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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Limerick => Topic started by: tom-dick on Wednesday 16 October 13 07:24 BST (UK)
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looking for any information on john leech and his family,i have found them on the 1901 census in limerick.i have found sarah and maud in arklow in 1911 census,and william in limerick,in 1901 there was john,father 55,sarah wife 50,william ironmonger 25,john sailor 22,sarah housekeeper 18,dora 15,george 12,martha 10,maud 6,any information on these people most welcome.thank you in advance,tom
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Hello Tom. Many thanks for you reply. I hope you will receive this as I am unable to reply directly from the mail received this morning. So found this way. Jasper, my father had a bother George who lived in Leicester although I had never met him or his family. Beatrice ( Aunt Beatie) lived in Enfield, London and we use to exchanged letters. She had a two sons. One named Douglas and the other I don't have a name. Jaspers other sister was called Evelyn. She has a daughter named Ruth who is my cousin. I went to visit her once with my father and my brother Mike. Ruth had many photos of the Leech family from way back. I shall try and contact her again. Jasper travelled from Ireland I believe at 18 years old and joined The Leicester regiment and later the Black Watch. My mother Irene was from Chesterfield. Father was 48 years old when he started a family. I am the eldest and I have two brothers Mike and Matthew. It may be that you grandfather would have been around the same age as Jasper.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Mary
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Is this them getting married in Dublin 1870
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/e422070550260
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Sarah's brother Thomas Price 1901 ? Master Mariner
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Wicklow/Arklow_Urban/Tinahask_Street/1813957/
Thomas's wife
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP56-6SC
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might be Sarah's parents
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGFH-2BS
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John Leech's sister Sarah Jane and Alfred Wolstencroft
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/a6ed550550445
Sarah Jane and her Mother 1901
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Dublin/Trinity/Shaw_Street/1311443/
possible sister Dorah
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/52bc070550217
1901
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Dublin/Drumcondra/Drishogue__Millmount_Ave_/1271823/
1911 in Albert Trust for aged females
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Inn_s_Quay/Eccles_Street_South_/19092/
Thomas Leech
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/2d4d0b0538159
1901
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Dublin/Merchants_Quay/Hamilton_Street/1299235/
heading off to Quebec Canada 1910
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12458-52530-86?cc=1823240
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thanks dathai for your help ,tom
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We have been researching John Leech, Master Mariner as he was my husband's great grandfather. My husband's grandfather was one of John's sons George Leech. John married Sarah Price in 1870 at St Marks Dublin. John died aboard ship in 1907 in Cardiff. The inquest recorded a heart attack. George's brother Charles was also a Master Mariner. Charles died on March 18th 1932. We have the funeral announcement which gives family names and that the mourners left from 66 Hauteville, Guernsey. John and Charles sailed together on some ships, out of Limerick, Arklow etc. John's last one being the Geraldine. George Leech was born in Meadows Lane, Arklow in 1888 where some sea captains lived. George is where our information goes cold. He ended up in South Africa where my husbands mother Beatrice was born in 1921. But we have no info on George, or his wife. If anyone has any info on George would love to hear it. The records in South Africa are difficult to obtain. Unfortunately Beatrice died some years ago so we have nothing to go by.
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Welcome to Rootschat :)
George Leech was born in 1888 and his birth registration is online- LINK (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1888/02518/1933279.pdf)
By around 1891 it looks like the family moved to Limerick-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Limerick/Limerick_Urban_No__2/Castleview_Avenue/1497882
I didn't find George Leech in 1911 census or a marriage for him so could he have left Ireland in early 1900s?
The name Beatrice for George's daughter is intriguing as William Leech's birthplace is listed as Arklow and his wife's name was also Beatrice-
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Limerick/Limerick_No__4_Urban/Crescent_Avenue/630647
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William Leech died age 43 in 1917- LINK (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1917/05218/4443841.pdf)
Wife Beatrice even younger when she died in 1912- LINK (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1912/05361/4494764.pdf)
An Edward Leech, age 27, son of John (master mariner) married in 1912- LINK (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1912/09909/5601299.pdf)
An the same page as William's marriage to Beatrice Moore in 1901 is one for an Elizabeth Leech, daughter of John (master mariner)- LINK (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1901/10331/5761134.pdf)
Sarah Leech married 1906 to William Ernest McGuffin- LINK (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1906/10139/5689221.pdf)
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aghadowey Thank you so much for your reply, George Leech born in Arklow 1888 is the mystery we know he ended up in South Africa and had several children. We know there was John, Irene, Barbara and Beatrice (my mother in law) and another son. Everyone has passed on now, we don't know when George left Ireland. Family legend suggests he went to Argentina before South Africa but have no idea if that's true and have no record of George's wife.
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John died aboard ship in 1907 in Cardiff.
It appears he had a death notice in Limerick Chronicle
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01mw4/
page 28
There is no death cert for a John Leech in 1907 in Limerick so good chance this is your John.
Gives an address of 16 Newenham St.
