Leo VI "The Wise" Emperor of Byzantium

Desposed of patriach Photius (restored 877) and put Ignatians back in power, resulting in the reunion with Rome in 900. The Baskilika, written bet 887 and 893 provided 60 new law books, a compliation of decrees since the time of Justinian.

Leo had Michael III re-buried with full honors, giving rise to more rumors that Leo was really Michael III's son, not Basil I's.

His first wife died early, he named his mistress, the daughter of Stylianos Zautzes, married a third time in 900 against canon law but she died as well, and he finally had a son in 905 with Zoe "of the Firey Eyes" but would not marry her because of opposition umtil the succession of his son was threatened and he finally married her.

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Leo was born to Eudokia Ingerina who was at the time mistress of Emperor Michael III and wife of his Caesar Basil. Which of the two men was his father is uncertain. He was officially acknowledged by Basil as his son, but he apparently regarded Leo as Michael's son- but Basil also only had eyes for Constantine, which may have worsened his and his father's relations.

On the night of September 23-September 24, 867, Michael was assassinated by Basil who succeeded him as Emperor Basil I. As the second eldest son of the Emperor, Leo was associated on the throne in 870 and became the direct heir on the death of his older half-brother Constantine in 879. However, he and his father hated each other and Basil had almost had Leo blinded as a teenager. On August 29, 886, Basil died in a hunting accident, though he claimed on his deathbed that there was an assassination attempt in which Leo was possibly involved.

Leo VI caused a major scandal with his numerous marriages which failed to produce a legitimate heir to the throne. His first wife, whom Basil had forced him to marry, died in 897, and he married Zoe Zaoutzaina, the daughter of his adviser Stylianos Zaoutzes, though she died as well in 899. Upon this marriage Leo created the title of basileopator ("father of the emperor") for his father-in-law.

After Zoe's death a third marriage was technically illegal, but he married again, only to have his third wife die in 901. Instead of marrying a fourth time, which would have been an even greater sin than a third marriage (according to the Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos) Leo took as mistress, Zoe Karbonopsina. He married her only after she had given birth to a son in 905, but incurred the opposition of the patriarch. Replacing Nicholas Mystikos with Euthymios, Leo got his marriage recognized by the church, but openend up a conflict within it and allowed new grounds for papal intervention into Byzantine affairs when he sought and obtained papal consent

The future Constantine VII was the illegitimate son born before Leo's uncanonical fourth marriage to Zoe Karbonopsina. To strengthen his son's position as heir, Leo had him crowned as co-emperor on May 15, 908, when he was only two years old. Leo VI died on May 2, 912. He was succeeded by his younger brother Alexander, who had reigned as emperor alongside his father and brother since 879

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_VI_the_Wise

Baptist was a farmer. He married Abigale Baker and they had eight children. Hs shown in the 1830 census at Oswego, NY. He appears in the 1840, 1850 and 1860 Census for Napoleon Twp, Henry, OH. He lived on a farm near Joseph and James LeClear. He appears in the 1870 Census for Cascade County, MI. He and his wife Abigail Baker are buried in the Whitneyville Cemetery.

8 children:
Lodowick LeClear b: BET. 1830 - 1832 in Henry County, OH
Levi LeClear b: 25 AUG 1832 in Medina, Henry, OH
Charles LeClear b: 1835 in OH
Levina LeClear b: 1838 in OH
Melvina LeClear b: 1841 in OH
Lafayette LeClear b: 1843
Abigale LeClear b: 1845 in OH
Frances LeClear b: DEC 1849 in OH

Charles LeClear was living in Convie Township, Calhoun, MI on the 1900 Census. He married Susie L. DeForest (b. 10/21/1869 in Eaton Co., MI), they had 11 children. Charles and Susie are buried in the Reese Cemetery, Battle Creek, MI.

A story told by Archie LeClear to his daughter Mildred. When Charles was living in a cabin that had a string latch. He always left the string out at night. One morning Charles got up and by his fireplace was an Indian. The Indian quietly got up and left. A couple of days later there was a deer hanging in a tree outside the cabin. The Indian's way of saying thank you for a warm night sleep.

