[1] Born in 1841 at Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, Gaetz married Caroline Blowers Hamilton in 1865.

[2] He left the ministry due to ill health and moved to the Red Deer Valley.

Leonard Gaetz acted as the local land agent for the Saskatchewan Colonization Company and purchased parts of three other sections from his employers.

[2] By 1890, the Gaetz family owned vast land holdings along the south bank of the Red Deer River around the mouth of the Waskasoo Creek.

Leonard Gaetz's increasing wealth allowed his family to play a central role in the growth of Red Deer.