Mary Leslie

Mary Ethel Leslie 

Born: 9 May 1899, Castle Ward 

Father: John William Leslie (b. 1866)

Mother: Martha Leslie (b. 1873)

Brothers: Howard Vaughan Leslie (b. 1901), Hubert John Leslie (b. 1908)

Sisters: Grace Edith Leslie (b. 1898), Janet Leslie (b. 1904) 

Marriage:        1930, Newcastle upon Tyne 

Husband:         Claude Frederick Branch 

                        b. 28 March 1904 

                        Schoolmaster 

Issue – 

#1 Female Branch

#2 Male Branch

#3 Female Branch

In 1901 – 

She is at Westerhope, East Denton, Castle Ward. Her father is listed as ‘Commercial Clerk’. Mary, her mother and siblings, Grace and Howard, are unlisted. 

In 1911 –  

She is at 90 Chillingham Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Heaton. Her father is listed as ‘Tramway Conductor’. Mary, her mother and siblings, Grace, Howard, Janet and Hubert, are unlisted.

In 10/17 – 

At Walker Gate Council, Newcastle.

Qualification: Oxford Senior 1916.

In 05/20 –

Appointed to West Walker Council, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

In 1921 – 

She is at 10 East Mount Terrace, Darlington as a boarder. The head of the household, Albert Letts (b. 1885), is listed as ‘Gardener’. His wife, Laura Alice Letts (b. 1880), and daughter, Mabel Annie Letts (b. 1919), are unlisted. Mary is listed as a boarder and ‘Elementary School Teacher’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at The School House, Worrylall, Ickford, Aylesbury. Mary is listed as ‘School Mistress’. There are two closed records. 

d.         2 October 1981, Oxford 

BRANCH, Mary Ethel of 12 Middle Way, Summertown, Oxford died 2 October 1981. Probate Oxford 20 November £32,459