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James John Leason was living in South Shields on the 1911 census but came from Great Driffield. He was born between about 1850 and 1860 and may have lived in Scarborough where his son James was born about 1877 and possibly Robert about 1878. He was a bricklayer. I can't find a birth that fits in the Driffield area and although "married" to Mary Cockrane there is no evidence of any marriage. I can't find him on the 1881 census and his birthplace is given as South Shields in 1891 and 1901 where he was living. His sons were James, Robert, John and David, daughters include Catherine, Sarah and Elizabeth.
Has anyone got anything in any likely East Riding registers which would pin him down?