This is what I have been able to find sofar about my ex-husband's Leyes family.  At the time of the 1871 Canadian census, the family was living in Wellesly Township, Waterloo County, Ontario.  My husband's great grandmother, Wilhelmina Leyes was born there in 1863, and she immigrated to Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana in 1882.  Others of the Leyes family also eventually moved to Mishawaka, IN, but some of the family remained in Ontario, Canada.

If any of these names look familar, please contact me.
 

Generation No. 1

1.  WILLIAM LEYES was born October 1820 in Schmidtshausen, Bavaria, Germany, and died June 17, 1908 in Mishawaka, IN.  He married ELIZABETH (LEYES) 1846.  She was born 1826 in Germany, and died September 13, 1904 in Mishawaka, IN.

More About WILLIAM LEYES:
Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN
Immigrated 1: 1846, New York
Immigrated 2: Bet. 1848 - 1858, Ontario, Canada
Immigrated 3: 1902, Mishawaka, IN

More About ELIZABETH (LEYES):
Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN

Children of WILLIAM LEYES and ELIZABETH (LEYES) are:
2. i. ELIZABETH LEYES, b. August 17, 1848, Brooklyn, NY; d. June 10, 1926, Mishawaka, IN.
 ii. GEORGE LEYES, b. Abt. 1853, U.S.; d. Aft. June 10, 1926.
3. iii. MARY A. LEYES, b. Abt. 1855, New York; d. Unknown.
4. iv. JOHN J. LEYES, b. April 13, 1858, Ontario, Canada; d. April 13, 1926, Mishawaka, IN.
 v. MAGDALINA LEYES, b. Abt. 1860, Ontario, Canada; d. Aft. June 10, 1926; m. ??? HINSBERGER, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
5. vi. WILLIAM LEYES, b. June 14, 1861, Wellesley, Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada; d. July 02, 1918, Mishawaka, IN.
6. vii. WILHELMINA LEYES, b. August 18, 1863, Wellesley, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; d. March 15, 1940, Mishawaka, IN.
 viii. ANNA LEYES, b. Abt. 1867, Ontario, Canada; d. Unknown.
7. ix. PETER LEYES, b. January 10, 1869, Wellesley, Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada; d. January 18, 1908, Mishawaka, IN.
 x. LOUIS J. LEYES, b. April 08, 1872, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; d. January 19, 1943, Mishawaka, IN;
m. LENA M. WOLF, 1905, Notre Dame, South Bend, IN; b. 1870; d. 1943.

More About LOUIS J. LEYES:
Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN
Immigrated: 1898, Mishawaka, IN

More About LENA M. WOLF:
Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN

Generation No. 2

2.  ELIZABETH LEYES was born August 17, 1848 in Brooklyn, NY, and died June 10, 1926 in Mishawaka, IN.  She married ALOYS THALLEMER October 15, 1882.  He was born Unknown, and died March 12, 1905.

Children of ELIZABETH LEYES and ALOYS THALLEMER are:
 i. HERMAN THALLEMER, b. Abt. 1877, Indiana; d. Unknown.
 ii. JOSEPH THALLEMER, b. Abt. 1885, Indiana; d. Unknown.
 iii. WILLIAM THALLEMER, b. Abt. 1887, Indiana; d. Unknown.

3.  MARY A. LEYES was born Abt. 1855 in New York, and died Unknown.  She married JOSEPH L. BUECHE Abt. 1876.  He was born 1852 in Ohio, and died 1927.

Children of MARY LEYES and JOSEPH BUECHE are:
 i. CLARA A. BUECHE, b. Abt. 1883, Canada; d. Unknown.
 ii. JOHN J. BUECHE, b. Abt. 1886, Canada; d. Unknown.
 iii. MONICA I. BUECHE, b. Abt. 1891, Canada; d. Unknown.

4.  JOHN J. LEYES was born April 13, 1858 in Ontario, Canada, and died April 13, 1926 in Mishawaka, IN.

More About JOHN J. LEYES:
Date born 2: 1857, Ontario, Canada
Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN
Immigrated: 1881, Mishawaka, IN

Child of JOHN J. LEYES is:
 i. FRANK E. LEYES, b. Unknown; d. Aft. April 14, 1926.

5.  WILLIAM LEYES was born June 14, 1861 in Wellesley, Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada, and died July 02, 1918 in Mishawaka, IN.  He married CECILIA LOGEL June 20, 1886 in Macton, Ontario, Canada.  She was born December 26, 1863 in Macton, Ontario, Canada, and died February 06, 1937 in Mishawaka, IN.

More About WILLIAM LEYES:
Date born 2: Abt. 1862, Ontario, Canada
Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN
Cause of Death: dropsy

More About CECILIA LOGEL:
Date born 2: Abt. 1865, Canada
Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN
Immigrated: 1903, Mishawaka, IN

Children of WILLIAM LEYES and CECILIA LOGEL are:
 i. EDWARD WILLIAM LEYES, b. Abt. 1887, Canada; d. Aft. February 07, 1937.
 ii. CHARLES H. LEYES, b. Abt. 1889, Canada; d. Aft. February 07, 1937.
 iii. JOHN J. LEYES, b. Abt. 1892, Canada; d. Aft. February 07, 1937.
 iv. MARGARET E. LEYES, b. Abt. 1896, Canada; d. Aft. February 07, 1937.

