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Marriages June 1910
WHITAKER, Susy – Burnley, 8e 526
LEAVER, Walter – Burnley, 8e 526

http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/Gra ... Leaver.htm
In Loving Memory of
Joseph WHITAKER
Whoe died June 9th 1926
Aged 59 years
Also Sarah Ellen
Wife of the above
Who died July 4th 1932
Aged 66 years
Also Walter LEAVER
Who died Feb 24th 1943
Aged 50 years
Also Susy LEAVER
Wife of the above
Who died Feb 22nd 1953
Aged 66 years
Called to higher service

1953 – LEAVER Susy of 22 Bulcock street, Burnley, widow died 22 February 1953 at the General Hospital Burnley. Probate London 1 April to Harold Leaver, electrical engineer and Eva Clegg (wife of Alan Clegg). Effects £1,527 6s. 11d.

1932 – WHITAKER Sarah Ellen of 62 Ansdell road, Blackpool, widow died 4 July 1932 at 22 Bulcock street, Burnley. Probate London 13 July to Walter Leaver, overlooker and Susy Leaver (wife of the said Walter Leaver). Effects £251 10s. 7d.

Births June 1886
Leaver Walter – Burnley, 8e, 241

Deaths March 1943
LEAVER Walter (age 56) – Burnley, 8e, 213

Unrelated death:
Deaths June 1917
LEAVER Walter (age 32) – Burnley, 8e, 303

Canadian Passenger Lists
Name: Halstead Leaver
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
Date of Arrival: 7 April 1914
Vessel: Tunisian
Port of Arrival: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Destination: Montreal, Quebec

Canadian Passenger Lists
Name: Alice Leaver
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
Date of Arrival: 7 April 1914
Vessel: Tunisian
Port of Arrival: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Destination: Montreal, Quebec

UK Incoming Passenger Lists
Name: Wilmot H. Leaver
Birth Date: abt 1883
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 2 October 1933
Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England
Ports of Voyage: New York, Boston and C_Bh
Ship Name: Britannic
Shipping Line: White Star Line

Port of Embarkation: Boston
Port at which Passengers have been landed: Liverpool
Name: LEAVER, Wilmot H.
Proposed Address in the UK: 96 Fir street, Nelson
Class:
Profession, Occupation: Clerk
Age: 50
Country of last Permanent Residence: U.S.A.

Port of Embarkation: Boston
Port at which Passengers have been landed: Liverpool
Name: LEAVER, Mary
Proposed Address in the UK: 96 Fir street, Nelson
Class:
Profession, Occupation: House Wife
Age: 52
Country of last Permanent Residence: U.S.A.

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Marriages Sept 1914
LEAVER Wilmot H. (Hardaker) – Burnley, 8e, 420
HARDAKER Mary (Leaver) – Burnley, 8e, 420
Great Marsden, St John the Evangelist

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British Army WW1 Medal Roll, 1914-1920
Name: Wilmot Henry Leaver
Regiment or Corps: Lancashire Fusiliers, Labour Corps
Regimental Number: 34464, 387039
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5 April 1930 Census - 1930; Census Place: Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: 2174; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 269; Image: 437.0
Reservoir Avenue
Name: LEAVER, Wilmot H.
Relation: Head
Home Rented: R
Value of Home (Monthly Rental): 16.00
Age: 46
Age when married: 30
Place of Birth: England
Place of Birth, Father: England
Place of Birth, Mother: England
Language spoken in Home: English
Year of Immigration to the US: 1925
Naturalisation: Al?
Whether able to speak English: Yes
Trade, Profession: Store Manager
Industry: Chair Store
Class of Worker: W
Whether actually at work yesterday: Yes
Whether a veteran of U.S. military or naval forces: No

Name: LEAVER, Mary
Relation: Wife-H
Home Rented: R
Value of Home (Monthly Rental): 16.00
Age: 48
Age when married: 32
Place of Birth: England
Place of Birth, Father: England
Place of Birth, Mother: England
Language spoken in Home: English
Year of Immigration to the US: 1925
Naturalisation: Al?
Whether able to speak English: Yes
Trade, Profession: None
Industry:
Class of Worker:
Whether actually at work yesterday:
Whether a veteran of U.S. military or naval forces:

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U.S. WW2 Draft Registration Card, 1942

REGISTRATION CARD-(Men born on or after April 28, 1877 and on or before February 16, 1897)
Serial Number: 357
Name: Wilmot Henry Leaver
Place of Residence: 15 Cecile street, Saylesville, Rhode Island
Mailing Address: Same
Telephone: Yes
Exchange: Perry 0429 W
Age in Years: 59
Date of Birth: June 21, 1883
Place of Birth: Worsorne (sic), England
Name and Address of person who will always know your address: Mrs. W. H. Leaver, 15 Cecile street, Saylesville, Rhode Island
Employment: First National Stores
Place of Employment or Business: 1104 Smithfield Ave, Saylesville, Rhode Island

I never saw one of these US censuses before. Some interesting questions on there.

