T H E L E C K F A M I L Y O F C U M B E R L A N
D & W E S T M O R L A N D
The Leck family, from
which this line is derived, seem not to have hailed from Patterdale in the
immediate period prior to the marriage of Mary Kirkland to John Leck in 1794.
Mary, the daughter of Charles Kirkland and Sarah Amos, was probably born in
Patterdale, or the surrounding area. Her parents had married in Barton in 1758
with their first child, Sarah, being baptized in Patterdale later that year.
Prior to 1758 there is no record of the Kirklands in Patterdale.
Unknown Leck
John Leck, bap. 1767, d. 19 Apr 1818, Patterdale, M. Mary
Kirkland, bap. 1773, d. 29 Aug 1847, Matterdale, 2 June 1794, Patterdale
William Leck, bap. 30 Nov 1794, Patterdale, d. 7
Nov 1869, Martindale, M. Jane Harrison, bap. 22 Apr 1799, Patterdale, d.
17 Jan 1847, Patterdale, 9 Mar 1820, Patterdale
** At Broad How 1841 Census with wife, Jane, and
children Mary, William, Thomas, and grand-daughter Jane.
Mary Leck, bap. 13 Mar 1821, Patterdale M. John Watson bap. , Greystoke, 13 Jul
1844, Patterdale
** By 1881 the family, comprising of Jane, Thomas,
and the younger John are living at Chapel Row, Arlecdon.
Jane Leck,
bap. 31 Jan 1841, Patterdale (Illegitimate)
Mary Watson,
bap. 7 Feb 1847, Patterdale
Thomas
Watson, bap. 7 Aug 1851, Patterdale
John W.
Watson, bap. 1856, Alston M.
Elizabeth
** Stone
Mason, Winlaton, 1901 Census?
Elizabeth Leck, bap. 8 Oct 1822, Patterdale, d. 11
Oct 1822, Patterdale
George Leck, bap. 25 Aug 1823, Patterdale, d. 27
Feb 1824, Patterdale
John Leck, bap. 24 Dec 1824, Patterdale, d. 22 Apr
1881, Martindale, M. #1 Elizabeth,
bap. 1824, Martindale, d.22 Jun 1865, Martindale
** Deepdale, Patterdale 1850; Causeway House,
Patterdale 1851-4; Cow Garth, Martindale 1861-1881 Census’.
Jane
Leck, bap. 19 Aug 1850, Patterdale
John
Leck, bap. 30 May 1852, Patterdale, d. 17 Apr 1860, Martindale
William
Leck, bap. 10 Dec 1854, Patterdale > Lancshire, as Joiner by 1881
M. #2 Sarah Armstrong nee Jackson, bap. 15 Mar 1830, Martindale, 15 Apr 1867,
Martindale
** Still at Cow Garth in
1907. Listed there in 1901 Census with daughter from first marriage Mary A.
Armstrong (b. 1861). No other children present.
Sarah Leck, bap. 14 Mar 1869,
Martindale
James
Leck, bap. 14 Mar 1869, Martindale
Anne Leck, bap. 30 Sep 1827, Patterdale M.
Joseph Milburn, 25 Nov 1848, Patterdale
John
Milburn, bap. 17 Jun 1849, Patterdale
Jane Milburn, bap. 6 Jun 1852, Patterdale
William Milburn, bap. 28 Jan 1855, Patterdale
Thomas Milburn, bap. 1 Nov 1857, Patterdale, d. 1
Apr 1887, Patterdale
William Leck, bap. 23 May 1830, Patterdale M.
Martha Watson?, bap. 1831, Grasington, Yorkshire
** #78 Birks Road, Cleator, 1881 Census.
Jane Leck, bap. 15 Oct 1854, Patterdale, d. 9 Jan
1855, Patterdale
William Leck, bap. 17 Apr 1856, Patterdale M. Frances Morndale
** Resident at Whinny Hill Road, Cleator in 1901
Census.
Mabel
Leck, bap. 1884, Cleator
Beatrice
Annie Leck, bap. 1887, Cleator
William
John Leck, 1889, Cleator
Margaret Leck, bap. 1860, Cleator
** Mentioned in 1871 census.
George Leck, bap. 1864, Cleator
James Leck, bap. 1868, Cleator M. Mary J. bap. 1875, Maryport
** 1901 Census as “Coal Pit On Charg Of Haulage
Underground” at 73 Grasslot, Ellenborough.
Frances
Leck, bap. 1900, Maryport
Thomas Leck, bap. 21 Feb 1836, Patterdale M.
Margaret, bap, Wattermillock
Jane Leck, bap. 25 Jan 1857, Patterdale
Mary Ann Leck, bap. 20 Mar 1859, Patterdale
** Only Mary Ann is still listed with the family in
1871 census.
Anne Leck, bap. 31 Dec 1797, Patterdale
Joseph Leck, bap. 12 Apr 1801, Patterdale, d. 19
Apr 1818, Patterdale
John Leck, bap. 17 Jun 1804, Patterdale M.
Elizabeth ?, bap. 1810, Thronthwaite
** Thwaite Hall, Thornthwaite 1881 Census.
Mary Leck, bap. 7 Jun 1807, Patterdale
Robert Leck, bap. 15 Jul
1810, Patterdale, d. aft. 1891 M. Mary Edmondson, bap. 30 May 1813,
Greystoke, 23 Jan 1841, Threkeld
John Leck, bap. 19 Dec 1841 Greystoke M. Jane, bap.
c. 1845, Maryport
** Resident at Brick Field, Millom in the 1881 Census. By 1901 John, an
Iron Ore miner, is residing in a cooperative cottage in Millom.
William
Leck, bap. 1864, Crosthwaite M.
Sarah Edwards, bap. 1871, Millom
** Resident
at 14 Lapstone Road, Millom with Wife’s family in 1901 Census – wife’s family
had been there in 1881 Census.
Robert Leck,
bap. 29 Apr 1866, Crosthwaite M.
Sarah Mourning, bap. 1872, Maryport
** A general
labourer, resident at 69 Newton Street, Millom with Wife’s family in 1901
Census.
Mary
E. Leck, bap. 1894, Millom
James Leck,
bap. c. 1871, Greystoke M. Mary ?,
bap. 1876, Frizington
** James’
family is living with father John Leck in 1901, though James is not listed.
John
Leck, bap. 1894, Millom
Harold
J. Leck, bap. 1899, Kimberly, South Africa
Janet
Leck, bap. 1900, Millom
Mary E.
Leck, bap. c. 1873, Greystoke
Annie E.
Leck, bap. c. 1875, Greystoke
John Leck,
bap. c. 1878, Millom (S-1901)
Sarah J.
Leck, bap. c. 1880, Millom (S-1901)
Arabella
Leck, bap. c. 1886, Millom (S-1901)
George Leck, bap. 22 Oct 1843 Greystoke
William Leck, bap. 12 Sep 1845 Greystoke M. Jane,
bap. c. 1855, Bowness
** Resident at Motherby, Greystoke, with his father, and a nephew, also
named Robert, bap. c. 1879, Southport. Resident at Penruddock, Hutton Soil in
1891 Census, also with father, and the nephew.
Joseph Leck, bap. 12 Sep 1845, Greystoke M.
Elizabeth, bap. c. 1848, Crosthwaite
** Resident at High Hill, Underskiddaw 1881 Census.
Jane Leck,
bap. c. 1868, Crosthwaite
Robert Leck,
bap. 30 Jan 1870, Crosthwaite
Anne Mary
Leck, bap. 31 Mar 1872, Crosthwaite
Sarah Leck,
bap. 31 May 1874, Crosthwaite
Elizabeth
Leck, bap. c. 1876, Crosthwaite
Eliza M.
Leck, bap. c. 1878, Crosthwaite
** With
uncle William, Jane, and grandfater Robert at Penruddock 1891C.
Joseph
William Leck, bap. c. 1880, Crosthwaite
James Leck, bap. 27 Feb 1848, Greystoke
Mary Jane Leck, bap. 28 Nov 1849, Motherby M. Robert
Sanders, bap. 14 Jan 1843, Skelton, Newlands, 9 Nov 1868
** Listed at Skelgate, Dalton In Furness, Lancashire (RG11
4281 / 112 P84) in the 1881 Census. Robert as “Iron Ore Miner”.
Francis M. Sanders, bap. 1870, Livinside
Annie Sanders, bap. 1874, Dalton, Lancashire
Elizabeth Sanders, bap. 1876, Livinside
Emma Sanders, bap. 1880, Crosthwaite
Mabel Sanders, bap. 1891
Anne Leck, bap. 18 May 1851 Greystoke, d. 5 Dec 1926,
C’mouth M. Tyson Gill, bap. 4 Apr. 1847, Thornthwaite, 15 Apr 1871,
T’waite
John Gill, 1
Oct 1871, Wigton
Mary Jane
Gill, bp. 14 Dec 1873, Wigton, d. 14 Apr 1883, Dean Scales
Sarah Anne
Gill, b. (June Q) 1876, Wigton, d. 14 Oct 1926, London, Ontario, M.