Archie said Charles always traveled by train for distances. He moved to Battle Creek from Ada. He lived in Battle Creek North on NM78 3/4 mile on the east side of the road. Charles LeClear worked as a saw filer in the lumber camps. He lived his later years in a big tent in Penfield Battle Creek. He lived for a time with his son Floyd, Suzie lived with son Donald. Charles died of Tuberculosis. Both Charles and Laura are buried in Reese Cemetery, Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI. According to his obituary he died at Cahound County Hospital at 7:30 at night, and was survived by three daughters and five sons, and his brother Elgie LeClear and sister Florence Bradley.
11 children:
Floyd Raymond LeClear b: 8 MAR 1887 in Ada, Barry, MI
LeRoy LeClear b: 26 OCT 1890 in Grand Rapids, Kent, MI
Donald Acey LeClear b: 3 SEP 1891 in Grand Rapids, Kent, MI, son Donald Acey, WWII  Army, buried Fort Custer National Cemetery, Michigan
Homer J. LeClear b: 25 FEB 1894 in Cascade Twp, Kent, MI
Everett F. LeClear b: 30 AUG 1895 in Cascade Twp, Kent, MI
Vera Madge LeClear b: 8 SEP 1897 in Cascade, Kent, MI
Velma May LeClear b: 22 JUL 1900 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI
Fern M. LeClear b: 13 JUL 1905 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI
Frank Elsworth LeClear b: 4 SEP 1907 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI
Carl Wilson LeClear b: 18 JUN 1909 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI
Richard Duane LeClear b: 21 JUL 1912 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI

1900 census: home in Convis, Calhoun, Michigan, Charles 36, Laura 30, Floyd 13, Roy 10, Don 8, Everett 5, and Vera. 3

1910 census: home in Pennfield, Calhoun, Michigan, Charles, Laura, Don, Everett, Vera, Velma, Fern, Frank, Carl.

Floyd LeClear and Nettie Miller had nine children. They were married in Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI according to Mildred Stewart and in Barry County, MI according to Shirley Bull. In 1941 he married Erma Barnum - they had no children according to Shirley Bull. Mildred Steward recorded the second wife as Emma F. Scott and the marriage being in 1942. Floyd was a builder and could build anything including big barns and houses. No carpentry project was too hard for him. According to Archie LeClear, he tried farming, but could make more money as a carpenter.

1930 census: Home is Assyria, Barry, Michigan with Nettie, Ester E, Archie R, Ruby M, Laura R, Clyde L, Ruth L, Beulah E

1920 census, home in Assyria, Floyd aged 32, spouse Walter??  aged 35 with Esther, Archie, Ruby and a Charles Bennett aged 69

WWI draft card gave address as Bellvue, MI, born in Ada, MI, dark brown hair and eys, two children, farmer and laborer.

John LeClear was born in France about 1740, probably as Jean LeClerc. His parents may have been Baptista (born abt 1706 in France) and Abigale (born about 1709 in France). John married Jane Taylor who was born before 1755 and died sometime after 1800. According to research of Bob LeClear, John LeClerc was born in France in 1740. He married in France and came to America with several offspring. John LeClear came to New York with General (brother?) Lafayette and a cargo of horses, according to family tradition as related by Shubael LeClear. Mary Nettleton claims he came to America with Lafayette in 1777. He married Jane Taylor a daughter of John Taylor. He made his way up the Hudson River, and married Jane Taylor in Poughkeepsie, NY on the Hudson River, not far from Albany, NY. He lived in Troy and Western, New York.

According to a letter by Nathaniel LeClair 28 Oct 1902, John changed the spelling of his name from LeClerc or LeClercq when he came to America to LeClear.

John LeClerc was recorded in the 1790 Census residing in Halfmoon Town, Albany, NY (now part of Saratoga County) with the following household:

Free white males 16 and up 3
Free white males under 16 4
Free white females 4
(no "other", no slaves)
Assuming the counts are accurate, one of the females in the family group had died or married and left by 1790.

Similarly, one of the males seems to be missing. This would be John Jr., who is recorded as John Clerk on the same page of the census in Halfmoon.

John LeClear then settled in Western, Oneida, New York about 1794. According to the History of Oneida County New York, he was one of the first settlers of north part of Western. Unfortunately he settled on the land of David Utley and did not have legal title. It is said he was then given 50 acres to get a start, which he later sold back to Mr. Utley. John appears on the 1800 Census in Western, Oneida County under the name of John Clear, next to his sons, John, Baptista, Lewis and Peter (who was probably across the river). At this time the census shows two sons living in the household ages 16-26: They are probably Joseph and Anthony. There are also two daughters aged 10-16 and one 16-26. His wife was also still alive, aged between 26 and 45. John LeClear lived for some time with his son Anthony, the youngest, in Western. Anthony and Peter had farms at the headwaters of the Mohawk River, though on opposite sides of the river.

