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Home Town or Home Community:
Odessa, Russia Salt Lake, Loon Lake, Reward, Prince Albert and Saskatoon, SK
Our Story:
Leier, James Peter
James (Jack) Peter Leier was born on March 31, 1909 in Odessa, Russia, where his forefathers had migrated from Berg, Germany. He was the forth child of a family of fourteen (three died in child birth). He was one year old when his family immigrated to Salt Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada where he spent his boyhood, working with his father and brothers on the farm and attending school. When he was in grade ten he quit school in order to work full time with his father.
Jack married Agnes Catherine Hackl on August 25, 1933. They had five children: Patricia ...more Story
Related Links:
Western Development Museum
Contact:
Don Leier
5035 Bear Lane
West Vancouver BC V7W 1L2
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