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Leonard Read 1922–2000 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Oct 1922

Birth Location: Canterbury, New Zealand

Death Date: 27 Oct 2000

Death Location: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Father: Ernest Read

Mother: Ethel Moody

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Leonard Read was born in 1922 in Canterbury, New Zealand, the child of Ernest Read And Ethel Moody. Leonard Read passed away in 2000 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Leonard Read was born in 1922 in Canterbury, New Zealand, the child of Ernest Read And Ethel Moody.
  • Leonard Read passed away in 2000 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Leonard Read's Ancestors

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Leonard Read
1922–2000
Birth Place: Canterbury, New Zealand
Parents
Ernest Read
1886–1954
Ohoka, Kaiapoi, NZ
Ethel Moody
1886–1963
Woodend, Waimakariri, Canterbury, New Zealand
Grandparents
John Read
1846–1930
Bucknall, Lincolnshire, England
Mary (Ann) Storer
1852–1936
Avonside, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Charles (Bernard) Moody
1855–1935
Hathern, Leicestershire, England
Anne ((Annie)) Seaward
1861–1933
Woodend, Canterbury, New Zealand
Great-Grandparents
George Read
1820–1907
Elizabeth Banister
1819–1855
Edward Storer
1824–1900
Ann Day
1821–1896
William Moody
1821–1862
Frances Hunt
1821–1886
Emanuel Seaward
1832–1896
Ann Statton
1832–1880
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund Banister
1793–1863
Mary Sissons
1790–1865
John Moody
1793–1871
Elizabeth Duffin
1800–1868

Leonard Read's Timeline

2 Records

1922
22 Oct 1922
Birth of Leonard Read in Canterbury, New Zealand
Canterbury, New Zealand
2000
27 Oct 2000
Age 78
Death of Leonard Read in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Oct 1922
    Event Place: Canterbury, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Oct 2000
    Event Place: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

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