The county of Oneida New York has no probate record on file for his death, which occurred about 1817.

11 children:
John LeClear b: 1762 in New York
Peggy Margaret LeClear b: 1768
Peter LeClear b: Nov 1769 in White Plains, Westchester, NY
Louis LeClear b: Bet. 1755 - 1774
Baptista LeClear b: Bet. 1755 - 1774
Lodowick LeClear b: 25 Jul 1774 in New York
Mary Ann LeClear
May LeClear
Joseph LeClear b: Abt. 1782 in New York
Anthony LeClear b: 1782 in Dutchess County, NY
Jane LeClear b: 23 Jun 1787 in Western, Oneida, NY

Ancestry trees are as follows:
1. Jean Baptiste LeClerc b 05 Feb 1706 d 3 Jan 1773 both in St Pierre, Ile Orleans, Quebec, Canada, WIFE Abigale Fecteau 1709-1758
2. Pierre LeBouteleux LeClerc b 27 Jan 1658 Ocqueville, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France d 25 Jan 1736 St-Laurent, Île d'Orléans, Montmorency, Québec, Canada, WIFE Marie Madeline Gosselin or Elisabeth Isabelle Rondeau, 15 children listed between 1691 and 1713
3. Jean LeClerc b 24 Aug 1635 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France d 13 Apr 1708 in St-Michael-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada, WIFE Marie Blanquet 1631-1709, 11 children listed 1657 to 1674
4. Jean Andre LeClerc b 18 Jul 1613 Rouen, Haute Normandie, France d 22 Jun 1683 Fresnoy-la-Rivière, Oise WIFE Pierette Brunel 1612-1705, 7 children listed 1634 to 1654
5. Simon LeClerc b 1577 Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France d 01 Mar 1673 in Thourotte, Oise WIFE Liesse Gobiat, dtr of Remy, 2 son listed 1602 to 1613
6. Jehan LeClerc b 1593 Normandy France d Sep 1630 WIFE Marie Cossart b 1562 2 children listed 1577-1587
7. Jehan LeClerc b 1538 Caen ,France WIFE Andree Paysant b 1542, 1 son listed
8. Jean LeClerc b 1495 Paris d 1538 Paris WIFE Catherine Jeanne deVausetart, 2 children listed Anne and Jehan. Caherine's extensive line to the 1200's
9. Jean Charles LeClerc b 1440 France
10. Pierre LeClerc c 1390 France
11. Charles LeClerc c 1370 France, end

Joseph was born in 1781 according to research by Shirley Bull, and 1782 according to the Census of 1850. He was a farmer. His first wife, Martha Baker was born in Pennsylvania between 1777 and 1794. Marie LeClear King had the date as about 1775. Joseph LeClear was wounded in the Battle for Sackett's Harbor in the War of 1812, having enlisted in a Pennsylvania militia and his wife was from Pennsylvania.

Pension records show, Joseph LeClerc, 19826 Service Drum Corps, #40,203. Service Cpt. Jacob H. Fishler's Co, PA, MTL, Widow Elizabeth?

In about 1819, or perhaps as early as 1816, Joseph left from Western, Oneida County and settled in Penfield, Monroe County, NY. He left with his brother John taking his wife Martha with him. He appears in the 1820 Census for Ontario County. In 1830 Joseph "LeClere" resided in Webster, Monroe, NY. Joseph raised a family of 7 in Penfield with Martha Baker (she died in 1838). Later he moved to Ashtabula, OH, then later to Grand Rapids, MI. After the death of Martha, Joseph apparently went back to New York state, where about 1836 he married Esther Clark (perhaps born in Greece, Monroe, NY). They had three or four children, all of whom were born in Greece, Monroe, NY. The family appears in the 1840 Census at Webster, Monroe, NY.

He then moved back to Michigan where he appears in the Census in Rollin Township, Lenawee, Michigan in 1850. It appears that he moved there with his second wife after 1844. His wife Esther and the daughters Margarett and Lucrecia are listed as being mulattos in the census. He died about 1854 in Grand Rapids, MI according to Marie LeClear King.

