Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
van Skiver, Leighton Adelbert, O.L.S. & D.L.S.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1874-1949
History
Leighton Adelbert van Skiver was born on December 4, 1874 at Sophiasburgh, Prince Edward County, Ontario, to Dutch parents John van Skiver and Elizabeth Way van Skiver. He married Eleanor Francis Jones on March 12, 1919 at York, Ontario. They had two children - George Leighton and Lois Lorraine. Throughout his career he worked as an Ontario Land Surveyor. He died on March 27, 1949 at the age of 74.