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LEEDER, Jessie Elmer
1853 - 1947 (94 years) Has 5 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.
1820 - 1893 (72 years)-
Name LEEDER, Jessie Elmer Birth 1853 Acle, Norfolk, England 
Gender Female Death 1947 Ipswich Registration District, Suffolk Person ID I720 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Father LEEDER, Richard, b. 29 Aug 1820, Bungay, Suffolk, England d. 5 Mar 1893, Acle, Norfolk, England (Age 72 years) Mother BROWNING, Elizabeth, b. 1811, Ramsden, Essex, England d. 2 Jan 1902, Acle, Norfolk, England (Age 91 years) Marriage 13 Oct 1840 Limpenhoe, Norfolk, England Family ID F244 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family GOLDSMITH, James Wales, b. 1853, Norwich, Norfolk, England d. 18 Aug 1908, Norwich Registration District, Norfolk (Age 55 years) Marriage 29 Apr 1880 Acle, Norfolk, England Children 1. GOLDSMITH, Archibald James, b. 1881, Norwich, Norfolk, England d. 12 Jan 1966, Maldon, Essex, England (Age 85 years)2. GOLDSMITH, Cecil William, b. 1882, Norwich, Norfolk, England d. 12 Nov 1932, Strand, Middlesex, London, England (Age 50 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. GOLDSMITH, Jessie Beatrice, b. 14 Nov 1883, Norwich, Norfolk, England d. 2 Mar 1975, Berrington, Shropshire, England (Age 91 years)4. GOLDSMITH, Daisy Florence, b. 1886, Norwich, Norfolk, England d. Aft 1914 (Age > 29 years)5. GOLDSMITH, Clifford Reginald, b. 25 Feb 1901, Norwich, Norfolk, England d. 1974, Ipswich Registration District, Suffolk (Age 72 years)Family ID F533 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JESSIE ELMER LEEDER 1853-1947
The birth of Jessie Elmer LEEDER, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth LEEDER, was registered in 1853.
(GRO December Q 1853 Blofield 4b 157)
Richard LEEDER had married Elizabeth BROWNING at Limpenhoe, Norfolk, on 13 October 1840.
The 1861 census of Acle, Norfolk:
Richard LEEDER, head, aged 40, shopkeeper and hairdresser, born at Bungay, Suffolk;
Elizabeth LEEDER, wife, aged 50, hairdresser's wife, born at (illegible);
Ellen LEEDER, daughter, aged 14, shop maid, born at Acle;
Julia H. LEEDER, daughter, aged 10, scholar, born at Acle;
*Jessie LEEDER, daughter, aged 7, scholar, born at Acle;
Fred LEEDER, son, aged 3, born at Acle;
Emily M. HASTINGS, boarder, pupil teacher to (illegible), born at Mundsley, Norfolk.
(RG9/1227/92/9)
The 1871 census of The Street, Acle, Norfolk:
Richard LEEDER, head, aged 50, postmaster and shopkeeper, born at Bungay, Suffolk;
Elizth LEEDER, wife, aged 60, born at Ramsden, Essex;
*Jessie LEEDER, daughter, aged 17, telegraph clerk, born at Acle;
Fred LEEDER, son, aged 13, born at Acle, Norfolk.
(RG10/1829/104/40)
She married James Wales GOLDSMITH, eldest son of James GOLDSMITH, Victoria Street, Norwich, at Acle, Norgolk, on 26 April 1880.
(The Ipswich Journal 11 May 1880)
(GRO June Q 1880 Blofield 4b 323)
The 1881 census of Bedford Street, Heigham, Norfolk:
James GOLDSMITH, head, aged 27, post office clerk, born at Norwich, Norfolk:
*Jessie GOLDSMITH, wife, aged 25, post office clerk, born at Norwich (sic);
Jane A. LAWS, lodger, aged 23, shop assistant, born at Norwich;
Fredk. PARSLEE, lodger, aged 36, bank clerk, born at Halesworth, Suffolk.
RG11/1950/40/24)
The 1891 census of 8 Oxford Street, Heigham, Norfolk:
James W. GOLDSMITH, head, aged 37, grocer, born at Norwich, Norfolk;
*Jessie E. GOLDSMITH, wife, aged 36, born at Acle, Norfolk;
Archibald J. GOLDSMITH, son, aged 10, born at Norwich;
Cecil W. GOLDSMITH, son, aged 8, born at Norwich;
Beatrice J. GOLDSMITH, daughter, aged 7, born at Norwich;
Daisy F. GOLDSMITH, daughter, aged 4, born at Norwich;
Edith PLUMLOW, servant, aged 16, general servant, born at Norwich.
(RG12/1529/69/37)
The 1901 census of Norwich,Norfolk:
James W. GOLDSMITH, head, aged 47, grocer shopkeeper, born in Norwich;
*Jessie E. GOLDSMITH, wife, aged 45, born at Acle, Norfolk;
Archibald J. GOLDSMITH, son aged 19, grocer's assistant, born in Norwich;
Jessie B. GOLDSMITH, daughter, aged 17, born in Norwich;
Daisy F. GOLDSMITH, daughter, aged 14, born in Norwich;
Clifford R. GOLDSMITH, son, aged 1 month, born in Norwich.
(RG13/1845/81/14)
Her husband James Wales GOLDSMITH died aged 55 in 1908.
(GRO September Q 1908 Norwich 4b 200)
The 1911 census of 127 Glebe Road, Norwich, Norfolk:
*Jessie Elmer GOLDSMITH, head, aged 55, widow, private means, born at Acle, Norfolk;
Daisy Florence GOLDSMITH, daughter, aged 24, mother's help, born at Norwich, Norfolk;
Clifford Reginald GOLDSMITH, son, aged 10, school, born at Norwich, Norfolk.
(RG14PN11311/RG78PN614/RD225/SD2)
The death of a Jessie E. GOLDSMITH aged 93 was registered in 1947.
(GRO March Q 1947 Ipswich 4b 1118)
NOTES & QUERIES:
An adult Jessie E. GOLDSMITH, described as a single female teacher, left Liverpool for Sydney, Australia, on the Medic on 19 March 1903. No proof of any divorce or other family connection has been found.
(revised 11.05.2015)