More About MARGARET E. LEYES:

 v. ALFRED N. LEYES, b. Abt. 1899, Canada; d. Aft. February 07, 1937.
 vi. MONICA E. LEYES, b. Abt. 1901, Canada; d. Aft. February 07, 1937.

More About MONICA E. LEYES:

 vii. LEO A. LEYES, b. Abt. 1905, Indiana; d. Aft. February 07, 1937.
 viii. BERTILLA LEYES, b. Unknown; d. Aft. February 07, 1937.

6.  WILHELMINA LEYES was born August 18, 1863 in Wellesley, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and died March 15, 1940 in Mishawaka, IN.  She married MICHAEL JOHN DOSMANN July 14, 1884 in St. Joseph Church, Mishawaka, IN, son of JOSEPH DOSMANN and CATHERINE FUCH.  He was born August 10, 1844 in Shakespeare,
Perth County, Ontario, Canada, and died November 10, 1906 in Mishawaka, IN.

More About WILHELMINA LEYES:
Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery, St. Joseph County, IN
Cause of Death: heart attack
Immigrated: 1882
Naturalized: 1884

More About MICHAEL JOHN DOSMANN:
Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery, St. Joseph County, IN

Children of WILHELMINA LEYES and MICHAEL DOSMANN are:
 i. JOHN A. DOSMANN, b. May 30, 1885, Mishawaka, IN; d. January 03, 1967, South Bend, IN; m. EDITH M. ARNOLD, August 06, 1911, St. Mary's Church, Kitchener, Ontario; b. December 04, 1884, Baden, Ontario; d. September 06, 1957.

 ii. MONICA C. DOSMANN, b. June 16, 1887, Mishawaka, IN; d. May 04, 1963, Mishawaka, IN.

More About MONICA C. DOSMANN:
Burial: May 07, 1963, St. Joseph Cemetery, St. Joseph County, IN

 iii. JOSEPH P. DOSMANN, b. October 24, 1889; d. November 10, 1894.

More About JOSEPH P. DOSMANN:
Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery, St. Joseph County, IN

 iv. OLIVIA E. DOSMANN, b. December 26, 1891; d. October 23, 1894.
 v. AUGUST BRUNO DOSMANN, b. August 28, 1894, Mishawaka, IN; d. November 12, 1956, Mishawaka, IN; m. IRMA CATHERINE HESCH, November 27, 1917, St. Monica's Church, Mishawaka, IN; b. December 06, 1898, Madison Township, St. Joseph Co., IN; d. February 03, 1995, Mishawaka, IN.

More About IRMA CATHERINE HESCH:
Baptism: April 16, 1916
Burial: February 06, 1995, St. Joseph Cemetery, St. Joseph County, IN

 vi. ANTHONY H. DOSMANN, b. June 18, 1897, Mishawaka, IN; d. October 19, 1938, Mishawaka, IN; m. HELEN B. M. DEGROOTE, September 05, 1923, St. Joseph's Church, Mishawaka, IN; b. September 30, 1904, Mishawaka, IN; d. March 27, 1946.

More About ANTHONY H. DOSMANN:
Burial: October 22, 1938, St. Joseph Cemetery, St. Joseph County, IN

More About HELEN B. M. DEGROOTE:
Burial: St. Joseph Cemetery, St. Joseph County, IN

 vii. RAYMOND M. DOSMANN, b. January 12, 1901, Mishawaka, IN; d. December 29, 1961; m. (1) GEORGIA LAMB, December 29, 1920; b. Unknown; m. (2) IDA DE BAETS, April 04, 1931, Mishawaka, IN; b. January 10, 1906, Kesslaere, Belgium; d. August 25, 1972, Mishawaka, IN.

More About IDA DE BAETS:
Burial: August 28, 1972, St. Joseph Cemetery, St. Joseph County, IN
Immigrated: 1920

7.  PETER LEYES was born January 10, 1869 in Wellesley, Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada, and died January 18, 1908 in Mishawaka, IN.  He married PHILOMENA FRIEDLE Unknown.  She was born 1869, and died 1939.

More About PETER LEYES:
Cause of Death: gangrene following an operation for appendicitis

More About PHILOMENA FRIEDLE:
Date born 2: Abt. 1871, Germany

Children of PETER LEYES and PHILOMENA FRIEDLE are:
 i. JOHN LEYES, b. Abt. 1895, Illinois; d. Unknown.
 ii. HERBERT LEYES, b. Abt. 1896, Illinois; d. Unknown.
 iii. ELEANORA LEYES, b. Abt. 1903, Illinois.
 
 
 

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