See also

Family of James Leggott and Emma Mary Mann

Husband: James Leggott

  • Name:

  • James Leggott1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • tailor / tailoress2 3 4 5

  • Birth:

  • 1849 (app)

  • Shimpling, Suffolk, England2 6 4 5

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 32)

  • 106 Eastgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a tailor and living with his wife Emma, step-son Frank W French, and daughter Flora. Born in Shimpling Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 42)

  • 106 Eastgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a tailor and living with his wife Emma, son William, daughter Flora, and two lodgers. Born in Shimpling Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 52)

  • 106 Eastgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a tailor at home and living with his wife Emma, son William, and daughter Flora. Born in Shimpling Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 62)

  • 106 Eastgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • widowed head of the household working at home as a tailor and living in six rooms with his daughter Flora. Born in Shimpling Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q1 1929 (age 79)

  • Bury St. Edmunds "Registration District", Suffolk, England7

Wife: Emma Mary Mann

  • Name:

  • Emma Mary Mann8

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • David Mann (1806?-1873)

  • Mother:

  • Maria Bryant (1809-1886)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shop assistant9

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1840

  • Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England8 10 11 9 12 2 6 4

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 0-1)

  • Melford Green, Long Melford, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • aged 1, living with parents and five siblings. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 10)

  • 8 St. Mary Place, Bridewell Lane, St. Mary, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • daughter aged 10, attending school and living with parents and four siblings. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 20-21)

  • 33 Bridewell Lane, St. Mary, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • daughter aged 20 unmarried, shop assistant living with parents, two siblings and a cousin. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 30)

  • College Street Incorporation Workhouse, College Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • a married inmate formerly working as a booksellers assistant and living with sons Frank, Herbert and Clement. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 41)

  • 106 Eastgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband James, son Frank W French, and daughter Flora Leggott. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 50)

  • 106 Eastgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband James, son William, daughter Flora, and two lodgers. Born in Bury Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 60)

  • 106 Eastgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband James, son William, and daughter Flora. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q2 1903 (age 63)

  • Bury St. Edmunds "Registration District", Suffolk, England13

Child 1: Flora Leggott

  • Name:

  • Flora Leggott14 15

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1880

  • Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England14 2 16 4 5

  • Baptism:

  • 18 Jul 1880 (age 0)

  • St. James Church, Angel Hill, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England17

  •  

  • daughter of James Leggett (tailor) and Emma of 7 Cotton Lane

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 10 mns)

  • 106 Eastgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents James and Emma, and half-brother Frank W French. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 10)

  • 106 Eastgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents James and Emma, brother William, and two lodgers. Born in Bury Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 20)

  • 106 Eastgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • unmarried daughter living with her parents James and Emma, and brother William. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 30)

  • 106 Eastgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • unmarried daughter living in six rooms with her widowed father James. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q3 1936 (age 56)

  • Bury St. Edmunds "Registration District", Suffolk, England15

Child 2: William Clement Leggott

  • Name:

  • William Clement Leggott18 19 20

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Ethel Lilian Allen (1881-1964)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • assistant in a bootmakers shop, an insurance agent and a tobacconists salesman4 21 22

  • Birth:

  • 2 Nov 1883

  • Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England18 19 16 4 21 22

  • Baptism:

  • 2 Jan 1884 (age 0)

  • St. James Church, Angel Hill, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England19

  •  

  • son of James Leggett (tailor) and Emma of 106 Eastgate Street Bury St. Edmunds, born on 2nd November 1883 and received into the church on 106 (10th June?)

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 7)

  • 106 Eastgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents James and Emma, sister Flora, and two lodgers. Born in Bury Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 17)

  • 106 Eastgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • unmarried son working as an assistant in a bootmakers shop and living with his parents James and Emma, and sister Flora. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 28)

  • 15 Sherfield Road, Grays, Essex, England21

  •  

  • an unmarried boarder working as an insurance agent for Prudential Assurance and living in seven rooms with Harry and Jenny Willis and family, and another boarder. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Military Service:

  • frm 1915 to 1921 (age 31-38)

  • The Welsh regiment as a private 2293, Lance Corporal 27240 then as a 2nd Lieutenant23 24 25

  •  

  • he was Gazetted on being made a 2nd lieutenant in July 1918 which also shows him as a Military Medal holder

  • Medals:

  • 1917 (app)24

  •  

  •  

  • Military Medal

  • Medals:

  • 1920 (app)24

  •  

  •  

  • Victory and British medals

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 55)

  • 91 Chadwell Road, Grays, Essex, England22

  •  

  • a married tobacco salesman living with his wife Ethel, and sons James and John. Born on 2nd November 1883

  • Death:

  • 10 Oct 1959 (age 75)

  • Stepney "Registration District", London, England20 26

  • Probate:

  • 15 Dec 1959

  • Probate Registry, London, England26

  •  

  • of 91 Chadwell Road Grays Essex died 10th October 1959 at London Hospital Stepney London, probate of effects of £1,839 4s 3d (~£39,600 in 2017) to Midland Bank Executor and Trustee Company Limited

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England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1880 quarter:1 volume:4a page:933.

2.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1843 folio:106 page:9 schedule:876. Cit. Date: 17 December 2021.

3.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1451 folio:27 page:11.

4.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1754 folio:127 page:8. Cit. Date: 15 May 2021.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10622 class:RG78 piece:570 registration district:207 sub-district:2 enumeration district:11 schedule:44. Cit. Date: 17 December 2021.

6.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1451 folio:27 page:11. Cit. Date: 14 May 2021.

7.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bury St. Edmunds 1929 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1593.

8.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bury St. Edmunds 1840 quarter:2 volume:13 page:404.

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England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1140 folio:141 page:33.

10.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1012 book:2 folio:24 page:11.

11.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1792 folio:190 page:51.

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England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1727 folio:146 page:21 schedule:108. Cit. Date: 15 June 2024.

13.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bury St. Edmunds 1903 quarter:2 volume:4a page:440.

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England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bury St. Edmunds 1880 quarter:2 volume:4a page:621. Cit. Date: 7 April 2018.

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England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bury St. Edmunds 1936 quarter:3 volume:4a page:883. Cit. Date: 17 December 2021.

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England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1451 folio:27 page:12. Cit. Date: 14 May 2021.

17.

Suffolk Family History Society - Thingoe Baptisms 1813-1900, (2010 SFK-BPI-01/P1 own copy). Bury St. Edmunds St. James baptisms entry:3708. Cit. Date: 17 December 2021.

18.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bury St. Edmunds 1883 quarter:4 volume:4a page:667. Cit. Date: 7 April 2018.

19.

Suffolk Family History Society - Thingoe Baptisms 1813-1900, (2010 SFK-BPI-01/P1 own copy). Bury St. Edmunds St. James baptisms entry:238. Cit. Date: 17 December 2021.

20.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stepney 1959 quarter:4 volume:5d page:570. Cit. Date: 16 May 2021.

21.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:9968 class:RG78 piece:524 registration district:192 sub-district:1 enumeration district:17 schedule:176. Cit. Date: 15 May 2021.

22.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1548H page:8 line:7 letter code:DCMV. Cit. Date: 15 May 2021.

23.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:WO 374/41582. Cit. Date: 15 May 2021.

24.

Ancestry UK, British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Welsh Regiment no:2293 and 57240. Cit. Date: 15 May 2021.

25.

London Gazette, (on-line at www.thegazette.co.uk). 1918 July 30th supplemen:30824 page:9100.

26.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). London 1959 page:730. Cit. Date: 16 May 2021.