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Descendants of Richard Leir


Generation No. 8


18. ANNE HELEN8 JEKYLL-LEIR (THOMAS MACIE7 LEIR, THOMAS V6, THOMAS IV5, THOMAS III4, THOMAS II3, THOMAS I2, RICHARD1) She married THOMAS CLARKE BRETTINGHAM April 29, 1852. He died 1882.
     
Children of ANNE JEKYLL-LEIR and THOMAS BRETTINGHAM are:
  i.   THOMAS CAMBELL9 BRETTINGHAM, b. October 18, 1853; d. November 21, 1863, typhoid.
29. ii.   HELEN ISABELLA BRETTINGHAM, b. 1855; d. 1927.
  iii.   RICHARD EVELYN BRETTINGHAM, b. September 24, 1856; d. March 14, 1882, typhoid.
  iv.   ARTHUR GREVILLE BRETTINGHAM, b. December 4, 1859; d. September 28, 1878, typhoid.
  v.   REGINALD LEIR BRETTINGHAM, b. January 25, 1864; d. 1888, typhoid.
  vi.   HAROLD EDWARD BRETTINGHAM, b. November 4, 1865; d. September 6, 1878, typhoid.


19. JANE ELIZABETH8 JEKYLL-LEIR (THOMAS MACIE7 LEIR, THOMAS V6, THOMAS IV5, THOMAS III4, THOMAS II3, THOMAS I2, RICHARD1) died 1883. She married REV. REV. WAHHAM PIGOTT WILLIAMS V October 13, 1857.
     
Children of JANE JEKYLL-LEIR and REV. WILLIAMS are:
  i.   WADHAM CAMPBELL LEIR9 WILLIAMS, b. September 3, 1865; d. 1900.
  ii.   JANET ELLA JEKYLL, d. infancy.


20. THOMAS MACIE8 KINGTON-LEIR (THOMAS MACIE7 LEIR, THOMAS V6, THOMAS IV5, THOMAS III4, THOMAS II3, THOMAS I2, RICHARD1) was born August 3, 1823, and died September 22, 1891 in Southampton. He married MARIA LOUISA LYE July 24, 1847, daughter of ADMIRAL REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM JONES LYE. She died March 21, 1857.
     
Children of THOMAS KINGTON-LEIR and MARIA LYE are:
  i.   CHILDB9 LEIR.
  ii.   CHILDC LEIR.
  iii.   JOHN MACIE KINGTON, b. September 23, 1849.


21. ISABELLA CATHERINE8 LEIR (THOMAS MACIE7, THOMAS V6, THOMAS IV5, THOMAS III4, THOMAS II3, THOMAS I2, RICHARD1) was born 1835, and died May 29, 1875. She married TURBERVILLE PICTON WILLIAMS August 10, 1854, son of REV. REV. DAVID WILLIAMS.
     
Children of ISABELLA LEIR and TURBERVILLE WILLIAMS are:
  i.   ADA ISABELLA9 WILLIAMS.
  ii.   AMY BEATRICE WILLIAMS.
  iii.   EDITH IRENE WILLIAMS.
30. iv.   EDMUND JEKYLL WILLIAMS, b. April 23, 1857, Bay of Bengal on SS Gosforth; d. 1948.


22. REV. CHARLES EDWARD8 LEIR (WILLIAM7 MARRIOTT-LEIR, WILLIAM6 LEIR, THOMAS IV5, THOMAS III4, THOMAS II3, THOMAS I2, RICHARD1) was born September 3, 1842, and died January 26, 1959. He married FRANCES MARY FOX 1871, daughter of REV. FOX and FANNY BARTON.

Notes for REV. CHARLES EDWARD LEIR:
Occupied Ringwall House as Rectory

Last Rector at Ditcheat

     
Children of CHARLES LEIR and FRANCES FOX are:
  i.   THEODORA (DORA)9 LEIR, b. April 1874, Hertfordshire; d. 1946, Unmarried.
  Notes for THEODORA (DORA) LEIR:
She kept goats


  ii.   MARGARET EMMA LEIR, b. February 1876, Hertfordshire; d. February 9, 1952, no ch.; m. ROBERT MORRELL GREENWOOD.
  iii.   CHRISTINE LEIR, d. 1934, Unmarried.
31. iv.   MILDRED LEIR, b. March 31, 1876; d. 1937, Cancer.
32. v.   RACHEL FRANCES LEIR, b. March 31, 1877; d. 1956.
33. vi.   ELEANOR (NELL) MARY LEIR, b. November 11, 1879; d. June 26, 1966, Victoria.
34. vii.   HUGH CHARLES MUSGROVE LEIR, b. Bef. September 2, 1880, Charlton Musgrove, England; d. November 1, 1971, England.
35. viii.   THEADORE ERENEST WILLIAM LEIR, b. May 1882; d. 1970, unmarried?.


