CHAMBERLAIN, Reuben

1853 - Yes, date unknown   Has no ancestors and no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	CHAMBERLAIN, Reuben
  Birth	7 Jun 1853	Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I3097	Edgoose
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

• Notes

  REUBEN CHAMBERLAIN or LEETE 1853- Reuben CHAMBERLIN [sic], the illegitimate son of Bithiah CHAMBERLIN [sic] of Guilden Morden, was born at Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, on 7 June 1853. The informant was Esther CHAMBERLIN, occupier. (GRO June Q 1853 Royston 3a 183) Bithiah CHAMBERLAIN married Tempest LEETE at Old Church, St. Pancras, London, on 22 October 1855. From the 1861 census of Bedford Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire: Tempest LEETE, head, aged 66, retired farmer, born at Shingay, Cambridgeshire; Bithiah LEETE, wife, aged 33, born at Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire; Frances LEETE, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born at Guilden Morden; *Reuben LEETE, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Guilden Morden; Tempest LEETE, son, aged 4, scholar, born at Hitchin. (RG9/819/70/26) In 1871 he was living at 21Chestnut Street, Leicester: Arthur EDGOOSE, head, aged 57, messenger in yarn warehouse, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire; Bithiah EDGOOSE, wife, aged 44, born at Mordan (sic), Cambridgeshire; *Reuben LEETE, son, aged 18, elastic band hand, born at Mordan (sic); Tempest LEETE, son, aged 14, clicker, born at Hitchin, Hertfordshire. (RG10/3283/24/19) Untraced after 1871 census of England+Wales. NOTES & QUERIES: Information on the children of Tempest LEETE's second marriage came from Tom Leete (e-mail: tleete@ucsd.ed). (revised 28.03.2013)