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Maureen
If you can't fight, wear a big 'at

Maureen

blank US Census forms from 1790 to 1930 can be viewed or downloaded at http://www.ancestry.co.uk/charts/census.aspx Lots of questions right from the start, in fact I've often wished the UK Census asked as many (but not about me, of course!) There's a link to some Canadian forms there as well.

Charon

Thanks Charon. I didn't know about the sample forms.
I agree about some of the questions. More relevant than some of the questions on ours.

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Maureen
If you can't fight, wear a big 'at

Bit of a puzzler this -
We have John Leaver 1794 - 1871, fully accounted for as to birth, death, wives & censuses. Now I've found this one:
1871
RG10; Piece: 4152; Folio: 89; Page: 15
Mereclough Cliviger
John LEver, 78, head, marr, annuitant, b Briercliffe
Esther Lever, 65, wife, marr, b Hapton.

1861
Class: RG9; Piece: 3074; Folio: 54; Page: 11
Mereclough Cliviger
John Leaver 60, head, marr, calico weaver, b Cliviger
Easther Leaver,59, wife, marr, b Cliviger

I've tried every which way but can't find them on any other census.

This is probably her death:
1882 Burnley 3rd qr. Vol 8e p148. Esther Leaver aged 76
and maybe (?) his:
1881 Burnley 2nd qr. Vol 8e p136. John Leaver aged 82

I searched the marriage indexes from 9/1837 to 1871 and the only marriage I could find of a John Lever/ Leaver and an Esther was:
Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1846
LEAVER, John & BORROWCROFT Esther at Burnley, Holy Trinity. Records at Preston CE104/1/358.
Obviously in view of their ages, John & Esther may have been married before 1837. Bur even if they were I can't account for the couple in the marriage.
The marriage does appear on Ancestry ‘England & Wales marriages 1538 – 1940’ but my subscription would need upgrading for that.

Stuck now as Ancestry just died on me.

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Maureen
If you can't fight, wear a big 'at

Maybe this family has something to do with that grave Marion mentioned?

Always possible I suppose.
What intrigues me is that when I first found them it was 1871, where he shows his birth place as Briercliffe. The next one shows Cliviger but I'm dubious of that as it shows Cliviger for her too and she'd previosly put Hapton. I think it's possible the enumerator in 1861 made assumptions that they'd always been in Cliviger.
IWhen I can get ancestry back I'm going to check out Cliviger 1851 a page at a time to see whether I can find them. See whether there are any more clues. Then when I next go to Preston I'll look up the marriage cert for his father's name - assuming it's the same couple.

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Maureen
If you can't fight, wear a big 'at

Transcribed as "Lewer" (that's a new one I think)
1851
HO107; Piece: 2251; Folio: 30; Page: 13
Mereclough Cliviger
John Leaver, 51, head, marr, weaver, b Briercliffe
Esther Leaver, 50, wife, marr, b Higher Booths

We do have some of the very early Leavers at Cliviger so I'm hoping this one will be useful. Just wish I could get my hands on the marriage cert this minute!

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Maureen
If you can't fight, wear a big 'at

Yes, Lewer is a new one! The transcriber was probably German…..

I wonder who John’s father was. Does the name tie into that Cliviger research you found at Preston?

Have to check when I get home. Unfortunately the Preston stuff was in the notepad that was on the coffee table when the glass of wine fell over. I'm still trying to decipher half of it!

If (hopefully) the marriage above is the right one it could be really useful. The father's name would relate to someone born to a generation we know little about.

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Maureen
If you can't fight, wear a big 'at

1881 Census - RG11; Piece: 3846; Folio: 131; Page: 25
62 Bk. Spring Gardens, Great Bolton
Alice Chadwick, Head, Unm, 53yrs, Cotton Reeler, b. Oldham
Leah Haslam, Lodger, Unm, 29yrs, Cotton Reeler, b. Bolton
Esther Lever, Lodger, Widow, 75yrs, Annuitant, b. Bolton

Wrong one.....

1871 Census - RG10; Piece: 3943; Folio: 147; Page: 4
62 Back Spring Gardens, Great Bolton
Mary Chadwick, Head, Widow, 72yrs, Annuitant, b. Halliwell
Alice Chadwick, Daughter, Unm, 48yrs, Realer Cotton, b. Oldham
Ester Lever, Sister, Widow, 63yrs, Laundress, b. Halliwell

Kris, we already have 1871 - that was the first one I found.

Shelled out for the Ancestry details of the Leaver/ Borrowcroft marriage but it's a disappointment - all it told me that I didn't already know was the groom's father's name. William Leaver. It's a start but I still want to see the full record to see what else I can glean.

We don't seem to have an obvious William to fit the bill.

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Maureen
If you can't fight, wear a big 'at