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WEST, William
1867 - 1940 (72 years) Has 30 ancestors and 10 descendants in this family tree.
1828 - 1909 (80 years)-
Name WEST, William Birth 29 Apr 1867 Leicester, Leicestershire 
Gender Male Death 1940 Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire Person ID I1410 Edgoose Last Modified 29 Jan 2026
Father WEST, David, b. 1836, Middleton, Northamptonshire, England d. 23 Oct 1895, Leicester, Leicestershire (Age 59 years) Mother EDGOOSE, Kerenhappuck, b. 15 Nov 1828, Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England d. 29 Oct 1909, Leicester, Leicestershire, (Age 80 years) Marriage 24 Jul 1860 Leicester, Leicestershire Family ID F191 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family HOLLINGWORTH, Rachel Mary Maud, b. 16 Dec 1874, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, England d. 1961, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 86 years) Marriage 1897 Leicester Registration Distict, Leicestershire Children 1. WEST, William Arthur, b. 1898, Leicester, Leicestershire d. Yes, date unknown2. WEST, Herbert David, b. 1900, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire d. 1900, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 0 years)3. WEST, Frank Winfrey, b. 1 Dec 1901, Leicester, Leicestershire d. 21 Oct 1982, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England (Age 80 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. WEST, Ethel May, b. 21 Apr 1902, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire d. 1988, Leicestershire Central Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 85 years)5. WEST, Arthur, b. 1904, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire d. 1904, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 0 years)6. WEST, Leonard David, b. 18 Sep 1910, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire d. 1992, Loughborough Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 81 years)7. WEST, Laurence Jesse, b. 24 Nov 1911, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire d. 1996, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 84 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]8. WEST, Ernest Gordon, b. 15 Nov 1920 d. 21 Oct 2005 (Age 84 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F825 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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WILLIAM WEST 1867-1938
The birth of William WEST was registered in 1867.
(GRO June Q 1867 [EDGOOSE] Leicester 7a 193)
The 1871 census returns for 22 William Street, Leicester:
David WEST, head, aged 34, carpenter, born at Middleton, Norhamptonshire;
Kerinhappuck (sic) WEST, wife, aged 37, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Jessie WEST, son, aged 7, scholar, born in Leicestershire;
*William WEST, son, aged 3, born in Leicestershire;
Mary Edgoose WEST, aged 2, born in Leicestershire.
(RG10/3271/104/12)
The 1881 census returns for 35 Stanley Street, Leicester St. Margaret:
David WEST ,head, aged 44, carpenter and joiner, born at Shilton, Northamptonshire;
Heren H. WEST (sic), wife, aged 47 (!), born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Jessie (sic) WEST, son, aged 17, pupil teacher, born in Leicester;
*William WEST, son, aged 13, born in Leicester;
Mary WEST, daughter, aged 12, born in Leicester.
(RG11/3164/41/12)
The 1891 census returns for 30 St. Saviour's Road, Leicester:
David WEST, head, aged 54, carpenter, born at Middleton, Northampton.;
Kerrenhappuch WEST, wife, aged 57, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
*William WEST, son, aged 23, heel builder, born in Leicester;
Mary WEST, daughter, aged 22, schoolteacher, born in Leicester.
(RG12/2528/32/15)
He married Rachel Mary B. HOLLINGWORTH in 1897.
(GRO September Q 1897 7a 557)
The 1901 census return for 32 St. Saviours Road, Leicester:
*William WEST, head, aged 33, employed as a shoe machine operator, born Leicester;
Rachel WEST, wife, aged 26, born Chilwell, Nottinghamshire;
William A. WEST, son, aged 2, born Leicester;
Frank W. WEST, aged 4 months, born Leicester;
Jemmima (sic) WADE, aunt, aged 82, widow, living on own means, born Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
(RG13/2999/169/13)
Her sister Kerrenhappuck WEST lived next door at No. 30 St. Saviour's Road.
The 1911 census of 32 St. Saviour's Road, Leicester, Leicestershire:
*William WEST, head, aged 43, married, leather warehouseman, born in Leicester, Leicestershire;
Rachel WEST, wife, aged 36, married 14 years, 6 children (4 living), born at Chilwell, Nottinghamshire;
William Arthur WEST, son, aged 12, school, born in Leicester, Leicestershire;
Frank Winfrey WEST, son, aged 10, school, born in Leicester, Leicestershire;
Ethel May WEST, daughter, aged 8, school, born in Leicester, Leicestershire;
Leonard David WEST, son, aged 6 months, born in Leicester, Leicestershire.
Jane COY, boarder, aged 62, single, independant means, born at Sproxton, Leicestershire.
(RG14/19253)
Their seventh child, Ernest Gordon WEST, was born in 1920.
(GRO December Q 1920 Leicester 7a 469)
From the 1939 Register of 2 Beckingham Road, Leicester C.B., Leicestershire:
*William WEST, born 29 April 1867, leather salesman retired, married;
Rachel (Mary) WEST, born 16 December 1874, unpaid domestic duties, married;
Frank Winfrey WEST, born 1 December 1900, confectioner, cake maker, single;
Lawrence Jesse WEST, born 24 November 1911, salesman greengrocery, single;
Ernest Gordon WEST, born 15 November 1920, confectionary (retired) motor driver, single.
(RG101/6020A/020/32 RESD)
The death of William WEST aged 72 was registered in 1940.
(GRO March Q 1940 Leicester 7a 251)
NOTES & QUERIES:
Two children died before the 1911 census. See above. Their names are not known.
(revised 03.06.2017)