See also

Family of Stephen Leek and Charlotte Coleman

Husband: Stephen Leek

  • Name:

  • Stephen Leek2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Stephen Leek (1770?-1848)

  • Mother:

  • Sarah Doughty (1765?-1844)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • basket maker and game dealer3 4 5

  • Birth:

  • 1793 (app)

  • Suffolk, England2 4

  • Baptism:

  • 21 Oct 1793 (age 0)

  • St. Michael's Church, Church Street, Framlingham, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • son of Stephen Leeke and Sarah his wife late Doughty

  • Directory:

  • 1830 (age 36-37)

  • Wickham Market, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • as a basket and sieve maker of

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 23 May 1833

  • White Horse Inn, Wickham Market, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • attended a meeting of the Wickham Market Association for the prosecution of felons and others

  • Criminal Witness:

  • 8 Apr 1835 (age 41-42)

  • Woodbridge Magistrates, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England7 8

  •  

  • giving evidence in a house burglary hearing, proving that shoe prints matched those of both defendants

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 20 Jul 1836

  • Woodbridge Magistrates, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • was granted a licence to deal in game

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 7 Oct 1836

  • The Bell Inn, Saxmundham, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • won three prizes at the Wickham Market and Saxmundham Horticultural Society Show, best out-door black grapes, best kitchen apples and 2nd best plums

  • Directory:

  • 1839 (age 45-46)

  • Lower Street, Wickham Market, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • as a basket maker of

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 47-48)

  • Lower Street, Wickham Market, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • aged 45, basket maker living with his wife, a son and a female servant. Born in Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 13 Jan 1843 (age 49)

  • Sudbourne Hall, Sudbourne, Suffolk, England12 13 3

  •  

  • Cause: suddenly

    a much respected basket maker and game dealer of Wickham Market

  • Burial:

  • 18 Jan 1843

  • All Saints Church, Wickham Market, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • aged 49

Wife: Charlotte Coleman

  • Name:

  • Charlotte Coleman1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1798 (app)14 4

  •  

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 42-43)

  • Lower Street, Wickham Market, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • aged 40, living with her husband, a son and a female servant. Born in Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 2 Jan 1849 (age 51)

  • Wickham Market, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • highly respected relict of Mr Stephen Leek

  • Burial:

  • 7 Jan 1849

  • All Saints Church, Wickham Market, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • aged 51

Child 1: Emma Leek

Child 2: Stephen Leek

  • Name:

  • Stephen Leek4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1826 (app)

  • Suffolk, England4

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 14-15)

  • Lower Street, Wickham Market, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • aged 15, living with parents and a female servant. Born in Suffolk

Sources

1.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Marriage Index 1813 - 1837, (1992 - 2005 own copy). volume:14 page:48.

2.

Suffolk Family History Society - Framlingham St Michael, (2005 own copy). Baptisms 1718-1841 page:128.

3.

FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Bury and Norwich Post Wednesday 25 January 1843 page:2.

4.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1041 folio:8 page:9.

5.

Pigots Directory of Suffolk 1830, (own fiche).

6.

FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). The Ipswich Journal Saturday 1 June 1833 page:3.

7.

Ibid. Bury and Norwich Post Wednesday 15 April 1835 page:2.

8.

Ibid. The Ipswich Journal Saturday 11 April 1835 page:3.

9.

Ibid. The Ipswich Journal Saturday 6 August 1836 page:3.

10.

Ibid. The Ipswich Journal Saturday 15 October 1836 page:2.

11.

Pigots Directory of Suffolk 1839.

12.

The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy).

13.

FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). The Ipswich Journal Saturday 21 January 1843 page:2.

14.

Ibid. The Ipswich Journal Saturday 13 January 1849 page:3.

15.

Ibid. The Ipswich Journal Saturday 11 May 1850 page:3.