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John also get a mention in the trade directories
http://www.limerickcity.ie/webapps/TradesReg/Search.aspx
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Thank you Sinann for the information, much appreciated.
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MY name is JohnLeech.My father is George Glenton Leech who lived in leicestershire.His brother Jasper who i knew as a little boy,always wore black very shiney shoes.My mother had said Jasper was in the Black Watch Regiment.My father and mother parted company 1951.At that point contact with Jasper was lost.There were two sisters who lived in London.Mother referred to them as Effie and Beatie.
regards J.
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Since my early post we have found further information on the Leech family from Co. WIcklow. We were looking for marriage and death records for George Leech who ended up in South Africa. George was the son of John Leech and Sarah Price, they married in Dublin in 1870. They had 10 children most of them born in Arklow. George was my husbands grandfather and he was born in Arlow in 1888. Georges father John Leech was a sea Captain working on general coastal trading between Arlow, Limerick and mainly Cardiff. He worked on many boats and died aboard the Claremont in Cardiff in 1907. We also know that another of John's sons Charles was a Sea Captain, he died in Guernsey 1932. We have a copy of the funeral notice and it states the family left from 66 Hauteville his full name was Charles Verrical Leech. George Leech (my husbands grandfather) died in Southern Rhodesia. We now have quite a lot of information including a death notice for John Leech. If anyone would like further information let me know. Our niece has been the driver for the search.
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Charles
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7NY-D4Z
lots of photos to be got here
http://www.irishmariners.ie/searchdatabase.php?srch_surname=leech&srch_forename=charles&srch_identityno=&srch_yob=&submit=Search
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Hello John,are these your relatives;Beatrice Leech married to Stanley Crang.Evelyn married Arthur Mesner.They lived in London
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hello John,I found this;-probate-Ben Knight of Forest-lane Huncote Leicestershire died 4 September 1945 Probate Leicester 27 September to George Leech personal manager.Effects 775 pounds.I am quite sure that Jaspers wife maiden name was Edna Knight.Does this fit in with your father?
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IT was George that married Edna Knight in 1933,Ben was her father
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Hello Tom-Dick.Yes those two ladies who lived in London,would be my relatives and sisters to George Glenton Leech my father.
My father married Edna Helen Knight.Edna Helen Knight is my Mother.Edna Helen Knight was the daughter of Ben Knight of Forest Road Huncote Leicestershire.
Jasper is my fathers brother.Jaspers wifes name i do not have.
regards quin 12.
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Hello Quin12,this is a quick look at what I have;John Leech b.1845 in Dublin m Sarah Price b.1850 in Arklow,co.Wicklow.They had 7 children that lived.They were William b1875,John 1877,Sarah b1881,Dora b1885,George b1888,Martha b1890,Eileen Maud b1900.All except Eileen and Maud were born in Arklow.John died approx 1905.Sarah moved back to Arklow with her daughter Eileen Maud and lived there with my grandfather.William married Beatrice Edith Moore,they had 6 children,William Edward b1902,Evelyn Florence b1903,Beatrice Edith b1904,Joseph(Jasper)Stewart b1906,George Glenton b1907,John b1909.Idont know anything about William.Evelyn and beatrice went to London.Jasper and George went to Leicester.John became a seaman and worked on boats.William and Beatrice die in Limerick.When in London Evelyn and Beatrice are joined by their aunt Martha and Dora,and also Eileen Maud who had married a William Kinch in Arklow.They had 13 children.Dora died in 1969 and did not marry.She was a cook in Guernsey in a girls collage for a few years.Jasper married Irene Keeton,hope this helps and if anything is wrong or if you have any info on anyone,please let me know,tom
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Eileen Maud Leech m William Leech in Arklow October 9th 1913
William Leech mBeatrice Edith Moore in Limerick October 23rd 1901
Elizabeth Leech m Harry Saunders in Limerick October 15th 1901
Sarah Leech m William MCGuffin in Limerick July 28th 1906
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Eileen Maud Leech m William Leech in Arklow October 9th 1913
William Leech mBeatrice Edith Moore in Limerick October 23rd 1901
Elizabeth Leech m Harry Saunders in Limerick October 15th 1901
Sarah Leech m William MCGuffin in Limerick July 28th 1906
Eileen married William Kinch.
Party 1 Name WILLIAM KINCH
Party 2 Name EILEEN LEECH
Date of Event 09 October 1913
SR District/Reg Area Rathdrum
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1913/09898/5596856.pdf
KG
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Hell quin12,I hope the information helps.I was just wondering if you could tell me what George Glenton did for work?The family seemed to have had a diverse range of jobs.The women in London worked as secretaries in insurance companies.A ny information on George much appreciated,thank you in advance,Tom
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Eileen Maud Leech m William Kinch in Arklow October 9th 1913
William Leech mBeatrice Edith Moore in Limerick October 23rd 1901
Elizabeth Leech m Harry Saunders in Limerick October 15th 1901
Sarah Leech m William MCGuffin in Limerick July 28th 1906