Leonard Armitage 1888-1968
1888. Leonard Armitage was baptised in Rothwell on 13/5/1888 to George Armitage, stone merchant, & Annie Elizabeth Flockton .Address :Robin Hood
1891C. Leonard Armitage , 3, was living West Field, Wakefield, Yorkshire
George | Armitage | Head | Married | Male | 34 | 1857 | Stone Merchant | Lofthouse, Yorkshire, England |
Annie E | Armitage | Wife | Married | Female | 31 | 1860 | - | Wakefield, Yorkshire, England |
Harold | Armitage | Son | - | Male | 5 | 1886 | - | Carlton, Yorkshire, England |
Ada | Armitage | Son | - | Female | 4 | 1887 | - | Carlton, Yorkshire, England |
Leonard | Armitage | Son | - | Male | 3 | 1888 | - | Carlton, Yorkshire, England |
Frances | Armitage | Daughter | - | Female | 1 | 1890 | - | Carlton, Yorkshire, England |
Harriet | Dews | Servant | - | Female | 19 | 1872 | General Servant | Lofthouse, Yorkshire, England |
1901C. Leonard Armitage, 13, born Rothwell, is at Ackworth School, Hemsworth - this very large and co-educational( surely unusual for those days?)
Vehicles through the decades - 1909
1911C. Leonard Armitage , 23, assistant manager in stone quarry & brick works, was living West Field Carlton, Lofthouse with Carlton, Wakefield, Yorkshire
George | Armitage | Head | Married | Male | 54 | 1857 | Quarry Owner And Brick Maker | Carlton |
Lilian May | Armitage | Wife | Married | Female | 38 | 1873 | - | Hunslet Leeds Yorks |
Ada | Armitage | Daughter | Single | Female | 24 | 1887 | - | Carlton |
Leonard | Armitage | Son | Single | Male | 23 | 1888 | Assistant Manager In Stone Quarry And Brick Works | Yorks Carlton |
Frances | Armitage | Daughter | Single | Female | 21 | 1890 | - | Yorks Carlton |
Thomas Addison | Oliver | Stepson | - | Male | 7 | 1904 | - | Yorks Outwood |
Florence May | Squires | Servant | Single | Female | 19 | 1892 | General Servant Domestic | Staffs Shods Heath |
1914. Leonard Armitage ,26, 5ft 9in, joined up on 16/12/1914 , his next of kin George Armitage, father, of Westfield House, Rothwell, Leeds . He was in the 77th Coy, going with the british Expeditionary Force to France on 19/12/1914, until 9/5/1915, getting the 1914/1915 Star . Private L Armitage, M2/022152, in the GHQ Supply Column, , was discharged on 9/5/1915, sand reenlisted as a 2nd Lttt. By the end of the war he was a Captain and was discharged on 30/1/1919. (London Gazette has his promotions)
1922. Leonard Armitage, 34, brick works manager, married Dorothy M Cooke ,21, on 28/9/1922 in Holy Trinity, Wakefield . His father George Armitage, stone merchant; hers Fred Cooke, cattle merchant. His address Westfield House, Rothwell : hers Burneytops, West Parade, Wakefield. Witnesses George Armitage & Fredeick Cooke
1924. Ann Elizabeth Armitage born Wakefield Jun 1924 . Married Peter Hirst in 1964. Marriage dissolved, no issue ,1924-1993
I know she was married briefly to George Peter Hirst (I knew him as Peter - they lived in Batley), served in the Women's Land Army during the war. She was a true Yorkshire woman..fierce with a good heart. Loved the countryside, horses and dogs (Dandy Dinmonts) . She was very much part of our childhood, taking us to point to points and always at family occasions. Heard stories that she wanted to be a vet in an era when many women weren't afforded that opportunity. Keen huntswoman before I was born and had her own horses as a young woman. She worked as a vet's assistant in later life and died very suddenly of a heart attack on the way home from a dog show (she wouldn't have wanted it any other way!). Was a brilliant bridge player and I believe she played for GB (maybe in the late 60s/early 70s)- certainly there was a photo of her playing with Omar Sharif but I don't know what happened to that.
This child seemingly not theirs- but did have a mother Cooke- need to do more research!! 1926. Geoffrey Armitage was born Wirral Jun 1926- a so called child died aged 2 Halifax Mar 1927. A Sydney Armitage did marry a Florence Cooke in Doncaster in 19220 - this Geoffrey presumably theirs
1927. Leonard Armitage was living Overdale, Belgrave Mount, Wakefield - Ancestry UK City & County directories
1928. George Cooke Armitage born Wakefield Dec 1928
No other children after these 2
Thorpe Lane and the George Armitage and Sons Ltd Robin Hood Quarry and Brickworks, Thorpe on the Hill, from the south-east, 1932
1939 Register. Leonard Armitage, born 20/3/1888, was living Westfield, Wakefield.( original in a pitiable state!) Also an ARP vol.
Leonard | Armitage | 20 Mar 1888 | Male | Director & P Owner RedBrick | Married | 39 | 1 |
Dorothy M | Armitage | 03 Jan 1901 | Female | Married Woman | Married | 39 | 2 |
Nellie M | Cunnintom | 16 Jun 1906 | Female | Domestic | Single | 39 | 3 |
Vehicles through the decades - 1954
Leonard with grandson, Nick ~1957
1968. Leonard Armitage, 80, died 19/12/1968 at Flat 3 Bede House, College Gro Rd, Wakefield- Wakefield Dec 1968 . Probate of £ 33,712
His widow, Dorothy Armitage, died 3 years later