Dodd, Leonard Alleyne

Leonard Alleyne Dodd was born in Yale, BC,* on June 22, 1879. He married Annie Whitebread on April 15, 1909 (both were living in Arrowhead, BC). At this time, he was a provincial constable. As a widower, he married widowed school teacher Helen Hobbs (nee Wood) in Grand Forks, BC. in July 31, 1943. He was living in Greenwood and she was living in Kettle Valley, BC. He died March 25, 1957 in Greenwood, BC.

Leonard and Annie Dobbs were in Princeton in 1932.

* His birth and baptism records indicate he was born in Yale, BC. However, his marriage and death registrations record that he was born in New Westminster, BC.

Military service:
– Boer War veteran
– after Boer War service, enlisted in South African Constabulary; until 1906
Occupation:
– 1906, upon return from South Africa, joined provincial police
– 1911, transferred to finance department
– appointed government agent, Yale, BC / Williams Lake, BC; until 1918
– 1918, gold commissioner / agent at Barkerville, BC
– 1922, government agent, Nanaimo, BC
– 1927-1934, government agent, Princeton, BC
– 1934-1946, government agent, Greenwood, BC
– retired as agent, 1946
– stipendiary magistrate in B.C.; over 40 yrs, named while serving in Yale, BC, retired 1956
Memberships & affiliations:
– past master, secretary, King Edward Lodge No. 28, A.F. & A.M.
-1942-1943, district deputy grand master, District No. 7
Predeceased by:
– father, William Dodd; one of first mining recorders for provincial government of B.C.
Survived by:
– wife, Helen
– son, William J.; Hazelton, BC
– son, H. Alleyne; Vancouver, BC
– son, Kenneth L.M. ‘Ken’; Montreal, BC
– son, Fredrick D. ‘Fred’; Vancouver, BC {or Eric; North Vancouver, BC — articles conflict}
– son, Robert R.; Vancouver, BC
– daughter, Mrs. J.C. Cormack; Vancouver, BC {or Cormach — articles conflict}
– 13 grandchildren
– 1 great-grandson
– sister, Miss Margaret K. Dodd; Victoria, BC
Memorial service: 28 Mar 1957, Greenwood, BC
Funeral service: 30 Mar 1957, St. James Anglican Church, Vancouver, BC
Interment: Masonic Cemetery, Burnaby, BC