LEONARD NELSON
Born : 1892
Father & Mother : Richard & Emma Louisa Nelson.
Leonard served in the territorial army during the first World War.
Marriage
Married Isabel Collins (B.1896). Daughter of John and Mary Collins
Married in Otley wittnessed by Mary Eleanor Polson (Sister).
Children
Rita : B. March 8th 1925
Departure to Canada
Leonard, Isabel and daughter Rita along with Isabel's brother John Collins left for Canada on the 14th April 1927. They sailed on the Cunard liner 'Alamia' from Liverpool to Halifax N.B.
Isabel (Collins) Nelson
Children born in Canada
Elizabeth (Beth) : B October 16th 1940
Eileen : B December 23rd 1944
Back : Rita
Middle : Isabel and Leonard
Front : Elizabeth and Eileen
Rita, Isabel, Jimmy, Jim, Leonard Nelson
(Rita Nelson married Jim Nelson and retained the surname Nelson)