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Maureen
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I think (hope) this is a branch of the tree we haven't got yet.
Descendants of John LEAVER


Generation No. 1

1. JOHN1 LEAVER was born 1802 in Briercliffe, Lancashire1. He married SARAH UNKNOWN. She was born 1803.

More About JOHN LEAVER:
Address (Facts Pg 1.): 1851, Blackhouse Lane, Briercliffe
Census: 1841, Batty Hole, Briercliffe

Children of JOHN LEAVER and SARAH UNKNOWN are:
2. i. HANNAH2 LEAVER, b. 1829, Briercliffe, Lancashire.
3. ii. JOHN LEAVER, b. 1832, Briercliffe, Lancashire.
iii. OLIVE LEAVER, b. 1838, Briercliffe, Lancashire.
iv. BANNISTER LEAVER, b. 1842, Briercliffe, Lancashire; d. 1867.

More About BANNISTER LEAVER:
Census: 1861, Wholaw Nook,Habergajam Eaves3


Generation No. 2

2. HANNAH2 LEAVER (JOHN1) was born 1829 in Briercliffe, Lancashire. She married BANNISTER NUTTER 1856 in Burnley4. He was born 1817 in Burnley, Lancashire.

Child of HANNAH LEAVER and BANNISTER NUTTER is:
i. OLIVE3 NUTTER, b. 1857.


3. JOHN2 LEAVER (JOHN1) was born 1832 in Briercliffe, Lancashire. He married BETTY SPENCER 1863 in Burnley5. She was born 1839.

More About JOHN LEAVER:
Census: 1861, Blackhouse Lane, Briercliffe6

Child of JOHN LEAVER and BETTY SPENCER is:
i. SARAH3 LEAVER, b. 1867, Briercliffe, Lancashire.

More About SARAH LEAVER:
Census: 1871, Sandy Gate, Habergham Eaves7



Endnotes

1. Census return, 1841 Census - HO107; Piece 506; Book: 15; Civil Parish: Whalley; County: , Lancashire; Enumeration District: 26; Folio: 31; Page: 16; Line: 12 Batty Hole, Briercliffe with Extwistle John Leaver, 39yrs, Farmer, b. Lancashire Sarah Leaver, 40yrs, b. Lancashire Hanah Leaver, 13yrs, b. Lancashire John Leaver, 10yrs, b. Lancashire Olive Leaver, 4yrs, b. Lancashire.
2. Lancashire BMD, Deaths 1867 Preston COL/30/45 , LEAVER Bannister aged 25 Colne .
3. Census return, RG9; Piece: 3070; Folio: 6; Page: 5, Richard Hargreaves 68 head, marr, farmer Mary Hargreaves 28, daur, dairymaid Edward Crabtree 28 Banensten Leaver 18 Lawrence Maden 35 .
4. Lancashire BMD, Preston RM/9/72 , 1856 LEAVER Hannah & NUTTER Bannister at Burnley Register Office or Registrar Attended.
5. Lancashire BMD, Preston RM/19/52 , 1863 LEAVER John & SPENCER Betty at Burnley Register Office or Registrar Attended .
6. Census return, 1861 Census - RG9; Piece: 3073; Folio: 100; Page: 12, Blackhouse Lane, Briercliffe John Leaver, Head, Mar, 59 years, Farmer, b. Briercliffe Sarah Leaver, Wife, Mar, 60 years, b. Briercliffe John Leaver, Son, Unm, 29 years, Quarryman, b. Briercliffe Richard Thomas, Lodger, Unm, 52 years, Labourer, b. Briercliffe .
7. Census return, 1871 RG10; Piece: 4149; Folio: 140; Page: 27, John Leaver 40, head, marr, quarryman, b Betty Leaver 32, wife, marr, cotton weaver, b Briercliffe Sarah Leaver 4, daur, scholar,b Briercliffe .

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Maureen
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I have no notes on this family by the looks of it!! Two new lines in a couple of days, and I thought we had details for all the local Leavers!

That's all I have so far Kris - just stumbled across them last night by accident. Does John (1802) feature anywhere in the stuff Peter sent you? I've included the main censuses in the notes above. I lose track of Olive after 1851 - no marriage, no census, no death. I've tried ancestry, freebmd & lancashire bmd.

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Maureen
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Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1885

LEAVER Sarah
PICKLES Charles
Burnley, St Matthew the Apostle
Registers At Preston CE105/1/148

Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1890
LEAVER John, aged 60, Burnley, records at Preston BU/124/26

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Maureen
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I don’t think there is anything in Peter’s notes, they are here viewtopic.php?f=6&t=42&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=120

Big disappointment. I just found the whole family on the tree but we have them as Lever. John, born 20 Dec 1801, son of Bannister & Betty. Sarah, his wife, was born Sarah Thomas.
Kicking myself now but at least I put a bit more flesh on their bones.

