Twiglets

In my trawl through the ever-entwined lives of my great-grandfather Mark John Leah’s nine siblings, we’ve reached the halfway point. (‘Hooray’ you cry, or is that a groan?). Anyroad, I’ve started so I’ll finish, so step forward number five, Arthur Thomas Leah.

Now I’ve already bumped into Arthur T on his elder brother (and next-door neighbour) Joseph’s censuses and rate books, so there can’t be too many loose ends to tie up.

First though, a recap, so I grab my mountain of scribbles. Here we go: Arthur Thomas Leah, born in Broken Cross, Cheshire, in 1861. He makes his census debut that year, aged one month, and