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Date:May 13, 2011

My Leedham Antecedents

His Brother William Leedham: Born in Leicester 16th May 1887

  • Died October 1971 at the age of 84 years.
  • On Ancestry.com there is a record of a William J. Leedham marrying a Alice R Rouse in the Q4 (October – November-December 1914). If he did marry, this lady or another, I am not aware of any resulting children (who would be my first cousins).
  • Although a middle name for William is not recorded in the Census records, there is a record of a birth in Leicester in the Q2 (May – June – July) 1887 of a William J. Leedham.
  • There is also a record of a William John Leedham receiving Victory Medal while serving in the Royal Army Medical Corp 1914 – 1920.
  • A further military record, a Pension Record Ledger, has a Private William John Leedham, born in 1887, receiving a Disability pension.
  • Additional information on Ancestry.com has a record, in a 1906 Trade Directory, of a William Leedham living at 1, Mere Road within a list of those with an occupation of ‘Cycle Manufacturers, Repairers and Agents’.

I cannot validate the accuracy of the information above.


His Sister – Gertrude Leedham: Born in Leicester 26 May 1889

  • Married Horace H Smith in Q3 1919
  • Lived in Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire
  • Died in Q1 1977 at the age of 89 years

 

I knew ‘Aunty Gert’, as she preferred to be called. She always said ‘just call me Gert and leave out the ‘rude’ bit!”


His Sister – Ida Lydia Leedham: Born in Leicester Q3 1902

  • Maybe had a son named Christopher

No further information. I do not know if she married. I seem to recall it was said she emigrated to South Africa.


His father William Leedham: Born in Leicester 20th November 1866

  • Married Lydia Harriet Curtis Q3 1886
  • Died Q4 1950 at the age of around 85 years

His mother Lydia Harriet Curtis: Born in Leicester 20th July 1864

  • Married William Leedham Q3 1886
  • Died 18th April 1957 at he age of 92 years
  • Lydia, my paternal grandmother, would have known me, as I was around 6 months old when she died and also my sister who has around 2 and a half years at the time of her death.

The story so far – a summary of the family 

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