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Gen.=+5		 Francis   Leeper
1790- Brought piped water to the Finn Valley, Co. Donegal. FamilySearch IGI lists a Rebecca Kee Leeper, m. a James Leeper and had a dau. Rebecca Leeper b. 21 MAY 1876, Altnapaste, Donegal. Could be their da 		  Sam   Holmes                   2 or 3 generations   Quin   Robert S.   Bible of Tallow Bridge, Co. Waterford lease of house in Kilworth owned by him dated 1810
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Isabelle   Kee Elizabeth   Dunbar            
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Gen.=+4		 Robert   Leeper
b. 1834
d. 1874 the 5 children were brought up by their farm manager & his wife (Catholics). Christening date & Mother from FamilySearch.org. 		m. Matilda   Holmes
d. 1874 youngest of 10 children 		Richard   Witter
b. 1837 had a brother Robert who lived his last years with his niece Mary 		m. Esther   Martin had two maiden sisters who ended up living with their niece Mary. John   Fenton at Downing nr Kilworth, Co Cork m. Margaret   Shanahan family owned a mill where the road to Fermoy crosses the River Funcheon(?) Richard   Quin
b. 1812
d. 1864 rented a house from brother-in-law Stephen in 1855 		m. Ellen   Bible
d. 1904
Parents
Gen.=+3		 William John Holmes   Leeper
b. 18 MAY 1867 Donegal
d. 1956 Worthing 'Willie John' of Welchtown, nr. Stranorlar, Co. Donegal. Date of birth from IGI record at FamilySearch.org. Brought up by a catholic family after his parents died. Went to US ca. 1885 to cousins in 		m. Mary   Witter
b. 1868
d. ABT 1932 only dau. and heiress, of Welchtown, nr. Stranorlar, Co. Donegal. Red hair, died of cancer. 		Thomas   Fenton
d. 1943 or 40 		m. Ellen   Quin
b. ABT 1868
d. 1948 or 6
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wife &
siblings
Gen.=+2		 Matilda (Tilly) 1896-1947 ran St Ives Hotel, Heene Terrace, Worthing from ca. 1922
Rebecca (Ruby) 1909- over 6 ft tall. Lived in Reading, then Dorset, then Weymouth. Alive in 1987.
Richard Kevin Leeper
b. 1894 Welshtown, Co. Donegal
d. 1987 West Byfleet, Surrey
Chairman Lep Group educ. in Cloghan, then Sligo Grammar (head boy), the Kings Coll. London. 1914 joined City of London Yeomanry (Cavalry) then a commission in the Cheshire Regiment (Capt).
G2, ID=20 		m.
Elizabeth Mary Fenton
b. 2 FEB 1892 Kilworth, Co. Cork
d. 10 FEB 1975 West Byfleet, Surrey
was working for a vicar in Epsom when she met RKL.
G2, ID=21 		John 1889-1909
Nellie 1890-1940 Lived in Highfield Parade Hendon (Dairy shop, 1919) then 4 Park View Gardens (1929), then a pig farm near Bushey (1931). Died of cancer.
Dan 1891-1945 Demon's godfather
Maggie 1895-1977 moved to England ca. 1935. Lived in a house backing onto Hendon Airport and then Pyrford Road, West Byfleet. Bur. Brookwood Cem.
Mary 1898-1981 tended the bar in Kilworth after her parents died.
Tom (Sonny) 1902-1969 Cattle Inspector in West of Ireland until ca. 1946. Died of a heart attack.
Children
Gen.=+1		 Richard John Desmond
b. 11 NOV 1917 Happisburgh, Norfolk
d. 14 SEP 2003 Kingston Hospital, Surrey Lived 1944-1949 Haybone, Claygate, Surrey 1949-2003 Lammas Cottage, Esher, Surrey

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