Comments on: Rumored Davenporter: Bert Leslie http://blogs.davenportlibrary.com/sc/2008/11/03/rumored-davenporter-bert-leslie/ Myths and Mysteries, Hysterical Histories, and Tree-Kickin' Genealogy Tue, 14 May 2013 16:12:20 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dan Herzog http://blogs.davenportlibrary.com/sc/2008/11/03/rumored-davenporter-bert-leslie/comment-page-1/#comment-4110 Dan Herzog Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:54:10 +0000 http://blogs.davenportlibrary.com/sc/?p=312#comment-4110 Bert Leslie was born William Albert Johnston in 1871 in Duboque, Iowa.

This fact is revealed in a November 14th 1910 New York Times interview in which Bert tells the interviewer where he was born.

In the 1880 census Bert is listed with his family in Drury, Rock Island, Illinois. This places Bert near Davenport and certainly leads credibility to this story.

Bert is my Great Grandfather. He was my Father’s, Mother’s, Father.

Please let me know if there is anything else I can do to help.

Best regards,
Dan Herzog

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