Person:Robert Leeds (1)

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Robert Burrows Leeds
b.13 Nov 1860 Norfolk, England
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Name Robert Burrows Leeds
Gender Male
Birth? 13 Nov 1860 Norfolk, England
Marriage 1 Dec 1886 Norwich, Norfolk, EnglandSt Andrew's Church
to Edith Annie Guy
Death? 21 Jan 1934 Toronto, York, Ontario, CanadaHouse of Industry
Burial? 31 Jan 1934 Queens

1901 - With wife and 6 children in Toronto City, York, Canada. Labourer, aged 40.

1934 - Death Certificate: House of Industry, Toronto. It has very few details - age 73, married, born England. Cause of death: Arterio Scelrosis; General Debility.

Over its long history, the House of Industry at different times offered services to seniors, homeless people, unemployed people, orphaned and abandoned children, recent immigrants, and the families of servicemen. As the government began taking more responsibility for social services, it phased many of these programs out, and in 1947, under the name Laughlen Lodge, it became exclusively a residence for seniors.