Gazlay Family History
Leon Morton Weaver
Parents
| Father | James O. Weaver ( - ) |
| Mother | Adelia Chipman ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 7 January 2017; Last Edited: 12 December 2020 |
| Person ID | 8366 |
| Name | Leon Morton Weaver |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 20 March 1889 in Noank, New London County, Connecticut1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 8 March 1907 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut to Nellie Dora Burdick4, 5 |
| Divorced | 23 May 1914 from Nellie Dora Burdick6 |
| Married | 11 July 1914 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut to Mabel Knight2 |
| Died | 22 July 1926 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut7 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Nellie Dora Burdick (daughter of Walter Elsworth Burdick and Fannie E. Griswold) |
| Born | 20 December 1886 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut |
| Married | 8 March 1907 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut to Leon Morton Weaver |
| Married | 26 May 1914 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut to Henry Everett Sisson |
| Died | 23 January 1936 in Montville, New London County, Connecticut |
| Children | of Leon Morton Weaver and Nellie Dora Burdick: |
| +1. | Morton Ellis Weaver |
| Born | 25 October 1907 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut |
| Married | 7 March 1927 in Waterford, New London County, Connecticut to Mildred Benjamin |
| Died | 9 July 1971 in New London, New London County, Connecticut |
| +2. | Hayward Leon Sisson (born Weaver) |
| Born | ca. 1908 in Connecticut |
| Married | 24 November 1930 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut to Josephine M. Misarsky (née Sacilowski) |
| Died | 30 October 1941 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut |
| +3. | Mabel Helen Sisson (born Weaver) |
| Born | 8 December 1911 in New London, New London County, Connecticut |
| Married | 14 February 1931 in Waterford, New London County, Connecticut to Roy Robert Sisson |
| Died | 25 May 2008 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut |
| +4. | Kenneth C. Sisson (born Weaver) |
| Born | 11 February 1913 in Connecticut |
| Married | to Almy Eliza Henshaw |
| Died | 7 May 1965 in Waterford, New London County, Connecticut |
| Spouse 2 | Mabel Knight (daughter of Nathan Knight and Elizabeth Cameron) |
| Born | ca. 1892 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island |
| Married | 11 July 1914 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut to Leon Morton Weaver |
| Married | 10 November 1928 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut to Chester Weaver |
| Children | of Leon Morton Weaver and Mabel Knight: |
| +1. | Sterrie L. Weaver |
| Born | ca. 1915 in Connecticut |
| Married | to Phyllis Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Thompson |
| Died | 10 July 1970 |
| +2. | Charles Nathaniel Weaver |
| Born | ca. February 1919 in Connecticut |
| Married | to Florence Marie LaCoy |
| Died | 13 February 1982 in Boston, Massachusetts |
| 3. | Leroy Weaver |
| Born | ca. 1921 in Connecticut |
Sources
- Draft Registration Card, World War I, Leon Morton Weaver, serial number: 90; born: 20 March 1889 in Noank, Conn.; laborer, Palmer ship yard, Noank; dependents: wife, child, and mother.
- Connecticut Marriages 1640-1939, License and Certificate, Town of Stonington, Leon M. Weaver, age 25, born in Groton, Noank, Conn.; fisherman; divorced, 2nd marriage; father: James O. Weaver; mother: Adelia Chipman; and Mabel Knight, age 22, born in Providence, R.I.; single, 1st marriage; father: Nathan Knight; mother: Elizabeth Cameron; married on 11 July 1914 in the Town of Stonington.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Connecticut, New London County, Groton, Noank, Enumeration District 247, Sheet No. 10B, family of Leon M. Weaver (30, Connecticut, patrolman, town); wife Mabel K. Weaver (20, Rhode Island); son Sterrie L. Weaver (5, Connecticut); son Charles N. Weaver (11/12, Connecticut); mother Adelia C. Weaver (73, Connecticut, widow).
- Connecticut Vital Records - Index of Marriages, 1897-2001; available at https://www.ctatatelibrarydata.org/marriage-records/ Leon Weaver and Dora Burdick, married on 8 March 1907 in Groton, Connecticut.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Connecticut, New London County, Groton, Enumeration District 506, Sheet No. 21A, family of Henry E. Sisson (36, Connecticut, divorced, laborer, fertilizer works); housekeeper Dora Weaver [this is Henry’s second wife before they were married] (23, Connecticut, married [shown as m1, meaning first marriage, but appears to be crossed out], years present marriage: 3 years, 2 children, 2 living, housekeeper, private family); border Morton Weaver (3, Connecticut); border Hillard [this is believed to be Hayward] Weaver (6/12, Connecticut).
- Divorce Filing, Norwich Bulletin, Norwich, Connecticut, 31 January 1914, Leon M. Weaver, brought suit for divorce against his wife Nellie Dora (maiden name Burdick). They were married on 8 March 1907. In an article in the same newspaper, 23 May 1914, the divorce was secured.
- Connecticut Vital Records - Index of Deaths, 1897-1969; available at https://www.ctatatelibrarydata.org/death-records/. Leon Weaver, died: 22 July 1926 in Groton, Connecticut.