Albert Roy Leighton

Male 1932 - 2005  (72 years)


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  • Name Albert Roy Leighton 
    Born 03 Sep 1932  Middleton, Strafford Co. NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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)
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 Aug 2005  Rochester, Strafford Co. NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Plummers Cemetery, Milton, Strafford Co. NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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
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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.
    Person ID I24350  Master File
    Last Modified 3 Nov 2013 

    Father Presco Frank Leighton,   b. 09 May 1899, Middleton, Strafford Co. NH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1968, Union, Strafford Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Gladys C. RUSSELL,   b. 25 May 1904, Essex Co. MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1982, Union, Strafford, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 24 Jun 1923  Milton, Stafford, NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947
      Name: Gladys E Russell
      Marriage Date: 24 Jun 1923
      Event Type: Marriage
      Marriage Place: Milton, New Hampshire
      Birth Date: abt 1904
      Age: 19
      Gender: Female
      Father's Name: Arthur P Russell
      Mother's Name: Mary S Kimball
      Spouse Name: Presco F Leighton
      Spouse Age: 24
      Spouse Gender: Male
      Spouse Father's Name: Walter F Leighton
      Spouse Mother's Name: Elizabeth S Drew
      FHL Film Number: 2069496
    Family ID F10849  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart