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WEST, David
1836 - 1895 (59 years) Has 2 ancestors and 25 descendants in this family tree.
Abt 1801 - 1878 (74 years)-
Name WEST, David Birth 1836 Middleton, Northamptonshire, England 
Gender Male Death 23 Oct 1895 Leicester, Leicestershire Person ID I402 Edgoose Last Modified 30 Jan 2026
Father WEST, William, b. Abt 1797, Middleton, Northamptonshire, England d. 1882, Kettering Registration District, Northamptonshire (Age 85 years) Mother LATIMER, Mary, b. Abt 1801, Corby, Northamptonshire, England d. Between 1875 and 1878 (Age 74 years) Marriage 7 Jul 1823 Cottingham, Northamptonshire, England Family ID F83 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family EDGOOSE, Kerenhappuck, b. 15 Nov 1828, Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England d. 29 Oct 1909, Leicester, Leicestershire, (Age 80 years) Marriage 24 Jul 1860 Leicester, Leicestershire Children 1. WEST, William, b. 1862, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire d. 1862, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 0 years)2. WEST, Jesse, b. 1863, Leicester, Leicestershire d. 1936, Wolverhampton Registration District, Staffordshire (Age 73 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. WEST, William, b. 1866, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire d. 1866, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 0 years)4. WEST, William, b. 29 Apr 1867, Leicester, Leicestershire d. 1940, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 72 years)5. WEST, Mary Edgoose, b. 1869, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire d. 17 Nov 1946, Leicester, Leicestershire (Age 77 years)6. WEST, Arthur Winfrey, b. 1871, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire d. 1872, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 1 year)Family ID F191 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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DAVID WEST 1836-1895
David WEST was baptised at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Kettering, Northamptonshire on 26 June 1836, son of William and Mary WEST. William WEST, a farmer of Shilton, Northants, had married Mary LATIMER or LATIMORE at Cottingham, Northamptonshire on 7 July 1823.
From the 1841 census of the hamlet of Middleton, Northamptonshire:
William WEST, aged 45, agricultural labourer, born in Northamptonshire;
Mary WEST, aged 40, born in Northamptonshire;
William WEST, aged 16, born in Northamptonshire;
Mary WEST, aged 12, born in Northamptonshire;
Sarah WEST, aged 10, born in Northamptonshire;
Job WEST, aged 8, born in Northamptonshire;
*David WEST, aged 5, born in Northamptonshire;
Jabis WEST, aged 5 months, born in Northamptonshire.
(HO107/797/7/6/11)
From the 1851 census of Middleton, Northamptonshire:
William WEST, head, aged 54, farmer of 40 acres employing 2 men, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
Mary WEST, wife, aged 50, farmer's wife, born at Corby, Northamptonshire;
William WEST, son, aged 26, farmer's son, at home, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
Mary WEST, daughter, aged 22, farmer's daughter, at home, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
Job WEST, daughter, aged 18, farmer's son, at home, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
*David WEST, son, aged 14, scholar, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
Jabez Thos. WEST, aged 10, scholar, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire.
(HO107/1744/587/13)
Kerenhappuch EDGOOSE was living at 14 William Street, Leicester, when she married David WEST at the Bishop Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on 24 July 1860. She gave her age as 26, two years older than her husband, when in fact she was almost 332! David WEST was a carpenter and joiner of 56 Waterloo Street, Leicester, son of William WEST, farmer. Witnesses were Daniel PACEY and Emily Anne BAKER, the latter possibly daughter of her sister Caroline BAKER who is known to have been living in Leicester in 1862.
(GRO September Q 1860 Leicester 7a 309)
The 1861 census returns for 14 William Street, Leicester:
*David WEST, head, married, aged 24, carpenter & joiner, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
Kerenhappuch WEST, wife, married, aged 30, dressmaker, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Mary EDGOOSE, mother-in-law, widow, aged 75, formerly farmer's wife, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire.
(RG9/2285/49/2)
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 [sic] 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, Leicestershire:
*David WEST, head, aged 44, a carpenter and joiner. born at Shilton, Northamptonshire;
Heren H. WEST (sic), wife, aged 47, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Jessie 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)
According to the 1891 census returns for 30 St. Saviour's Road, Leicester, Leicestershire:
*David WEST, head, aged 54, carpenter, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
Kerrenhappuck, wife, aged 57, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
William WEST, son, aged 23, heel builder, born at Leicester;
Mary WEST, daughter, aged 22 years old, a schoolteacher, born Leicester.
(RG12/2528/32/15)
The death of a 59 year old David WEST was registered in 1895.
(GRO December Q 1895 Leicester 7a 105)
WEST David of Leicester builder died 23 October 1895 Probate Leicester 4 January to Kerenhappuch WEST widow Jesse WEST schoolmaster and George KELLY surgeon-dentist
Effects £15.
(National Probate Calendar 1896)
(revised 10.04.2015)