Laura Lewis

Laura Florence Lewis 

Born: 6 July 1867, Louth 

Baptised: 13 August 1867, Grainthorpe 

Father: William Lewis (b. 1822)

Mother: Frances Lewis (b. 1824)

Brothers: John George Lewis (b. 1856), Richard Henry Lewis (b. 1861), Charles William Lewis (b. 1864)

Sisters: Louisa Fanny Lewis (b. 1851), Lucy Ann Lewis (b. 1852)

Marriage:        7 February 1903, Knaresborough

Husband:         Thomas William Gilleard  

                        b. 1836

                        School Attendance Officer

Issue – 

#1 Hector Raymond Gilleard (b. 22 May 1903) 

#2 Laura Marguerita Gilleard (b. 06 April 1905)

In 1871 –

She is at Grainthorpe, Louth. Her father is listed as ‘Joiner and Wheelwright’. Her sisters, Louisa and Lucy, are listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Her brother, John, is listed as ‘Joiner’. Laura, her mother and brothers (Richard and Charles) are unlisted.

In 1881 – 

She is at Grainthorpe, Louth. Her father is listed as ‘Joiner and Wheelwright’. Her mother is unlisted. Her brother, John, is listed as ‘Joiner’. Her sisters, Louisa and Lucy, are listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Her brothers, Richard and Charles, are listed as ‘Wheelwrights’. Laura is listed as ‘Monitor’. Her uncle, Thomas Riggall (b. 1836), is listed as ‘Carpenter’. Her cousin, Maria Louisa Riggall (b. 1865), are unlisted. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Hall Lane, Grainthorpe, Louth. Her father is listed as ‘Joiner and Wheelwright’. Her mother is unlisted. Her sisters, Louisa and Lucy, are listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Her brother, Charles, are listed as ‘Joiner’. Laura is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. There is an ‘Apprentice Joiner and Wheelwright’, Frederick G Gale (b. 1876). 

In 1901 – 

She is at Thorganby House, Thorganby, Caistor as a boarder. Godfrey W Beverley (b. 1854) is listed as ‘Groom Domestic’. His wife, Robina Beverley (b. 1855), are unlisted. Laura is listed as ‘Organising Teacher’. 

In 10/99 – 

Appointed to Senior Assistant Organising Teacher for the Lincoln Diocese.

In 04/01 – 

Address is 107 Monks Road, Lincoln. 

In 04/03 – 

Marries Thomas Gilleard on 07.02.03 in Harrogate. Add: 12 Regent Grove, Starbeck, Harrogate.

In 04/07 – 

Birth to Hector.

In 1911 – 

She is at 16 Regent Grove, Harrogate. Her husband is listed as ‘School Attendance Officer’. Laura and her children (Hector and Laura) are unlisted.

In 00/36 – 

Death recorded as 09.12.1935 in Harrogate Hospital. 

d.         9 December 1935, Harrogate  

GILLEARD, Laura Florence of 16 Regent Grove, Starbeck, Harrogate, widow died 09 December 1935. Administration Lincoln 10 January to Hector Raymond Gilleard, schoolmaster. Effects £245, 9s.