Family of Lawrence Ernest Leader and Kate Valentine

Husband:
Lawrence Ernest Leader (1904-1961)
Wife:
Kate Valentine (1890-1971)
Status:
Divorced
Marriage:
Q1 1927
Leicester "Registration District", Leicestershire, England¹

Husband: Lawrence Ernest Leader

Name:
Lawrence Ernest Leader^2,3
Sex:
Male
Father:
Ernest Frederick Leader (1881-1953)
Mother:
Ada Elizabeth Mobbs (1879-1976)
Occupation:
engineers fitter⁴
Birth:
23 Dec 1904
Leicester "Registration District", Leicestershire, England^2,4,5
Baptism:
12 Feb 1905 (age 0)
St. Michael's Church, Melton Road, Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire, England⁶
son of Ernest Frederick Leader (warehouseman) and Ada Elizabeth of 62 Acorn Street
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 6)
212 Harrison Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, England⁵
son attending school and living in six rooms with his parents Ernest and Ada. Born in Leicestershire
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 34)
30 Rotherby Avenue, Leicester, Leicestershire, England⁴
a married engineers fitter living with Ivy E Moss his future wife. Born on 23rd December 1904
Death:
Q4 1961 (age 56)
Leicester "Registration District", Leicestershire, England³

Wife: Kate Valentine

Name:
Kate Valentine^7,8,9
Sex:
Female
Nickname:
Kitty
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Occupation:
short hand typist then a commercial teacher^10,11
Birth:
14 Apr 1890
Leicester, Leicestershire, England^{7,10,11,12,13,14}
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 11 mns)
49 Emerald Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England¹²
daughter living with her parents John and Kate. Born in Leicester Leicestershire
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 10)
51 Harrison Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England¹³
daughter living with her parents John and Kate, sisters Grace and Christine, brothers John, Sidney and Frank, and cousin Clara A Wesson. Born in Leicester Leicestershire
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 20)
51 Harrison Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England¹⁰
an unmarried daughter working as a short hand typist and living in six rooms with her parents John and Kate, brothers John, Sidney, Frank and Norman, and sisters Grace and Christine. Born in Leicester Leicestershire
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 49)
Okehampstead, Brook Street, Syston, Leicestershire, England¹¹
a married commercial teacher living with her sons Herbert, Dudley and John Whenham. Born on 14th April 1890 and married a Surman at a later date. Note that off Brook Street is a road named Dudley Whenham Close (was this named after her son Dudley?)
Death:
26 Feb 1971 (age 80)
Leicester "Central Registration District", Leicestershire, England^9,14
Probate:
22 Jul 1971
Probate Registry, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England⁹
otherwise known as Kitty of 1535 Melton Road Queniborough Leicestershire died 26th February 1971, probate of £6,979 (~£89,000 in 2017)

Note on Marriage

Divorce assumed as they both remarried

Note on Wife: Kate Valentine

Previously married Herbert J Whenham (c1891-1921) in Leicester in 1915 then after divorcing Lawrence she married James Surman in Leicester Central in 1951^8,15,16

Sources

1.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Leicester 1927 quarter:1 volume:7a page:429. Cit. Date: 27 August 2021.

2.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Leicester 1905 quarter:1 volume:7a page:185. Cit. Date: 26 August 2021.

3.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Leicester 1961 quarter:4 volume:3a page:657. Cit. Date: 28 August 2021.

4.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6004A page:19 line:43 letter code:RECP. Cit. Date: 27 August 2021.

5.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:19209 class:RG78 piece:1150B registration district:407 sub-district:1 enumeration district:45 schedule:303. Cit. Date: 26 August 2021.

6.: FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Leicestershire Baptisms Belgrave St. Michael baptisms ref:DE1468/4 page:5 entry:36. Cit. Date: 26 August 2021.

7.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Leicester 1890 quarter:2 volume:7a page:294. Cit. Date: 27 August 2021.

8.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Leicester 1915 quarter:2 volume:7a page:858. Cit. Date: 27 August 2021.

9.: 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). Nottingham 1971 page:578. Cit. Date: 27 August 2021.

10.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:19173 class:RG78 piece:1150A registration district:407 sub-district:1 enumeration district:9 schedule:224. Cit. Date: 27 August 2021.

11.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6061A page:17 line:9 letter code:RGEC. Cit. Date: 27 August 2021.

12.: England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:2541 folio:109 page:43 schedule:230. Cit. Date: 27 August 2021.

13.: England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:2987 folio:22 page:36 schedule:227. Cit. Date: 27 August 2021.

14.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Leicester Central 1971 quarter:1 volume:3a page:1475. Cit. Date: 27 August 2021.

15.: Ibid. Leicester 1921 quarter:3 volume:7a page:250. Cit. Date: 27 August 2021.