Henry John Leach

Brief Life History of Henry John

When Henry John Leach was born in 1864, in Chieveley, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Joseph Leech, was 25 and his mother, Jane May, was 27. He married May Hedges on 30 May 1898, in Thatcham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Newbury, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1939. He died in 1941, in Reading, Berkshire, England, at the age of 77.

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Henry John Leach
1864–1941
May Hedges
1872–1952
Marriage: 30 May 1898
Arthur Sydney Leach
about 1896–1972
Albert Edward Leach
1900–

Sources (12)

  • Henry J Leach in household of Thomas May, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • Henry John Leech, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Henry John Leach, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"

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World Events (7)

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1904 · The Entente Cordiale

The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a physician, from Middle English leche, lache ‘physician’ (Old English lǣce ‘leech; physician, blood-letter, surgeon’). The name refers to the medieval medical practice of bleeding, typically by applying leeches to a patient. The surname is recorded in the late 14th-century Poll Tax Returns for men whose occupation is stated as medicus ‘physician’, or occasionally spicer (spicers acted as apothecaries), but some men named le Leche have unrelated occupations including cultor ‘cultivator, farm laborer’, which suggests that leche could refer to an amateur ‘medicine man’ who supplied folk remedies.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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