23. WILLIAM8 LEIR (WILLIAM7 MARRIOTT-LEIR, WILLIAM6 LEIR, THOMAS IV5, THOMAS III4, THOMAS II3, THOMAS I2, RICHARD1) was born December 31, 1844. He married ANNA MARIA BROWN 1874, daughter of ROBERT BROWN.
     
Children of WILLIAM LEIR and ANNA BROWN are:
36. i.   EVELYN CONSTANCE9 LEIR.
37. ii.   HILDA MARY LEIR.
  iii.   WILLIAM HUBERT LEIR, b. 1885; m. (1) WILLIAM HUBERT LEIR'S FIRST WIFE; m. (2) WILLIAM HUBERT LEIR'S 2ND WIFE.
  Notes for WILLIAM HUBERT LEIR'S FIRST WIFE:
Robin Leir-Nicholson has a copy of her Will

  Notes for WILLIAM HUBERT LEIR'S 2ND WIFE:
Robin Leir-Nicholson has a copy of her Will .


24. CONSTANCE MARY8 LEIR (WILLIAM7 MARRIOTT-LEIR, WILLIAM6 LEIR, THOMAS IV5, THOMAS III4, THOMAS II3, THOMAS I2, RICHARD1) was born 1846. She married ROBERT LECKY WATSON January 8, 1873.
     
Children of CONSTANCE LEIR and ROBERT WATSON are:
  i.   KATHLEEN9 WATSON.
38. ii.   FIELDING JOHN M LECKY WATSON, b. October 19, 1873; d. 1943.
  iii.   NETHESTON WATSON, b. August 10, 1875.


25. EDMUND MARRIOTT8 DAWE (SOPHIA7 LEIR, WILLIAM6, THOMAS IV5, THOMAS III4, THOMAS II3, THOMAS I2, RICHARD1) was born in Devonshire, and died in Age 79. He married EMILY AMYES in Riccarton Christchurch, NZ.

Notes for EDMUND MARRIOTT DAWE:
Edmund M DAWE was a retired Surveyor aged 79, of
651 Gloucester St, Linwood which is a suburb of Christchurch
in the South Island of NZ. His parents are listed as Charles
Dawe, Military Officer and Elizabeth? nee LEIR. He was
born in Devonshire and had been in NZ 61 years (in 1919)
He was married at Riccarton Christchurch, NZ at the age of 38 to
Emily AMYES. The children living at the time of his death
were two males aged 39 and 34 and one female aged 40.
Edmund had been suffering from chronic nephritis
for five years and died of exhaustion and heart
failure. - Judith Stichbury in NZ (jaystich@clear.net.nz)


     
Children of EDMUND DAWE and EMILY AMYES are:
  i.   DAUGHTER19 DAWE.
  Notes for DAUGHTER1 DAWE:
She was 40 when her father, Edmund Marriott Dawe died

  ii.   SON1 DAWE.
  Notes for SON1 DAWE:
He was 39 when his father, Edmund Marriott Dawe died

  iii.   SON2 DAWE.
  Notes for SON2 DAWE:
He was 34 when his father, Edmund Marriott Dawe died .


26. CORNELIA8 DAWE (SOPHIA7 LEIR, WILLIAM6, THOMAS IV5, THOMAS III4, THOMAS II3, THOMAS I2, RICHARD1) was born in England, and died April 25, 1925 in Old Peoples Home, New Plymouth, NZ. She married ROBERT HENRY AMYES in Oamaru NZ.

Notes for CORNELIA DAWE:
Sources: Judith Stichbury in NZ (jaystich@clear.net.nz)

Children of Robert Henry AMYES and Cornelia DAWE:

Beatrice Ruby Elizabeth born February 1st 1881 m. Frank GREER
sons Horace, Walter b.1909, and Maurice.

Margaret Cornelia m. Samuel J Greer had daughter. Olga who
married Lindsay BECK.

Edith Matilda m. Harold CHRISTIANSEN no issue
Marg. and Edith were twins

Villeroy Henry Edmund m. Helena SCOTT 2 daughters.
Muriel Olwen, Aidney Mary and Sidney Rowland m. 2nd, Myrtle SLOAN2 sons

Cornelias certificate states, died 25th April 1925 at
Old Peoples Home, New Plymouth NZ. Born England
50 years in NZ. Married in Oamaru NZ at the age of 33
Buried at Te Henui cemetery New Plymouth on
26th April 1925. The cert. states that her father was
a Woolmerchant (?)

     
Children of CORNELIA DAWE and ROBERT AMYES are:
39. i.   BEATRICE RUBY ELIZABETH9 AMYES, b. February 1, 1881.
40. ii.   MARGARET CORNELIA AMYES.
  iii.   EDITH MATILDA AMYES, d. osp; m. HAROLD CHRISTIANSEN; d. osp.
  Notes for EDITH MATILDA AMYES:
twin of her sister, Margaret

41. iv.   VILLEROY HENRY EDMUND AMYES.

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