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Hi Polarbear, yes those baptisms are for the sisters and I have their birth certificates too, but no idea why the mother is listed as Jane? Their mother was Suzanne Asher and she had a fairly tragic life, with her first husband (William Wright)  dying within a year of their marriage, as well as their only child (Fanny Wright).  She then had my great grandfather, John Asher Wright in 1860, but he was illegitimate, so not sure who the father was.  All this happened in Helpringham, Lincolnshire, but she had moved to London by the mid 1860's and then met John Leonard and had 4 daughters, though I can't find a marriage.  Although the girls are not direct descendants I would like to trace them.

Hello,  I'm trying to trace the life of Amelia Jane Leonard and after the 1871 census I'm not sure where she went. She was born on 24th February 1866 at 11 London Street, York Road, Islington, to parents John Leonard and Suzanne Asher.  Suzanne died on 29th August 1871 and Amelia and her 3 sisters were then separated, with Mary Ann and Louisa moving to Heckington (home of her mother), where Louisa died in 1879 and Mary Ann settled.  The other sister was Annie Maria Leonard and her whereabouts after 1871 is also a mystery.

Back to Amelia and there is a marriage for an Amelia Leonard in Southampton in 1893 to Ernest Laversuch and on subsequent censuses she is shown as born in Holloway in circa 1868, so is she my girl?  Her death certificate in 1937 suggests she was born in 1866.  I can't find details of her marriage to see if her father was a John Leonard, so can anyone help? 

Thanks Shaun and when I keyed William Kendrick into the Ancestry tree search nothing came up?

Hello,  I have inherited a cigarette case, I assume from my great uncle as he was in the RAVC and it's inscribed 'Presented to Capt.W.Kendrick by the O.C. & Officers of No26 Veterinary Hospital E.E.F.'.  I would like to reunite it with a descendant of Captain Kendrick if possible, but the only reference I can find is in the Cheshire Observer 5th August 1933 where he is reported as the veterinary surgeon for the Cheshire Yeomanry at their camp at Eaton Park.  Can anyone provide any details on him?  I can see his medal details in Ancestry, but nothing personal.  Thanks in anticipation.

Hi Richard,  Our messages crossed, so I'll dig around using the information you have shared to see if I can find anything more on Ernest.