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Maureen
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Hannah Leaver married Bannister Nutter at Burnley Register Office, 1856

Do we have a marriage cert with Hannah Leaver father’s name?

No, I only found this marriage t'other day. However, Hannah apears on 1851 as John's daughter and the Hannah Nutter on 1861 (RG9; Piece: 3074; Folio: 89; Page: 4) is the right age and has a daughter Olive - same name as her sister.

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Ellis Island passenger list

First Name: Margery
Last Name: Leaver
Ethnicity: United Kingdom, English
Last Place of Residence: Burnley, England
Date of Arrival: Aug 29, 1911
Age at Arrival: 2y Gender: F Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Celtic
Port of Departure: Liverpool
Manifest Line Number: 0009



First Name: Alice
Last Name: Leaver
Ethnicity: Gt. Britain
Last Place of Residence: Nelson, England
Date of Arrival: May 17, 1907
Age at Arrival: 26y Gender: F Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Carmania
Port of Departure: Liverpool
Manifest Line Number: 0028


First Name: Edith
Last Name: Leaver
Ethnicity: England, English
Last Place of Residence: Nelson
Date of Arrival: Oct 03, 1903
Age at Arrival: 8y Gender: F Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Etruria
Port of Departure: Liverpool
Manifest Line Number: 0017


First Name: Florence
Last Name: Leaver
Ethnicity: United Kingdom, English
Last Place of Residence: Burnley, England
Date of Arrival: Aug 29, 1911
Age at Arrival: Gender: F Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Celtic
Port of Departure: Liverpool
Manifest Line Number: 0008


First Name: Florrie
Last Name: Leaver
Ethnicity: Gt/ Britain, English
Last Place of Residence: Nelson, England
Date of Arrival: Sep 19, 1921
Age at Arrival: 21y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Baltic
Port of Departure: Liverpool
Manifest Line Number: 0030


First Name: Wm.
Last Name: Leaver
Ethnicity: England, English
Last Place of Residence: Nelson
Date of Arrival: Oct 03, 1903
Age at Arrival: 16y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Etruria
Port of Departure: Liverpool
Manifest Line Number: 0016

First Name: Emma
Last Name: Lever
Ethnicity: England
Last Place of Residence: Burnley
Date of Arrival: Sep 19, 1906
Age at Arrival: 54y Gender: F Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Carmania
Port of Departure: Liverpool
Manifest Line Number: 0008

My name is Dr. John David Leaver (b. 1962), and that Ph.D. thing is in history, so I was poking around on the internet using my paternal grandfather's name, when I found the Briercliffe society. Aren't there a lot of leavers around?

I'm planning a school history of the First World War, so was wondering how many family members, near or distant as the case maybe, might be included in a chapter intended to encourage students to consider their own family connections to the Great War through examples of the author's own.

My paternal grandfather was Stephen Gerald Leaver (1891-1971), son of James Leaver (1854-1928), who served with the Dorset Regiment and died in 1971; his son, my father John Raymond Leaver died last June. Using your excellent resource, it seems after a casual 'shuffty' that I can trace my paternal line back to 1794. I have my grandfather's service number from the Dorsets 20337, but haven't yet followed this up, beyond what I could find on the web.

That should be enough for a trip to the Army Museum or the Public Records Office to see if I can locate any of Stephen Gerald's service records. I'm currently living in Savannah, Georgia, so won't be over to the UK until December. My father and mother moved from Burnley to Manchester in 1962, so I don't have a lot of personal experience of the area, beyond frequent visits and supporting Burnley Football Club, of course.

I'd be interested in corresponding with anyone who might have anything to add that I don't already know, given what I've shared on here so far.

Best wishes, David Leaver

Hi John, welcome to the site!!

Yep, there certainly are a few Leaver’s in the area, a few John Leaver’s as well!!

There is a more recent family tree here (it goes further back than the one you looked at) http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/paf ... 07.htm#764

Regarding your school history of WW1, have you seen the Leaver’s on this page? http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/Soldiers.htm they are all related and can be seen on the family tree.

I have to be off now, but will write more later on.

Cheers, Kristian

Me again. Our Leaver families are on the same line, John Leaver b. 1794

http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/paf ... 3.htm#1879

Stephen Gerald Leaver is from John Leaver (38) and I am from Ann Leaver (40)

Another John Leaver! Did your parents know what they were doing?!? (Says the mother of John Leaver)

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Maureen
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I think you just didn't have the energy to think up an original name after labour.

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