Albert Roy Leighton

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CENSUS RECORDS

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Albert R Leighton
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1933
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: Wakefield, Carroll, New Hampshire
Street: Varney Road
Inferred Residence in 1935: Rural, Strafford, New Hampshire
Residence in 1935: Rural, Strafford, New Hampshire
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Attended School or College: Yes
Household Members:
Presco F Leighton 40
Glady E Leighton 35
Evelyn M Leighton 16
Edwin F Leighton 15
Bernice D Leighton 13
Doris T Leighton 12
Herbert F Leighton 9
Albert R Leighton 7
Eleanor M Leighton 3
Francis E Leighton 10 months

OBITUARY

Hampton Union, NH; 24 Aug 2005

Albert Leighton

U.S. Army Korean War veteran

Albert R. Leighton, 72, of Pigeon Hill Road in Union, died Saturday morning, Aug. 13, 2005, at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, after a brief illness.

Born Sept. 3, 1932, in Middleton, he was a son of the late Presco E. and Gladys E. (Russell) Leighton. He resided in Union most all of his life.

A United States Army veteran, he was stationed in Korea for two years, where he was an MP. He was an active member of the V.F.W. Post #7663 in Union.

In earlier years, he drove tractor trailers, drove a truck for New England Box, had worked at the Woolen Mill in Gonic, and also had been a logger. Albert retired, after 19 years, from the State of New Hampshire Department of Transportation, where he worked with the Highway Department.

He enjoyed fishing and hunting.

Survivors include his niece and nephew, Carol C. Leighton and Steven R. Leighton, with whom he resided in Union; six siblings, Evelyn M. Currier of Dover, Edwin P. Leighton of Farmington, Bernice D. Frechette of Somersworth, Herbert F. Leighton of Farmington, Francis E. Leighton of Alaska, and Robert C. Leighton of Effingham; many nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, and greatgrandnieces and greatgrandnephews, and several cousins.

He was predeceased by two sisters, Eleanor Leighton and Doris Leighton.

A funeral service was held on Tuesday, Aug. 16, at the Union Congregational Church, with interment following at Plummers Cemetery.

To express condolences, visit www.peasleefuneralhome.com.

Birth:
Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
Name: Albert Roy Leighton
Last Residence: 03887 Union, Strafford, New Hampshire
Born: 3 Sep 1932
Died: 13 Aug 2005
State (Year) SSN issued: New Hampshire (Before 1951)

Buried:
Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Albert R Leighton
Service Info.: PFC US ARMY KOREA
Birth Date: 3 Sep 1932
Death Date: 13 Aug 2005
Cemetery: Plummers Cemetery
Cemetery Address: Milton, NH 03851-8000