Lilian Garner

Lilian Alberta Garner 

Born: 30 March 1889, Prestwich

Father: Andrew Garner (b. 1854) (d. 1893)

Mother: Annie Garner (b. 1853)

Sisters: Florence Garner (b. 1885)

Marriage:        1920, Ashton under Lyne

Husband:         Wilfred Stanley Leech 

                        b. 13 September 1890

                        Manufacturer Agent Woollen Textile 

In 1891 –

She is at Thorpe Street, Newton. Her father is listed as ‘Butcher’. Lilian, her mother and sister, Florence, are unlisted. There is a boarder, Samuel Smith (b. 1835), listed as ‘Butcher’.

In 1901 – 

She is at 4 Manchester Road, Tintwistle. Her grandmother, Sarah Swindells (b. 1828), is an unlisted widow. Lilian and her sister, Florence, are unlisted. There is a servant, Emma Smith (b. 1851).

In 1911 –

She is at 4 Woodhead Road, Tintwistle. Her sister, Florence, is unlisted. Lilian is listed as ‘Teacher’.

In 10/14 –

Assistant, Whitfield C. of E.

Prelim. Cert. 1910.

In 10/16 –

Appointed to Council School Infants, Glossop.

In 1921 – 

She is at Cowbrook Cottage, Sheffield Road, Glossop. Her father-in-law, Alfred Leech (b. 1852), is listed as ‘Wholesale Drapery Whouse Carpet Buyer’. Lilian and her aunt-in-law, Harriett Anstey (b. 1857), are unlisted. Her husband is listed as ‘Wholesale Agent for Woolen Piece Goods’. There is a servant, Clarice Chandler (b. 1900). 

In 1939 –

She is at 32 Norwood Avenue, Southport. Her husband is listed as ‘Manufacturer Agent Woollen Textile’. Lilian is listed as ‘Head Mistress Retired’.

d.         29 September 1945, Southport

LEECH, Lilian Alberta of 32 Norwood Avenue, Southport, Lancashire (wife of Wilfred Stanley Leech) died 29 September 1945. Probate Liverpool 29 November to the said Wilfred Stanley Leech, manufacturers agent. Effects £1826, 16s, 3d.