Leslie Easton Hand1

#932, (1884 - )
Pedigree
Charts5 Generations of Descendants of Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1791-1847)

Life Events

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 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 
(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.5 
Naturalization There are U.S. Naturalization index cards as follows: Leslie Eason Hand, born 15 July 1884, in Detroit dated 25 May 1926; Phyllis Frances Hand, born 1 July 1885, in Detroit dated 2 March 1927.6 
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 
Last Edited2 Oct 2013

Citations

  1. Ontario Marriage Registration. Hand/Bonnycastle, #010587-11.
  2. Ontario Canada Birth Registration. Leslie E Hand, #041766-84.
  3. 1911 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. 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. Border Crossings: from Canada to U.S., 1895-1956, images (www.ancestry.com) "Phyllis Frances Hand, 1926."
  6. 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; Phyllis Frances Hand.
  7. Obituary of Phyllis Hand in Victoria Colonist, 9 Jan 1980.