James Jonathan Skelton Mirehouse, b. May 14, 1873, Lamplugh, d. 1955, Ontario,
Canada
Jonathan
Mirehouse, b. (Sep Q) 1899, England, d. 15 Sep 1980, Ontario, Canada, M. Velma Edwards, b. 1902, Goderich,
Ontario, d. 1988, Ontario
Anne Marie Mirehouse M. Unknown Turner
Oroville Mirehouse M.
George Mirehouse M.
Eleanor
(Nell) Mirehouse, b. 20 Nov 1901, Fangs, M. Unknown Pearson
Mary
Mirehouse, b. 1904 (June Q) England
Sarah
Mirehouse, b. 1906 (Sep Q) England, M.
Unknown Heatherington
Margaret
Lillian Mirehouse, b. c1915, Canada M.
Unknown Quigley
Unknown Daughter
Lenora
Grace Mirehouse, b. c1917, Canada M.
?
Elizabeth
Gill, b. 1878, Loweswater, M.
Jackson Calvert
Hannah Gill,
b. 1880, Loweswater > Ontario, Canada (1908)
Margaret
Gill, b. 1881, Loweswater M. William
Grisdale, 26 Dec 1907, Lamplugh
William
Gill, b. 1883, Loweswater
Jane Gill,
b. 1885, Loweswater
Issac
Gill, b. (March Q) 1888, Loweswater, d. c1960's, Sault Ste. Marie,
Ontario, Canada M. Laura?
** Had five children...
Ernest,
b. Nov 1908
Robert Gill,
b. 18 Nov 1889, Loweswater
Unlisted
Gill
Unlisted Gill
The
Compiler of this list, b. 1971
Mary Grace
Gill, b. 1892, d. 3 Jan 1912, Lamplugh Hall
Eleanor
Gill, b. 1893, d. 4 Nov 1897, Waterend
Robert Leck, bap. 30 Jan 1853, Greystoke
** Cordwainer apprentice, Bassenthwaite, 1871 Census.
Sarah Leck, bap. 5 Jul 1855, Greystoke M. William
Robinson, bap. 30 Jul 1848, Keswick, d. 4 Sep 1884, Keswick, 20 May 1875,
Matterdale
** Brown Beck, Crosthwaite, 1881 Census. Husband William
deceased by 1901, where family residing 2 High Street in Keswick.
Robert Robinson,
bap. 1877, Crosthwaite, d. 9 Nov 1883, Keswick
Mary E.
Robinson, bap. 1879, Crosthwaite
George
Robinson, bap. 1881, Crosthwaite, d. 30 Nov 1966, Keswick M. Annie Tyson
William
Robinson, bap. 1885, Crosthwaite
Elizabeth Leck, bap. 16 May 1858, Greystoke
Sarah Leck, bap. 4 Apr 1813, Patterdale, d. 1 Mar
1887, Matterdale, M. James Kilgour, bap. 1813, Alston, d. 1 May 1873,
Matterdale, 16 Aug 1834, Matterdale
** Matterdale 1841C (Dowthwaite) with H. James, and children Mary (5)
and Ellen (2). Interestingly, if James had a brother John, who is listed in the
Census as also being from Alston, who married a Mary Kirkland in Patterdale in
1831, then that line also connects back to Mary Kirkland (b1773).
Mary Kilgour, bap. 16 Aug 1835, Matterdale
Jane Kilgour, bap. 8 Oct 1837, Matterdale, d. 19
May 1838, Matterdale
Eleanor Kilgour, bap. 3 May 1839, Matterdale M.
John Shackelton
Malinda
Shackelton, bap. 24 Mar 1859, Ravenstonedale
**
1871 census with grandparents James and Sarah Kilgour at Dowthwaite Head,
Matterdale.
Ann Kilgour, bap. 1843, Matterdale
Sarah Dorothy Kilgour, bap. 31 Oct 1858, Matterdale
** The 1861/71 census lists Sarah as being James
& Sarah’s G-D. IGI lists mother as Hannah. Connundrum?
John Kilgour, bap. 1845, Matterdale
William Kilgour, bap. 14 Nov 1846, Matterdale, d.
