Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Farquharson Leys and Gwendoleyne Mary Wigley




Husband James Farquharson Leys 1

           Born: 26 Dec 1867 1
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         Father: James Farquharson Leys (1835-1867) 1
         Mother: Rachel P. West (1842-      ) 2


       Marriage: 1897 - New York City, NY 1



Wife Gwendoleyne Mary Wigley 1

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Children
1 F Katharine Mary Leys 1

           Born: 1898 - Jacksonville, Duval Co, FL 1
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2 M James Farquharson Leys

           Born: 1901 - Newport, Newport Co, RI 1
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General Notes: Husband - James Farquharson Leys


He was educated in the Friends' schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, graduating from the Central school in 1884. In 1890 he received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He further pursued his professional studies in Gottingen and Vienna in 1890-91. He afterward served as interne in the Philadelphia hospital, and in the state hospital at Hazleton, Pennsylvania. In 1893 he was commissioned assistant surgeon in the United States navy. He served throughout the Spanish war as a medical officer on the dyamite cruiser Vesuvius. In due course he was promoted to full surgeon and in 1903, was stationed in Guam, Ladrone islands.


General Notes: Wife - Gwendoleyne Mary Wigley

from Spencer House, Basseterre, St. Kitts, British West Indies

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Sources


1 —, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of the State of Pennsylvania, Vol. I (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1904), Pg 674.

2 —, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of the State of Pennsylvania, Vol. I (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1904), Pg 672.


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