Person:Magdalena Leonard (1)

Magdalena Maria Leonard was born 1 June 1802 to Peter Leonard and Salome (Gangloff) Leonard in Blieskastel, Bavaria (now part of Germany). She married Martin Clos and they had eight children in Blieskastel, three of whom died before the age of 6.

Martin and Magdalena Clos sailed from Le Havre, France with most of their surviving children on the ship Harvest Queen, identifying their place of origin as Bavaria, and arrived in the United States on 12 Oct. 1853; he was 50 and she 51. Two years later they were living at 210 Lafayette Street in Detroit, Michigan, where Martin worked as a shoemaker. Martin died on 18 May 1856, and is buried in Mt. Elliot Cemetery in Detroit. Magdalena died on 7 Nov. 1879 and is also buried in Mt. Elliot Cemertery.

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