Marriage 1 Martha Baker b: BET. 1777 - 1794 in PA
Married: ABT. 1803
7 Children:
Baptiste LeClear b: 4 NOV 1804 in Penfield, Monroe, NY
James B. LeClear b: 22 MAR 1808 in Oneida County, NY
Betsey LeClear
Nancy LeClear
George R. LeClear b: 28 JUN 1816 in Rochester, Monroe, NY  Miriam Benedict Cemetery, Westville, La Porte, Indiana
Daniel LeClear
Sally Ann LeClear

Marriage 2 Esther Clark b: ABT. 1806 in NY
Married: ABT. 1836 in NY
3 Children
Hiram LeClear b: 2 OCT 1837 in Greece, Monroe, NY
Margarett LeClear b: ABT. 1840 in Greece, Monroe, NY
Lucrecia LeClear b: ABT. 1844 in Greece, Monroe, NY

Levi LeClear married Rebecka Chaney (or McCracken) and had two children. According to a letter by Florence LeClear, Levi and Rebecka moved to Michigan when Charles was a baby. Levi bought 80 acres of timber and they cleared the land. They made a cradle from a hollow log,and he made cradles for all his children. Florence also said that Rebecka was the daughter of Nathan Chaney. They parted and Rebecka took Ira back to Ohio. He died in the Kent County Poor Farm where he had lived for several years. Before that he lived at Caladonia. He was a Cobbler.

1870 census showed his living in Cascade Township.

7 children:
Charles Wilson LeClear b: 5 FEB 1864 in Napoleon Township, Henry, OH
George L. LeClearb: 1866 in Henry County, OH
Florence Alvina LeClear b: 20 JAN 1869 in Cascade Twp, Kent, MI
Elgie LeClear b: BET. 1870 - 1872 in Grand Rapids, Kent, MI
Ira S. LeClear b: 10 NOV 1873 in Cascade Twp, Kent, MI
John LeClear b: ABT. 1874 in Cascade Twp, Kent, MI
Cassius LeClear b: 4 JUN 1876 in Cascade Twp, Kent, MI

Death certificate states he died from vascular heart disease in the Paris Township of Kent County, born in Ohio, he was a farmer.

A newspaper article in an unknown paper:
HIS OWN FUNERAL
Levi LeClear Had Saved Money To Meet All Expenses.
Levi LeClear,one of the oldest inmates of the county poor farm, who died this morning, had made arrangements to pay the expenses of his own burial and for the removal of his remains to Whitneyvile, although a public charge for the last ten years.
When Levi came to the home years ago from Caledonia he brought with him his cobbler's bench and had continued to peg away at the shoes of the unfortunate. He had also picked up a little money from the outside, which he saved. About a year ago, knowing that the end was near, he wrote a note to Superintendent Brownell of the home, saying that he had made arrangements with a cousin, John Whittier of Whitneyvile, to buy his coffin, and that he had a black alpacca coat and vet to be laid out in. He was 71 years of age. 

Daughter of Thomas Lettice (abt 1590 - d 1681) and Ann (d 21 Jul 1687, Plymouth, aged 81)

m2: Nov 18, 1669 Jacob Cooke born Holland 1618, two children. He arrived in America on the Ann, died 7 Jul 1676 Eastham, Mass., son of Francis Cooke born 1577 parish of Blythe, England, m Ester in Leyden, Holland, arrived in America on the Mayflower, died 20 Apr 1663 in Plymouth, Mass. Ester was born in the Netherlands and came to America on the Ann.

m3: Sgt Hugh Cole 1 Jan 1688/89 born 1627 London, died 22 Jan 1699 Swansea, Mass.

Several locations, Bingham and moxi@centurytel.net have her mother as Anna Hammond. Hmmm....

After his victory, Cnut left Mercia initially in the hands of Eadric Streona, who had been Ealdorman of Mercia since 1007, but Eadric was killed later in the same year of 1017.[The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]

Mercia may have been given to Leofric immediately after that. He had certainly become Earl of Mercia by the 1030s. This made him one of the most powerful men in the land, second only to Earl Godwin of Wessex among the mighty earls. He may have had some connection by marriage with Ælfgifu of Northampton, the first wife of Cnut. That might help to explain why he supported her son Harold I against Harthacanute, Cnut's son by Emma, when Cnut died in 1035.[M. Lapidge, The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England (1999), p.282; The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 1036 E.]

