Cooper, William John
William was born in 1899 in Leicester and baptised on 5.3.1899 at St. Hild’s Church Leicester. He was the son of William Cooper, a boot riviter, and his second wife Alice Corbett. He was one of three children- William John 1899 Albert 1900 Doris Sarah 1902 In 1901 census the family were at 30 Osborne […]
Clark, William
William was born in 1895 in Leicester and baptised on 3.3.1895 at St. Paul’s Church. His parents were William Clark, a shoe trade clicker, and Alice (nee Annable). They had 4 children – William 1895 Bertie Edward 1896 Henry 1898 Ernest Leslie 1904 In 1901 census the family lived at 173 Syston St., Leicester and […]
Clark, William
William was born in 1895 in Leicester and baptised on 3.3.1895 at St. Paul’s Church. His parents were William Clark, a shoe trade clicker, and Alice (nee Annable). They had 4 children – William 1895 Bertie Edward 1896 Henry 1898 Ernest Leslie 1904 In 1901 census the family lived at 173 Syston St., Leicester and […]
Clarke, William Henry
William was born in 1896 in Leicester to Charles Henry Clarke, a policeman and Annie Maria (nee Wildgoose). They had 7 children – Bertha Victoria 1887 William Arthur 1889 Albert Edwin 1891 Gertrude Eliza 1892 William Henry 1896 Arthur 1898 1 unknown In 1901 census the family lived at 68 Grove Road, Leicester. In 1911 […]
Clarke, Thomas
Thomas was born in 1896 in Leicester to William Clarke, a hosiery trade trimmer, and Fanny (nee Flowers). They had 8 children–Elizabeth 1889 George 1891 William 1892 Joseph 1893 Thomas 1896 Horace 1899 Elizabeth 1902 Ernest 1905 In1901 census the family lived at 22 Porter Street, Leicester. In 1911 census they had moved to 30 […]
Chetwyn, George Stephen
William and George were born to Thomas Chetwyn, a shoe maker, and Sarah Ann (nee Powell). There were 9 children in total – William Edwin 1877 Elizabeth R 1879 Ada SA 1881 May 1883 Tom 1886· George Stephen 1889 James 1891 Harry 1893 Frank 1895 In 1881 census the family lived at 51 Carden St., […]
Cheshire, Edwin
Edwin was killed in action on 10.08.1918 and is buried at Fouquescourt British Cememtery, Somme, France. We know he enlisted into the Leicestershire Yeomanry as Private 2932 in Leicester but I have no informatin to help me link him to a family.
Cheney, William
William was born on 2.9.1891 in Leicester and was baptised on 9.11.1891 at St. Margaret’s Church, Leicester. His parents were William Alfred Cheney, a shoe edge maker and Ann (nee Griffiths). They had 7 children I know of- Ann 1888 William H M 1891 Bertie 1897 Horace 1899 Walter 1901 Elsie 1902 Herbert 1903 In […]
Cayless, Bert
Bert was born in 1898 in Leicester to Frank Cayless, a shoe machinist, and Clara Porter Richards. He was one of six children – Eveline Maud 1896 Bert 1898 Horace Frank 1901 Gladys 1904 Hilda May 1909 Edith L 1912 In the 1901 census the family lived at 14 Mount Rd., Leicester and in the […]
Carpenter, Albert Matthias
Albert was born in 1888 in Leicester and was baptised on 26.8.1888 at St. Peter’s Church. His parents were Alfred Duchemin Carpenter, a bookseller and stationers assistant, and Lizzie (nee Flude). He was one of 17 children – Louis 1881 Walter Duchemin 1883 Adelaide Louisa 1884 Lilian Alice 1885 Albert Matthias 1888 Archibald 1889 George […]
Calvert, Edward
Edward was born in 1896 in Leicester to Alfred Calvert, a boot and shoe clicker, and Elizabeth (nee Dawkins). He was one of 4 children Ethel May 1892 Alfred Wood 1894 Edward 1896 Jessie Marguerite 1903 In 1901 census the family lived at 19 Mount Rd., Leicester and in 1911 census they were at the […]
Butler, Horace
Horace was born in 1893 in Leicester to Walter Butler, a shoe finisher and Elizabeth (nee Bird). They had 11 children – William 1875 France 1877 Thomas 1879 Gertrude 1884 Sarah 1885 Richard 1889 Bernard 1891 Horace Vincent 1893 Charles Arthur 1896 Clara A 1898 Albert Edward George 1902 In 1901 census the family lived […]