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LEETE, Francis Leonard
1881 - 1945 (64 years) Has 8 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.
1857 - 1940 (83 years)-
Name LEETE, Francis Leonard Birth 1881 Leicester, Leicestershire 
Gender Male Death 1945 Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire Person ID I4824 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father LEETE, Tempest, b. 2 Jul 1856, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Englansd d. Abt 1930 (Age 73 years) Relationship natural Mother PRETTY, Naomi Elizabeth, b. 1857, Leicester, Leicestershire d. 1940, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 83 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1877 Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire Family ID F1542 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family CUNNINGHAM, Mary, b. Between 1878 and 1879, County Meath, Ireland d. 1935, Billesdon Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 57 years) Marriage 1905 Leicester, Leicestershire Children 1. LEETE, Frank Harry, b. 19 Feb 1906, Leicester, Leicestershire d. 1972, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 65 years)2. LEETE, Thomas Leonard, b. 1907, Leicester, Leicestershire d. 1960, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 53 years)3. LEETE, Ada Mary E., b. 4 Apr 1909, Leicester, Leicestershire d. 1991, Leicestershire Central Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 81 years)Family ID F2040 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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FRANCIS LEONARD LEETE 1881-1945
The birth of a Francis Leonard LEETE was registered in 1881.
(GRO March Q 1881 Leicester 7a 291)
The 1881 census of 42 King Street, Leicester, Leicestershire:
Mary Ann PRETTY, head, aged 49, widow, dressmaker, born at Leicester;
Frank J. PRETTY, son, aged 25, unmarried, master painter, born at Leicester;
Naomi E. LEETE, daughter, aged 23, married, shoe machinist, born at Leicester;
Julia PRETTY, daughter, aged 15, shoe machinist, born at Leicester;
*Francis L. LEETE, grandson, aged 2 months, born at Leicester;
James T. CRAMANT, nephew, aged 26, unmarried, master painter, born at Leicester.
(RG11/3173/16/6)
The 1891 census of 52 King Street, Leicester St.Mary:
Mary A. PRETTY, head, aged 62, widow, dressmaker, born at Castle Donnington, Leicestershire;
Naomi E. LEETE, daughter, aged 33, married, machinist, born at Leicester;
*Francis L. LEETE, grandson, aged 10, scholar, born at Leicester;
Harry S. LEETE, grandson, aged 9, scholar, born at Leicester;
Harry HOLLAND, boarder, aged 22, single, carpenter, born at Woodhouse, Leicestershire.
(RG11/2536/20/15)
The 1901 census of 66 Hilbert Street, Leicester:
Mary Ann PRETTY, head, aged 72, widow, milliner and dressmaker, worker, born at Castle Donnington, Leicestershire;
Elizabeth LEETE, daughter, aged 43, married, boot machinist, worker, born at Leicester;
*Leonard LEETE, grandson, aged 19, single, plumber's apprentice, born at Leicester;
Harry LEETE, grandson, aged 18, paperhanger's and painter's apprentice, born at Leicester.
(RG13/3005/133/24)
Francis Leonard LEETE married Mary O'BRIEN, widow, at Leicester Register Office on 5 August 1905. She was 26 years old, living at 75 London Road, Leicester, and daughter of Patrick CUNNINGHAM, a deceased steward and gardener. Francis Leonard LEETE was a 26 year old bachelor, a plumber journeyman of 66 Cranmer Street, Leicester, son of John (sic) LEETE, a shoe clicker. Witnesses were Frank Earl DUDGEON and Ellen CUNNINGHAM.
(GRO September Q 1905 Leicester 7a 550)
Note: Tony BATE wrote that she was his aunt Louisa's Irish maid.
The 1911 census of 10 Skipworth Street, Leicester:
*Leonard LEETE, head, aged 31, house painter, born Leicester, Leicestershire;
Mary LEETE, wife, married 6 years, aged 33, born Moate C W Mantle, Ireland;
Frank LEETE, son, aged 5, school, born in Leicester, Leicestershire;
Thomas LEETE, son, aged 3, born in Leicester, Leicestershire;
Ada LEETE, daughter, aged 2, born in Leicestershire;
Caroline TURNER, boarder, widow, aged 74, private means, born at Bedminister, Dorset.
(RP14PN19229 RG78PN1151 RD407 SD2 ED12 SN37)
(revised 18.08.2010)