WEST, William Arthur

1898 - Yes, date unknown   Has 34 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

WEST, William

1867 - 1940  (72 years)

Birth	29 Apr 1867	Leicester, Leicestershire
Died	1940	Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire
Father	WEST, David,   b. 1836, Middleton, Northamptonshire, England
Mother	EDGOOSE, Kerenhappuck,   b. 15 Nov 1828, Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England
Married	24 Jul 1860	Leicester, Leicestershire
Family	HOLLINGWORTH, Rachel Mary Maud,   b. 16 Dec 1874, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, England
Married	1897	Leicester Registration Distict, Leicestershire
Children	1. WEST, William Arthur,   b. 1898, Leicester, Leicestershire   2. WEST, Herbert David,   b. 1900, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire   3. WEST, Frank Winfrey,   b. 1 Dec 1901, Leicester, Leicestershire   4. WEST, Ethel May,   b. 21 Apr 1902, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire   5. WEST, Arthur,   b. 1904, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire   6. WEST, Leonard David,   b. 18 Sep 1910, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire   7. WEST, Laurence Jesse,   b. 24 Nov 1911, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire   8. WEST, Ernest Gordon,   b. 15 Nov 1920

HOLLINGWORTH, Rachel Mary Maud

1874 - 1961  (86 years)

Birth	16 Dec 1874	Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, England
Died	1961	Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire
Father	HOLLINGWORTH, William,   b. Between 1847 and 1848, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, England
Mother	.........., Sarah,   b. Between 1845 and 1846, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, England
Married	UNKNOWN
Family	WEST, William,   b. 29 Apr 1867, Leicester, Leicestershire
Married	1897	Leicester Registration Distict, Leicestershire
Children	1. WEST, William Arthur,   b. 1898, Leicester, Leicestershire   2. WEST, Herbert David,   b. 1900, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire   3. WEST, Frank Winfrey,   b. 1 Dec 1901, Leicester, Leicestershire   4. WEST, Ethel May,   b. 21 Apr 1902, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire   5. WEST, Arthur,   b. 1904, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire   6. WEST, Leonard David,   b. 18 Sep 1910, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire   7. WEST, Laurence Jesse,   b. 24 Nov 1911, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire   8. WEST, Ernest Gordon,   b. 15 Nov 1920

• Name	WEST, William Arthur
  Birth	1898	Leicester, Leicestershire
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I2819	Edgoose
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	WEST, William,   b. 29 Apr 1867, Leicester, Leicestershire d. 1940, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 72 years)
  Mother	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
  Family ID	F825	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  WILLIAM ARTHUR WEST 1898- The birth of William Arthur WEST was registered in 1898. (GRO December Q 1898 Leicester 7a 228) The 1901 census return for 32 St. Saviours Road, Leicester: William, 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, widow, living on own means, born Gosberton, Lincolnshire; (RG13/2999/169/13) 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) His niece Halina WEST wrote that William Arthur WEST was killed in action in the First World War. I have not been able to confirm this, although I knew that his cousin Ernest Arthur WEST died during that conflict. The nearest candidate I could find was a William WEST of the Leicestershire Regiment, born in Sileby, Leicestershire, and killed in Mesopotamia in 1916. Not a very convincing piece of research, but a letter to the Regimental Archives asking for his next of kin might be decisive one way or another. (revised 08.02.2015)