Lepard Genealogy

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    Genealogy Site Map
    Family of LaVerne Lepard and Marie Staebell

In November, 2002, my cousin Dennis Lepard sent me a genelogy of his Lepard family ancestors. It contains a lot of information, and I have excerpted a small portion of it on this page. I am related to the Lepard family only through the marriage of my aunt Marie Staebell to LaVerne Lepard.

First Generation

Parents of Dennis Lepard

• LaVerne Lepard and Marie Staebell
• Married 25-Jul-1942 in St. Mary's Church, Lancaster, New York
• LaVerne's first wife was Irene Eberth: b. 23-Nov-1907, d. 17-Mar-1941
• LaVerne and Irene had one child:
  • Dennis LaVerne Lepard
• LaVerne and Marie had four children:
  • Mary Jo Lepard
  • Jean Marie Lepard
  • James Harold Lepard
  • Susan Carol Lepard

Second Generation

Parents of LaVerne Lepard

• Arthur Eugene Lepard and Pearl E. Rouse
• Married 29-Apr-1909 in Lancaster NY
• Pearl E. Rouse: b. 22-Feb-1890, d. 30-May-1923
• Second wife of Arthur Lepard: Henrietta Eberth, b. 24-Feb-1901, d. 08-Oct-1949, m. 28-Sep-1927
  • Henrietta Eberth is the sister of Irene Eberth, LaVerne Lepard's first wife
• Two children, both born in Lancaster NY
  • LaVerne Harold Lepard, b. 09-Jan-1910, d. 26-Feb-1981 in Lancaster NY, m. Marie Staebell (above)
  • Elmer E. Lepard, b. 11-Mar-1911, d. 07-Feb-1984, m. Hikla Rohmer 12-Sep-1936 in Lancaster NY

Third Generation

Parents of Arthur Eugene Lepard

• Henry G. Lepard Jr. and Ida A. Wenner
• Married 04-Oct-1883 in Lancaster NY
• Henry G. Lepard Jr.: b. 22-Sep-1858 in Lancaster NY, d. 10-Oct-1921
• Ida A. Wenner: b. 08-Dec-1857, d. 14-Feb-1888, daughter of Jacob Wenner and Caroline Gotwalt
• Second wife of Henry G. Lepard Jr.: Ellen E. Loesch, b. 17-Mar-1860, d. 24-Jan-1947, m. 30-Apr-1891 in Lancaster NY
• Two children:
  • Arthur Eugene Lepard, b. 20-Aug-1884 in Lancaster NY, d. 18-Nov-1830 in Lancaster NY, m. Pearl E. Rouse
  • Ellsworth Lepard, b. 14-Jan-1888 in Lancaster NY, d. 15-Jan-1888 in Lancaster NY

Fourth Generation

Parents of Henry G. Lepard Jr.

• Henry G. Leopard Sr. and Polly Leib
• Polly Leib: b. 21-Dec-1821, d. 16-Jan-1906 in Clarence Center NY
• Six children:
  • Infant son 1, b. 1841 in Clarence Center NY, d. Sep-1841
  • Infant son 2, b. 1842 in Clarence Center NY, d. 1842
  • Elias Lepard, b. 23-Feb-1846, d. 02-Oct-1859
  • David M. Lepard, b. 15-Mar-1849, d. 28-May-1928 in Ashland, Virginia, m. Mary Jane Metz
  • Nancy Lepard, b. 22-Feb-1854, d. 02-Oct-1856
  • Henry G. Lepard (Jr.), b. 22-Sep-1858 in Lancaster NY, d. 10-Oct-1921, m. Ida A. Wenner

Fifth Generation

Parents of Henry G. Leopard Sr.

• Jacob Andrew Leopard and Mary "Mollie" Croup
• Jacob Andrew Leopard: b. 1787, d. 29-Nov-1866 in Clarence Center NY
  • Baptized 1789 in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
  • Served on the Canadian border in the War of 1812
  • He came from Cumberland, Pennsylvania, to Erie County NY in 1815
• Mary "Mollie" Croup, b. 31-Oct-1790, d. 06-Feb-1857 in Clarence Center NY, daughter of Casper Grub and Eve Schweitzer
• Ten children:
  • William Leopard, b. 09-Apr-1814, d. 08-Mar-1895 in Clarance NY, m. Elizabeth (Betsey) Croop
  • Jacob Andrew Leopard (Jr.), b. 30-Mar-1816 in Clarence NY, d. 01-Sep-1860, m. Catharine Wenner
  • Henry G. Leopard (Sr.), b. 13-Mar-1818, d. 17-Sep-1891 in Clarence Center NY
  • Anthony Leopard, married, one child: Oscar Leopard
  • Joseph Leopard, b. 1823, d. 1904 in Flint Michigan, m. Esther Bicksler and Christine Schillinger, 7 children
  • Catharine Leopard, b. 1825, d. 08-Jan-1907, m. Henry Blocher Sr., 3 children
  • John Leopard, b. 1827, d. 25-Dec-1901, m. Mary, 5 children
  • Elizabeth "Betsy" Leopard, b. 27-Sep-1820, d. 27-Jul-1905 in Clarence Center NY, m. 02-Feb-1843 to Christian Lieb Jr., 4 children
  • Suzann Leopard, m. Peter Kamery
  • Andrew Leopard, b. 19-Jan-1833, died in Goodrich, Michigan, m. Cornelia Uptegraff, 2 children

Sixth Generation

Parents of Jacob Andrew Leopard

• Johann Heinrich Liebhard and Catharina Elisabetha Germann
• Johann Heinrich Liebhard, also known as Henry Leppard
  • Born ca.1748, died 1824
  • In the Lancaster County militia during the Revolutionary War
• Children include:
  • John (Johannes) Lippert, b.1775, d.1836
  • Henry (Johann Heinrich) Lepperd, b.1783, d.1866
  • Jacob Andrew Leopard, b. 1787, d. 29-Nov-1866
  • Anna Maria, m. Grub (Croup)

Seventh Generation

Parents of Johann Heinrich Liebhard

• Johannes Liebhard and Maria Catharina
• Johannes Liebhard
  • b.ca.1724, d. 1776
  • Moved from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1789
• Children include:
  • Johann Heinrich Liebhard, b.ca.1748, d. 1824
  • Johannes Liebhard, b.1756, married with children, possibly moved to Ohio
  • Caspar Liebhard, b.1754, d.ca.1783

Eighth Generation

Parents of Johannes Liebhard

• Adam Liebhard and Elizabeth
• Adam Liebhard
  • b. 1691, d. 1767
  • Went by various surname spellings: Libhart, Leopard, Lippart, Liphart, etc.
  • Lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• Children include:
  • Johannes Liebhard, b.ca.1724, d. 1776
  • Johann Heinrich Liebhard, who has descendants in York County
  • Augustinus, who lived in Maryland, Virginia and western PA, and had at least one son in Ohio
  • Anna, m. Balthasar Spengler