Great
grand
parents
Gen.=+6		 Robert   Leeper
1750-1820 		                           
m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m.
               
Grand
parents
Gen.=+5		 Francis   Leeper
b. 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 		m. Isabelle   Kee Sam   Holmes m. Elizabeth   Dunbar   m.     m.  
Parents
Gen.=+4		 Robert   Leeper
b. 1834
d. 1874 Riding accident 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.
Husband,
wife &
siblings
Gen.=+3		 Francis 1865- went to US & served in army in Philippines, then returned.
Sam 1869- fought against Spain in the Phillippines, then returned. Alive in 1935.
Rebecca Jane 1871- dob & 2nd name from FamilySearch.org IGI. Moved to Australia.
Elizabeth 1874-1962 moved to USA. Birth date from FamilySearch.org IGI.
William John Holmes Leeper
b. 18 MAY 1867 Donegal
d. 1956 Worthing
teamster then farmer '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
G3, ID=22 		m.
Mary Witter
b. 1868
d. ABT 1932
only dau. and heiress, of Welchtown, nr. Stranorlar, Co. Donegal. Red hair, died of cancer.
G3, ID=23 		 
Children
Gen.=+2		 Richard Kevin
b. 1894 Welshtown, Co. Donegal
d. 1987 West Byfleet, Surrey 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).

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. 		Matilda (Tilly)
b. 1896
d. 1947 ran St Ives Hotel, Heene Terrace, Worthing from ca. 1922 		Rebecca (Ruby)
b. 1909 over 6 ft tall. Lived in Reading, then Dorset, then Weymouth. Alive in 1987.
Grand
children
Gen.=+1		 Richard John Desmond 11 NOV 1917-14 SEP 2003 Lived 1944-1949 Haybone, Claygate, Surrey 1949-2003 Lammas Cottage, Esher, Surrey
Living Relative 		   
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