Leroy Porter Leas ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

Lived at Philadelphia, PA


LE ROY PORTER LEAS

In the leather business and Treasurer of Leas & McVitty, Inc., at No. 305
Vine Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Married Doris Eliot Thompson, Feb-
ruary 10, 1917, and lives at Overbrook, Pa. Was previously married
to Ethel Ripley McKenney, June 4, 1901, who died in February, 1911.
Has the following three children : Norman Leas, born March 28, 1902,
attending Pennsylvania Military College, Chester, Pa.; David Porter
Leas, 2nd, born February 12, 1907, attending Haverford School;
Thompson Leas, born January 9, 1919. ³

  Noted events in his life were:

• United States Census: Resided, 1900, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. Age 25 and living with his uncle, Edmund P. Humphrey.

• United States Census: Residence, 1910, Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. Age 35

Also living in this household were:

Fannie Loene F 40y born in Scotland
Winifred Mccullin F 40y born in Massachusetts
Mary Mccahan F 25y born in Pennsylvania

• United States Census: Residence, 1920, Montogomery County, Pennsylvania. Age 44

• United States Census: Residence, 1930, Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. Age 53

Also living in this household were the following servants:

Margaret Brennan F 21
Elizabeth M Gallagher F 37
Clara O E Sullivan F 35
Catharine Smith F 42
Robert Greenwood M 30
Bridget Greenwood F 30
Minnie M Magowan F 59

Leroy married Ethel Ripley McKenny, daughter of Charles H. McKenny and Julia Ripley, on 4 Jun 1901 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. (Ethel Ripley McKenny was born in 1879 in Massachusetts, USA, died in 1911 and was buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA.)

Leroy next married Doris Elliot Thompson, daughter of Unknown and Charlotte J., about 1918. (Doris Elliot Thompson was born about 1893 in Connecticut, USA.)