Frederick Russell Leigh

1915 -

• Name	Frederick Russell Leigh
  Birth	10 Nov 1915	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I12126	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2006

  
  

  Father	John Hendrick Currin,   b. 9 Jul 1882, Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 27 Jan 1953/1954, , , Ohio (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Jesse Maude Johnson,   b. 10 May 1882, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 10 Nov 1915, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	12 Apr 1904	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F6923	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marion Anna Elizabeth Lundblad,   b. 15 Mar 1918, Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 23 May 1994, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	11 Jul 1942	Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living + 4. Living
  Family ID	F6933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 Nov 1915 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Marriage - 11 Jul 1942 - Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: The Sprague Database (Mail from Dick Weber (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 23 Oct 1997) !ADOPTION: "From William R. Leigh, correspondent: My father's birth mother (Jesse Maud Johnson) died in childbirth when my father was born, so he was adopted by his mother's sister, Mary Alice Johnson, and her husband William Ashworth Leigh." --Sprague Database !NAME: "Frederick Russell Leigh's last name changed from Currin to Leigh, because his mother, Maude Johnson Currin, died from Toxemia the day he was born. Her sister and brother-in-law, Mary Alice Johnson Leigh and William Ashworth Leigh, took him in. When it became obvious to them that Frederick Russell's birth father, John Hendrick Currin, was not going to be able to take care of him (and the other five children), they adopted him. He was finally told as an adult that he had been adopted. Suddenly a number of oddities made sense, such as why he resembled his "cousin," who were close to his age and looked nothing like his "sisters' who were 16 and 20 years older than him." --From William R. Leigh, quoted by the Sprague Database.