See also

Family of Spencer Stephen Leek and Sarah Clark

  • Husband:

  • Spencer Stephen Leek (1848?-1886)

  • Wife:

  • Sarah Clark (1845?-1885)

  • Children:

  • Spencer Stephen Leek (1874-1949)

  •  

  • Ellen Leek (1875-1957)

  •  

  • Herbert Arthur Leek (1879-1915)

  • Marriage:

  • 29 Nov 1873

  • All Saints, Walton le Soken, Essex, England1,2

  •  

  • Spencer a moulder, Sarah as Sarah Green, both of full age, single and of Walton le Soken, by banns, groom's father Timothy Leek baker, bride's father Benjamin Clark labourer, witnesses Joseph Daniels and Sarah Bates

Husband: Spencer Stephen Leek

  • Name:

  • Spencer Stephen Leek3,4,5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Timothy Leek (1795?-1880)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Brown (1812-1878)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • iron moulder6,7

  • Birth:

  • May 1848 (app)

  • Woodbridge, Suffolk, England3,4,5

  • Baptism:

  • 20 Mar 1850 (age 1)

  • St. John's Church, St. John's Hill, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England8,9

  •  

  • son of Timothy Leek and Mary

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 2)

  • Thoroughfare, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son aged 3 as S S Leek, living with parents, two siblings and a nurse. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 12)

  • Turret Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son aged 13 single as Spencer St Leake, attending school and living with parents and a sibling. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 22)

  • Wickham Market, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son aged 23 single as Spencer S Leek, moulder living with parents. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 32)

  • Woodbridge Road, Wickham Market, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • lodger aged 35 married, moulder living with Henry Clouting and family. Born in Woodbridge

  • Death:

  • Oct 1886 (age 39)

  • East Suffolk Hospital, Anglesea Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11,12,13

  •  

  • both SFHS Burial index and NBI say age was 36

  • Burial:

  • 25 Oct 1886

  • Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12,13

  •  

  • aged 36 and of Ipswich Union House

Wife: Sarah Clark

  • Name:

  • Sarah Clark2,14,15

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Father:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • stay maker16

  • Birth:

  • 1845 (app)

  • Great Clacton, Essex, England16,17

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 5-6)

  • Rush Green, Great Clacton, Essex, England18

  •  

  • daughter aged 8 unmarried, at home living with parents, three siblings, an aunt and her two children. Born in Great Clacton, Essex

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 15-16)

  • Rush Green, Great Clacton, Essex, England19

  •  

  • daughter aged 18 unmarried, living with parents and four siblings. Born in Great Clacton, Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 25-26)

  • Tendring Union Workhouse, Heath Road, Tendring Heath, Essex, England17

  •  

  • pauper aged 27 married, wife of a brewers labourer. Born in Great Clacton, Essex

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 36)

  • St. Clements Church Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • married boarder working as a stay maker and living with Thomas Buckenham and family, sons Spencer and Herbert, and daughter Elen. Born in Great Clacton Essex

  • Death:

  • Jan 1885 (age 40)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England13,20

  • Burial:

  • 5 Feb 1885

  • Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • aged 40

Child 1: Spencer Stephen Leek

  • Name:

  • Spencer Stephen Leek21,22

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Emma Elizabeth Heath (1877-1933)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • foundry machinist then a machinist for E R & F Turner23,24,25,26

  • Birth:

  • 28 Apr 1874

  • Wickham Market, Suffolk, England16,21,23,24,26,27

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 7)

  • St. Clements Church Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • son attending school and living with Thomas Buckenham and family, his mother Sarah, brother Herbert, and sister Elen. Born in Wickham Market Suffolk

  • Census absence:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 16)

  •  

  •  

  • no trace in the census, he was probably in care or in service as parents had died, younger brother was in the workhouse

  • Military Beginning:

  • 7 Feb 1899 (age 24)

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England25

  •  

  • enlisted in the 1st Volunteer Battalion Suffolk Regiment

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 26)

  • 16 Milner Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England23

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a machinist in an iron foundry and living with his wife Emma. Born in Wickham Market Suffolk

  • Address:

  • 2 Apr 1908 (age 33)

  • 151 Rosehill Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England25

  • Military Service:

  • frm 2 Apr 1908 to 1 Apr 1916 (age 33-41)

  • British Army 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment no:8325

  •  

  • machinist for E R & F Turner living at 151 Rosehill Road, Ipswich, promoted to Corporal 1910 and Sergeant 1915, served at home 5 August 1914 to discharge due to the expiration of his period of engagement

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 36)