However Harold died in 1040 and was succeeded by Harthacanute, who made himself unpopular with heavy taxation in his short reign. Two of his tax-collectors were killed at Worcester by angry locals. The king was so enraged by this that in 1041 he ordered Leofric and his other earls to plunder and burn the city, and lay waste the whole area.[The Chronicle of John of Worcester ed. and trans. R.R. Darlington, P. McGurk and J. Bray (Clarendon Press: Oxford 1995), pp.533] This command must have sorely tested Leofric. Worcester was the cathedral city of the Hwicce, his people.

When Harthacanute died suddenly in 1042, he was succeeded by his brother Edward the Confessor. Leofric loyally supported Edward when he came under threat at Gloucester from Earl Godwin in 1051. Leofric and Earl Siward of Northumbria gathered a great army to meet that of Godwin. Wise heads counselled that battle would be folly, with the flower of England on both sides. Their loss would leave England open to its enemies. So the issue was resolved by less bloody means. Earl Godwin and his family were outlawed for a time.[The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]

Earl Leofric's power was then at its height. But in 1055 his son Ælfgar was outlawed, "without any fault", says the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. He raised an army in Ireland and Wales brought it to Hereford, where he clashed with the army of Earl Ralph of Herefordshire and severely damaged the town. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle wryly comments "And then when they had done most harm, it was decided to reinstate Earl Ælfgar".

Leofric died "at a good old age" in 1057 at his estate at Bromley in Staffordshire. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, he died on 30 September, but the chronicler of Worcester gives the date as 31 August. Both agree that he was buried at Coventry.[The Chronicle of John of Worcester ed. and trans. R.R. Darlington, P. McGurk and J. Bray (Clarendon Press: Oxford 1995), pp.582-3.]

Leofric may have married more than once. His famous wife Godiva survived him and may have been a second or later wife. Since there is some question about the date of marriage for Leofric and Godgifu, it is not clear that she was the mother of Ælfgar, Leofric's only known child. If Godiva was married to Earl Leofric only in 1040, she could not have been the mother of Ælfgar (whose own children were born in that decade or earlier). If she was married earlier (as early as 1017, as some sources claim), she could have been Ælfgar's mother.

Ælfgar succeeded Leofric as Earl of Mercia.

Luitpold or Liutpold (modern Leopold) (died 4 July 907), perhaps of the Huosi family or related to the Carolingians, was the father of the great Luitpolding dynasty which dominated Bavaria and Carinthia until the mid-tenth century.

In 893, Luitpold was created margrave of Carinthia and Upper Pannonia by the Emperor Arnulf. He soon acquired counties on the Danube and in the Nordgau, even getting Regensburg around 895, and thereby setting himself up as the most prominent of Bavaria's aristocracy. He was a loyal friend of the Carolingian monarchs and enjoyed their support. He was entrusted with defence of the Hungarian and Moravian borders. In 898, he fought successfully against Mojmír II, king of Great Moravia, on behalf of the rebel Svatopluk II and forced Mojmír to become a vassal of Arnulf. In 903, he had the title dux Boemanorum, "duke of Bohemia." On 4 July 907, Luitpold died in battle at Pressburg, modern Bratislava.

Luitpold married Cunigunda, daughter of Berthold I, Count Palatine of Swabia, and sister of Erchanger, Duke of Swabia, an Ahalolfinger. Cunigunda later married Conrad I of Germany in 913. Luitpold had two sons by her, however: Arnulf the Bad and Eberhard, both later dukes of Bavaria. From his descendants titles, Luitpold is often called a duke of Bavaria or margrave of Bavaria, the latter title being more accurate to his actual status.

Leopold II (1050 – October 12, 1095) was a Babenberg Margrave of Austria ruling from 1075 onwards. He was the son of Ernest the Brave and Adelheid, the daughter of Margrave Dedi (or Dedo) II of Meissen and father of Leopold III as well as seven daughters who married Dukes and Counts from Carinthia, Bohemia and Germany. His wife, Itha (or Ida), countess of Cham (1060-1101), died on a crusade.

In the Investiture Dispute, he first sided with Emperor Henry IV, but in 1081 at the Diet of Tulln switched sides under the influence of his wife Itha and Bishop Altmann of Passau. Subsequently, he was deposed by the Emperor, who gave the fief to Vratislav II of Bohemia, who defeated Leopold in the Battle of Mailberg. Ultimately, Leopold managed to retain his position, but he lost some territory in Southern Moravia. Leopold resided in Gars am Kamp.

