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Leo R. Francis

Male 1897 - 1842


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  • Name Leo R. Francis 
    Died 18 Mar 1842  Hanover, Grey County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born 31 Jan 1897  Palmerston, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I22952  All
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2007 

    Family Lillian Lydia Gaiser,   b. 4 Oct 1903, Neustadt, Normanby Township, Grey County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1998, Hanover, Grey County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Married 17 Jun 1924  Hanover, Grey County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2007 
    Family ID F6537  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Mar 1842 - Hanover, Grey County, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 31 Jan 1897 - Palmerston, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 17 Jun 1924 - Hanover, Grey County, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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    Queen's Hotel, Hanover, Ontario
    Queen's Hotel, Hanover, Ontario

  • Notes 
    • Last Rites Observed for Leo R. Francis
      Largely attended funeral services were held Saturday morning for Leo. R. Francis, proprietor of the Queen's Hotel here for the past 15 years, who passed away Wednesday night following a serious illness of a little more than a week. Born in Palmerston 44 years ago, a son of George A. Francis and the late Mrs. Francis, he had resided in Hanover the greater part of his life, coming here as a small boy when his father took over the Queen's Hotel in 1903. He was married in 1924 to Lydia Gaiser, and after three years residence at Toronto returned to take over the hotel which he had operated since making it one of the finest and best-managed hotels in the district. Surviving are his widow, one son [...] and a daughter [...], also his father G.A. Francis, Misses Madeline and Anna Francis of Toronto. Solemn high requiem mass was celebrated at Holy Family Church on Saturday morning, with Rev. Father I. G. Hoffarth, parish priest, as celebrant, Rev. Father H. R. Brick of Carlsruhe as deacon and Rev. Father J.A. Lenhard of Walkerton as sub deacon. The remains were borne to their last resting place in the Hanover Roman Catholic Cemetery by six of deceased's fellow-members in the Kinsmen Club- Jerome Knechtel, Jack Binkley, Oscar Schwindt, Milton Zister, Orrville McCalian and Dr. L.S. Stokes and other members of the club carried the numerous floral tributes.

      History of the Queen's Hotel
      Mr. Joseph McGaw purchased a couple of lots from Mr. C. Hassenjager on the south-east corner of the Durham Road and the County Line some eightysix years ago, the property was just farm land recently surveyed into village lots. Here he built a tavern called McGaw's tavern, now known as the Queen's Hotel. The first meeting of the Bentinck Council held in Hanover in the year 1863 was held in "McGaw's Hotel". It was a frame building painted white with green trimming, and it had a wide verandah all around three sides of it. In the early days there was a cattle fair held on the corner, or in McGaw's hotel yard once a month, and buyers came quite a distance to attend this market. In the old Directory which lists Hanover's industrial like in 1866, the advertisement of this old hotel has quite a snappy tone and must have created a fine impression eighty years ago.




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