marriage status not recorded, Office Clerk, 5' 10", complexion M, light brown hair, blue eyes, Canadian, born at Stouffville Canada, carrying $30(? or $80), last permanent address Toronto, destination Cleveland Ohio, has never been to the U.S., going to look for work, time remaining in U.S.: Permanent, accompanied by no one, nearest relative in Canada was father James Hand of Stouffville.4 
Naturalization There is a U.S. Naturalization index card for Leslie Eason Hand, born 15 July 1884, in Detroit dated 25 May 1926.5 
(Mentioned) Passenger ListHusband Leslie E Hand of 1602 Alter Road, Detroit, was mentioned on a 7 Jun 1926 border card for Phyllis Frances Hand. She was travelling from Canada to join him.6 
Research Note Does not appear in the British Columbia death index (where Phyllis died in 1980). 
(Mentioned) ObituaryHe was mentioned in Phyllis Frances Hand's 1980 obituary as her husband Leslie who pre-deceased her.7 
Charts5 Generations of Descendants of Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1791-1847)
Last Edited26 Aug 2010

Citations:

  1. Marriage Registrations of Ontario, 1857-1922 (http://www.ancestry.com, images online) "Hand/Bonnycastle, #010587-11."
  2. Birth Registrations of Ontario, 1869-1911 (http://www.ancestry.com, images online) "Leslie E Hand, #041766-84."
  3. Online image of the 1911 Census for Canada (Library and Archives Canada, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020122_e.html), Ontario, York Centre (136), Richmond Hill (39), page 3.
  4. Border Crossings: from Canada to U.S., 1895-1956, images (www.ancestry.com) "Leslie E Hand, 1925."
  5. Card index to Naturalization Petitions, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, Detroit, 1907-1995, images online at Ancestry.com, Leslie Easton Hand.
  6. Border Crossings: from Canada to U.S., 1895-1956, images (www.ancestry.com) "Phyllis Frances Hand, 1926."
  7. Obituary of Phyllis Hand in Victoria Colonist, 9 Jan 1980.
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