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, 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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
Bush, William Alexander
William married Nellie Rose Marshall in 1909 and they had 3 children Helen Murial 1910 Mary Winifred 1911 JohnW 1915 In 1911 census the family lived at 2 Wood Hill, Leicester. William left his job as a leather manufacturer’s clerk to join the army and became Private 204207 2/4 Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment. He […]
Burbeck, Jack
Jack was born in 1897 in Leicester and baptised on 4.9.1899 at St. Barnabas Church, Leicester. He was the son of Sidney Herbert Burbeck, a fitters labourer, and Harriet (nee Ball) and was one of 14 children- Ernest 1895 Sidney Herbert 1896 Jack 1897 Florence May 1899 Clara 1902 William Henry 1904 Royce 1907 Rose […]
Burbage, William Percy
William was born in 1891 in Leicester and baptised on 22.9.1891 at St. Mary de Castro. His parents were William John Burbage, a wood carter and Priscilla (nee Starmer). He was one of 6 children – Harriet 1889 William Percy 1891 Christopher Colin 1893 Shirley 1894 John 1897-1899 Horace George 1901-1901 In 1901 census the […]
Bryan, George William
George was born in 1878 in Leicester to William Bryan, a labourer, and Annie (nee Sims). They had 4 children – George William 1878 John Henry 1880 William Arthur 1882 Thomas Edmund 1885 In 1881 the family lived at 164 Gresham St., Leicester. In 1885, when George was 7, his father died and in 1991 […]
Brown, George Frederick
George was born in 1894 in Leicester to James Brown, a plate engraver, and his second wife Annie Bird, 26 years his junior. They had 10 children – James 1884 Nellie Victoria 1887 Percy Lionel 1889 Arthur Herbert 1890 George Frederick 1894 James Edgar 1896 Albert Lancelot 1897 Annie Lilian 1898 Walter Rowland 1899 Albert […]