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Dear Lynn thank you so much  for all the information on Napoleon Demar and Elizabeth Leather, to give you some facts, Elizabeth was my Great aunt, she was the half sister of my Grandad James Leather who was the eldest son of my Great Grandparents Joseph Leather and his first wife Catherine Smith who unfortunately died aged only 27, Joseph then remarried Mary Anne Foster who also died young in her fifties in 1896, Joseph struggled on but then hung himself in 1898, two of the girls Ada and Elizabeth emigrated to the U.S.A. My mothers maiden name was Lilian Leather the daughter of James and his wife Jane. I am so grateful for all your information and will now add it to my family tree,  Regards..... Alan J.

My Jennings family were from Galway, from Caltra, my Gt Gt Grandfather was Luke Jennings, a career soldier and one of his children born in Ireland was a William Jennings, they came to Manchester, England in 1840, i have struggled to find anything out about Lukes birth as i believe a lot of irish records were destroyed, so do not think my William can be the one you are looking for.

Hi John, if Hobbyhorse is related to Joseph, then you are correct, my Granddad was half brother to Joseph. My Granddad was James Leather born in 1870 who was the 1st child of Joseph Senior and his 1st wife Christine White, she died very young aged 27 and Joseph appears to have remarried in the same year to Marry Ann Foster, all the other children are from this 2nd union including young Joseph who was a Mariner ships cook, he ended up in Swansea, where he began the Welsh branch of the Leather family. My mother was Lillian Leather, the child of James and my Gran Jane Leather.

Loved reading all these posts Re: American federal census lookup please. Elizabeth Leather, Elizabeth was my Granddads Sister, or to be precise, his half sister, my Great Granddad Joseph Leather had Hung Himself in the Crumpsall Union Hospital ( Workhouse ) Elizabeth and her Brother John were sent to the Swinton Industrial School ( workhouse ) where it appears she was trained for domestic work. Joseph had first married catherine Smith, who was my Granddads mother, she was only 27 when she died in 1875, it seems strange to me because he seems to have remarried in the same year to Mary Ann Foster, she also died young in her 40's, Josephs Greengrocery business appears to have failed and in Grief and despair he hung himself, my mother was Lillian Leather, the Daughter of James Leather and Jane Grundy nee Hutchinson, my mom died in 1987 aged 80. The Leather Family were all Watermen who worked on the Docks, Canals, Barges etc.