Leopold III (1073 – November 15, 1136), Margrave of Austria, 1095-1136, also known as Saint Leopold (his feast day being November 15), patron saint of Austria, in general, and of Vienna, Lower Austria, and, jointly with Saint Florian, of Upper Austria, in particular.

Leopold was the son of Margrave Leopold II and Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg. His sons were Leopold IV and Henry II Jasomirgott.

His second wife was Agnes, the sister of Emperor Henry V whom he had supported against his father Henry IV. This connection to the Salians raised the importance of the House of Babenberg, to which important royal rights on the territory of the margraviate of Austria were granted.

Leopold called himself "Princeps Terrae", a reflection on his consciousness of independence of his territorial rule. He was considered a candidate in the election of the King of Germany in 1125, but declined this dignity.

He is mainly remembered for the development of the country and, in particular, the founding of several monasteries. His most important foundation is Klosterneuburg (1108). According to legend, the Lady Mary appeared to him and led him to a place where he found the veil of his wife Agnes who had lost it years earlier. He established the monastery of Klosterneuburg there. He subsequently expanded this city to become his residence.

Leopold also founded the monasteries of Heiligenkreuz, Kleinmariazell and Seitenstetten which, in fact, served the purpose of developing a territory still largely covered by forest at that time. All of these induced the church to canonize him in 1485.

Leopold also fostered the development of cities, such as Klosterneuburg, Vienna and Krems. The last one was granted the right to mint but Krems never attained great importance.

The writings of Henry of Melk and Ava of Göttweig, which are the first literary texts from the area of Austria, date back to Leopold's time. He is buried in the Klosterneuburg monastery, which he founded. In 1663, under the rule of his namesake Emperor Leopold I, he was declared patron saint of Austria instead of Saint Koloman. November 15 (Leopoldstag) is a public holiday in Vienna and Lower Austria.

Leopold I, also Luitpold or Liutpold, (died 994 in Würzburg) was the first Margrave of Austria from the Babenberg dynasty.

Leopold was a count in the Bavarian Danube district and first appears in documents from the 960s as a faithful follower of Emperor Otto I the Great. After the insurgence by Henry II the Wrangler of Bavaria in 976 against Emperor Otto II, he was appointed as "margrave in the East", the core territory of modern Austria, instead of a Burkhard. His residence was probably at Pöchlarn, but maybe already Melk, where his successors resided. The territory, which originally had only coincided with the modern Wachau, was enlarged in the east at least as far as the Wienerwald.

Leopold is the first reasonably known historical figure in Austria. The milennial anniversary of his appointment as markgrave was therefor celebrated as Thousand years of Austria in 1976 - celebrations under the same title were held twenty years later at the anniversary of the famous Ostarrichi document first mentioning the Old German name of Austria.

Even though he is not mentioned in the Babenberger Chronicle written by his descendant Otto of Freising (which only starts with Leopold's grandson Adalbert) he is known as the progenitor of this dynasty, which put its stamp on Austria. Otto of Freising's claim of ancestry to the Franconian Babenbergers, who are remembered for the Babenberger insurgency of the early 10th century, has not been proven, but cannot be completely ruled out.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_I%2C_Margrave_of_Austria

Leofwine Earl of Mercia (born about 950 - died 1028), was also the Ealdorman of Hwicce. His father was Eadulph of Mercia and his mother was Elfwina of Mercia. He married Alwara. Their only recorded child was Leofric, Earl of Mercia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leofwine%2C_Earl_of_Mercia

Laura Rose LeClear

Went to school without shoes. She had to stay out of school for three years to take care of her mother, and finally returned to school so much older than everyone else. She would get off the school bus and get a Coke very day back when Coke contained cocaine.

She saved a hundred pennies to order a doll from a "Wish" catalog and when it came she could hear it say, "Mama, Mama" in its box. The "Wish" catalog pages were most often used for toilet paper.

She received a doll when she went to the Kellogg Camp with her brother, Clyde, she received a Trixie doll with movable arms and legs. She learned to play jacks there.

Lived on Lincoln Avenue, Palo Alto when living with Mrs Wing as a companion, where she was living when she met John Stevens, going to Stanford after working as a clerk at the General Store at Yosemite National Park. She met a guy there who had a motorcycle, and they went all over Yosemite on the bike. She was eating a peach by the lake and spilled peach juice on Dad's bird identify book when they were dating. She bought him a replacement book, and to this day, has both copies. The Wild Azalea that lived on the valley floor was a special memory for her.