  • 151 Rosehill Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England24

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a machine operator in an iron foundry and living in six rooms with his wife Emma, son Arthur, and daughters Nellie and Alice. Born in Wickham Market Suffolk

  • Medals:

  • 1 Apr 191625

  •  

  •  

  • Territorial Efficiency Medal

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 47 yrs 2 mns)

  • 151 Rosehill Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England26

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a machinist for E.R.F Turners of College Street Ipswich and living in six rooms with his wife Emma, son Arthur, and daughter Alice. Born in Wickham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 65)

  • 151 Rosehill Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England27

  •  

  • a widowed peam (sic) horizontal boring? machine operator (heavy worker) living with his daughter Alice. Born on 28th April 1874

  • Death:

  • 22 Feb 1949 (age 74)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England22,28

  • Probate:

  • 23 Apr 1949

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England28

  •  

  • of 606 Nacton Road Ipswich died 22nd February 1949, administration of effects of £725 8s 5d (~£23,000 in 2017) to Alice Elizabeth Pinner (wife of George Ernest Edward Pinner)

Child 2: Ellen Leek

  • Name:

  • Ellen Leek29

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Nellie

  • Spouse:

  • Charles Burrows (1868-1957)

  • Birth:

  • 24 Nov 1875

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England16,29,30,31,32

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 6)

  • St. Clements Church Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with Thomas Buckenham and family, her mother Sarah, and brothers Spencer and Herbert. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census absence:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 15)

  •  

  •  

  • no trace in the census, she was probably in care or in service as parents had died, younger brother was in the workhouse

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 25)

  • Jolliffe Row, Merstham, Surrey, England30

  •  

  • married wife as Nellie Burrows living in two rooms with her husband Charles, son Dan and daughter Caroline. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 35)

  • 92 Jolliffe Row, Merstham, Surrey, England31

  •  

  • married wife as Nellie Burrows living in four rooms with her husband Charles, sons Dan and John, and daughters Caroline, Nellie, Ivy and Noreen. Born in Ipswich Suffolk and married for twelve years with six children, all of whom are still living

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 63)

  • 1 May Cottages, Mugswell, Surrey, England32

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Chareles. Born on 24th November 1875. Note that her daughter Ivy and her family lived next door

  • Death:

  • Q4 1957 (age 82)

  • Surrey "Mid Eastern Registration District", Surrey, England33

Child 3: Herbert Arthur Leek

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Son: Herbert Arthur Leek

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Spouse: Florence Anne Julian

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Herbert Arthur Leek war memorial

  • Name:

  • Herbert Arthur Leek34,35

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Florence Anne Julian (1886-1938)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • drummer in a military band36

  • Birth:

  • 22 Nov 1879

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England16,34,36,37

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 16 mns)

  • St. Clements Church Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • son living with Thomas Buckenham and family, his mother Sarah, brother Spencer, and sister Elen. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 11)

  • St. Johns Home, Bloomfield Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England37

  •  

  • ordinary inmate pauper livign with an Arthur Leek aged 7. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Military Beginning:

  • Oct 1894 (age 14)

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England36,38

  •  

  • as a drummer in the 1st West Yorkshire Regiment

  • Military Service:

  • frm 1894 to 1906 (age 14-27)

  • 1st West Yorkshire Regiment36

  •  

  • in India and China

  • Census absence:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 21)

  •  

  •  

  • abroad on military service

  • Military Ending:

  • 1906 (age 26-27)36

  •  

  •  

  • being presented with a silver watch at his retirement by the bandsmen of his battalion

  • Military Beginning:

  • Jun 1909 (age 29)36

  •  

  •  

  • Lance Corporal in the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment being a musician in the band

  • Military Service:

  • Aug 1914 (age 34)

  • -36

  •  

  • appointed Sergeant Drummer no:8778 6th (Service) Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment

  • Military Service:

  • 1 Jul 1915 (age 35)

  • -; Dardanelles, Turkey36

  •  

  • served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force

  • Death:

  • 21 Aug 1915 (age 35)

  • Dardanelles, Turkey36,38,39

  •  

  • Cause: in action

  • War Memorial:

  •  

  • Helles Memorial, Seddulbahir Koyu ic Yolu, Seddulbahir, Gallipoli, Turkey39

  •  

  • Sergeant 8778 of 6th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, died 21st August 1915 aged 35, husband of Florence A Leek of 15 Norwood Grove Beverley, Yorkshire

Note on Wife: Sarah Clark

Sarah's parents were Benjamin and Elizabeth Clark and she was previously married to George Green (c1839-c1870)

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2.

Marriage Certificate. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge volume:12 page:51.

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