Leo Thomas Peters

1895 Lynn, Massachusetts – 1956 Toledo, Ohio

 

 

Continuation of tree (3rd child of Clement Vitaly Peters/Ellen Catherine McEachern); all known surname descendants:

                9           Leo Thomas Peters  b: 8 June 1895  Lynn, Essex, MA; d: 26 May 1956  Toledo, Lucas, OH

                                       +Viola Anna Ronau (Clemence)  b: Abt. 1892  Maumee, Lucas, OH; m: 2 August 1926  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; d: 28 November 1959  Toledo, Lucas, OH

 

 

Notes for Leo Thomas Peters:

Census

- 1930

 

- 1940 Toledo, Lucas, Ohio:  Leo Peters 44 crane operator/automobile manufacturer, wife Viola 44 office clerk/newspaper publisher.  [2232 Franklin Avenue]

 

- 1950 Toledo, Lucas, OH:  Leo T. Peters 54 stock clerk/automotive, wife Viola 55.

 

WWI registration records:  Leo Thomas Peters, 994 Valencia, San Francisco; b. 8 June 1895 Lynn, MA; clerk US Steel; mother; 5'9" height, medium build, blue eyes & dark hair; 25 May 1917 San Francisco, CA

WWII records:  Leo Thomas Peters, 2232 Franklin Avenue, Toledo, Lucas Ohio; b. 8 June 1895 Boston; wife Viola; works for Willys Overland; 5'9", 174 lbs; blue eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion (20 May 1942)

 

- 1918 Voter Registration:  Leo Thos. Peters, San Francisco, CA

- 1930 Toledo, OH City Directory:  Peters, Leo (Viola) clk SR&Co h106 16th apt 25

 

Obituary:  Toledo Blade (Toledo, OH), Monday, 28 May 1956:  Leo T. Peters, 4414 Westway, a Toledo resident 34 years, died Saturday in Mercy Hospital.  Mr. Peters, born in South Boston, Mass., was employed in the production control department of Willys Motors, Inc., 15 years and was a member of Local 12, UAW.  He was a member of St. Catherine's Church and its Holy Name Society.  Surviving is his wife, Viola.  Services will be tomorrow at 9 a.m. in St. Catherine's Church.  Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.  The body is in the Coyle Mortuary, Collingwood, where the Holy Name Society will recite the Rosary today at 8 p.m.

 

Notes for Viola Anna Ronau:

Obituary:  Toledo Blade (Toledo, OH), Wednesday, 29 November 1959:  Mrs. Viola Peters, of 4414 Westway, former assistant telephone supervisor at The Blade, died yesterday at Mercy Hospital.  Mrs. Peters, who was born in Maumee, worked for The Blade from 1929 until 1944.  She was a member of St. Catherine's Church.  Surviving are brothers, John J. Ronau, Maumee; Martin M. Ronau, Hillsdale, Mich., and Thomas E. Ronau, Toledo.  The Rosary will be recited tomorrow night at 8 in the Coyle Mortuary, Broadway.  Services will be Friday at 9:30 a.m. in St. Catherine's Church with burial in Calvary Cemetery.

 

 

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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries.  

- Massachusetts deaths in RED from online death certificates; death records.

- Some PEI marriages in RED (no church indicated) sourced from marriages registers (no parents listed).

 

Last updated:  12 August 2024.