20 Nov 1846, Matterdale
James Kilgour, bap. 1849, Matterdale M. Elizabeth, bap. 1847, Ravonstonedale
** 1881 Census at Town End, Ravonsdale. 1901 a
“Railway Carriage & Waggon Examiner” at 12 James Street.
John
Kilgour, bap. 1874, Ravenstonedale
Sarah
Kilgour, bap. 1876, Ravenstonedale
Ann
Kilgour, bap. 1878, Ravenstonedale
Luke
Kilgour, bap. 1880, Ravenstonedale
Elizabeth
Kilgour, bap. 1883, Ravenstonedale
Eleanor
Kilgour, bap. 1886, Ravenstonedale
Joseph Leck Kilgour, bap. 23 Jun 1850, Matterdale M.
Jane Annie Harrison, bap. 1856, Matterdale, 10 Apr 1875, Matterdale
** Chruch Street, Egremont, in the 1881 Census.
Jane
Leck Kilgour, bap. 1873, Matterdale
Sarah
Kilgour, b. 4 Jul 1875, Matterdale, M. James Thompson, 15 Dec 1894,
Matterdale?
Ellen Kilgour, b. 6 May
1878, Watermillock
Margaret
Kilgour, b. 1881, Egremont
William Kilgour, bap. 1855, Matterdale M.
Elizabeth Lester, bap. 24 Dec 1854, Hensingham
** No. 2 Old Row Bigrigg, Egremont, 1881 Census,
also with mother Sarah. By 1901 William is an Iron Ore miner living at 9
Prospect Row, Cleator.
Sarah
A. Kilgour, bap. 1876, Cleator
Mary
E. Kilgour, bap. 1880, Cleator
Hannah
E. Kilgour, bap. 1882, Cleator
Mary
J. Kilgour, bap. 1886, Cleator
Jemima
Kilgour, bap. 1888, Cleator
Martha
A. Kilgour, bap. 1891, Cleator
Mabel
Kilgour, bap. 1893, Cleator
Janet
Kilgour, bap. 1898, Cleator
James Leck, bap. 10 Mar 1816, Patterdale, M.
Mary Grisdale, bap. 1 Aug 1824, Greystoke/Matterdale, 6 Jan 1849, Matterdale
** Matterdale 1841C (Dowthwaite, with mother); In
Greystoke folio 89 p 10 in 1851 census with wife, Mary Jane and Joseph. By 1891
James (75) and Mary (66) are residing at Armboth House, Wythburn, St.
Johns (Crosthwaite) with Joseph, Elizabeth, Thomas, Grisdale, and James.
Mary
Jane Leck, bap. 20 May 1849, Matterdale, d. 8 Apr 1858, Matterdale
Joseph Leck, bap. 23 Jun 1850, Matterdale
** 11 Township, Patterdale in the 1901 Census, and single a shepherd,
living with sister Elizabeth (also single) and niece Emma (19, Martindale – who
would be lodging with the family of John Raine in Matterdale in 1891).
Emma Leck, bap. 9 Mar 1852, Matterdale, d. 1852
(June Q)
Elizabeth Leck, bap. 22 May 1853, Matterdale
** Unmarried Servant at Kirkby Thore, Westmorland,
in the 1881 census.
John Leck, bap. 11 May 1856, Matterdale, M.
Hannah Rothery, bap. 3 Nov 1861, Patterdale, 13 Sep 1883, Patterdale
** John was recorded at Braysteads, Patterdale, in the employ of
Hannah’s father Henry as an indoor farm servant in the 1881 Census. By 1901 he
is listed as a retired farmer living at 9 Township with his wife Hannah and
daughter Mary.
William
Leck, bap. 1884, Patterdale
**
Working as a servant at Hall Farm for Robert Grisdale in 1901 Census. This
Robert may have been a younger brother or nephew of his Grandmother.
Mary S. Leck, bap. 1887, Patterdale
Henry Rothery Leck, bap. 1889, Patterdale, d. 30
Jun 1893, Patterdale
Solomon Leck, bap. 5 Jan 1859, Matterdale, d. 1859
(March Q)
Annie Leck, bap. 26 Jan 1862, Matterdale
Thomas Luke Leck, bap. 10 Jan 1864, Matterdale
Hannah Leck, bap. 13 Jan 1867, Matterdale M.
James William Varley, 1890 (Dec Q)?
Grisdale Leck, bap. 16 Aug 1868, Matterdale
James Leck, bap. 1877, Matterdale
** Coat Farm, Martindale w/ Grandfather James in 1881 cenus.
Revision – 21 Mar 2005