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Photograph: Samuel Leonard Tilley and Julia Hanford Tilley
c. 1843
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Credits:
National Archives of Canada
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.

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Samuel Leonard and Julia Tilley had eight children. The following two images show some of the Tilley children: Annie, Louisa, William, Leonard and Julia.

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Photograph: Julia Hanford Tilley and her daughters, Annie and Louisa
c. 1850
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Credits:
Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada, 2001
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.

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Photograph: William, Leonard and Julia Tilley
c. 1855
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Credits:
Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada, 2001
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.

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This book, Scott's Poems, belonged to Lousia Tilley, a daughter of Samuel Leonard Tilley.

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Scott's Poems belonging to Louisa Tilley
c. 1860
Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada

Credits:
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.

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By 1850 Samuel Leonard Tilley was at the height of his business career. He was prosperous, married with a growing a family, deep family roots in Saint John and Queens County and could have easily lived out his life a very contented individual. Circumstances, personal conviction and duty were soon to alter that plan.

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Photograph: Samuel Leonard Tilley
c. 1855
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Credits:
New Brunswick Museum