Eleanor McLeish

Eleanor Eliza McLeish 

Born: 1853, Aston 

Baptised: 17 December 1854, Birmingham 

Father: William McLeish (b. 1828)

Mother: Sarah McLeish (b. 1829)

Brothers: Charles Henry McLeish (b. 1865)

Sisters: Sarah McLeish (b. 1856)

Marriage:        1883, Birmingham 

Husband:         Robert Watts Jones 

                        b. 1856 

                        Clerk/Assistant to the Education Officer 

Issue – 

#1 Eleanor Lilian Faux Watts-Jones (b. 1886)

#2 Ethelyn Dorothy Watts-Jones (b. 1888)

In 1861 –

She is at 2 New Church Street, Birmingham. Her father is listed as ‘Scripture Reader’. Eleanor, her mother and sister, Sarah, are unlisted.

In 1881 –

She is at 48 Tenby Street, Birmingham. Her mother is listed as ‘Householder’. Eleanor is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her brother, Charles, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. There is a boarder, William H Sheward (b. 1842), listed as ‘Engraver Jewellery’. There is a servant, Emily Smith (b. 1865). 

In 1891 –

She is at Perrys Close, Poplar. Her husband is listed as ‘Clerk to School Board’. Eleanor is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. Her daughter, Eleanor and Ethelyn, are unlisted. Her sister-in-law, Alexandra Watts-Jones (b. 1863), is unlisted. There is a servant, Agnes Dukes (b. 1878). 

In 10/97 – 

Address is 167 East India Road, Poplar, London.

In 1901 –

She is at 24 Addington Road, Bow. Her husband is listed as ‘Clerk for School Board London’. Eleanor is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. Her daughters, Eleanor and Ethelyn, are unlisted. There is an unlisted visitor, Eleanor M F Powell (b. 1888). There is a servant, Mary Ives (b. 1878).

In 1911 –

She is at 17 Addison Road, Chiswick. Her husband is listed as ‘1st Class Assistant to the Education Officer’. Eleanor is listed as ‘Head Mistress County School’. Her daughter, Eleanor (b. 1886), is listed as ‘Clerical Assistant LCC’. There is an unlisted visitor, Margaret Mary Luliran (b. 1883). There is a boarder, Ella Mabel Moore (b. 1874), listed as ‘Head Mistress County School’. There is a servant, Evelyn Bratt (b. 1886). 

In 1921 – 

She is at Sea Lawn, Salthouse Road, Erpingham. Her husband is listed as ‘An Official of the London County Council Education Department, Retired’. Eleanor is unlisted. 

d.         1929, Hammersmith