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Dear Diane,
Thank you for your note. I must admit to being curious as to the source of your interest in the Bristol(UK)Leaches. William James Leach is indeed my grandfather. He married Louisa Ann Williams on 19.2.1893, and had 8 children, of whom my father Edward Henry (b. 10.4.1914) was the youngest. He died in 1923, and curiously my late father, who was aged 9 at the time, always maintained he had no memory of his father. Louisa lived on to March 1955, and I can remember her.
However, my grandfather is not the William Leach aged 9 in the 1881 census. For some reason, his family do not appear at all in that census. They do appear in the 1891 census (parents William and Ellen). They were William Henry Leach (b.30.6.1850) and Ellen Millard (b.1849), married 5.12.1871. His parents were Henry Leach (b.1822) and Catherine Thomas (b.1821), married 14.4.1845. Catherine died in 1860 and Henry was married again to Susannah Miles.
All the above is, I think, reliable. Curiously Henry,s father is described as Henry Leach on one of his son's marriage certificates and Cornelius Leach on the other. He was a chair maker, and I believe his wife's name was Martha. At that point my researches run out, pending a visit to the Bristol Records Office to search the parish records.
With thanks
Tony Leach

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