Birth: 1 February 1905 Dorking, Surrey, UK
Father: Unknown
Mother: Minnie Holden c1869-1952
Christening: 18 June 1910 St Martin, Dorking, Surrey, UK
Marriage: July-September 1926 Hambledon, Surrey, UK
Wife: Violet Taylor 1904-2000
Death: July-September 1979 Mid Eastern Surrey, UK
Jean Leonora Holden [Barton] 1926-2003
May Helena Holden [Rogers] 1931-1997
Winifred CHolden 1932
Michael J Holden 1935
Diana Alice Holden 1937
Birth of William Leonard Holden in FreeBMD in January-March 1905 in Dorking (2a 192).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917 for William Leonard Holden born 1 February 1905, baptised 18 June 1910 at Dorking, St Martin, mother Minnie Holden. "Page 449 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Dorking in the County of Surrey in the Year 1910 [...] 1910 June 18th Feb.1.1905 William Leonard [mother] Minnie Holden [of] 23 Mill Lane Dorking".
In the 1911 census as Leonard Holden aged 6, born in Dorking, Surrey, and living with his mother (Minnie) and sister (Minnie) in three rooms at 23 Mill Lane, Dorking, Surrey.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Regimental Rolls and Recruitment Registers, 1914-1947 for Leonard Holden aged 18 years 6 months, born in Dorking, Surrey, a labourer, enlisted for 4 years as 6079050 Queen's Royal West Surrey on 17 August 1921.
Marriage of Leonard Holden and Violet Taylor in FreeBMD in July-September 1926 in Hambledon (2a 475).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 for the marriage of Leonard Holden aged 21, father Leonard Holden, and Violet Taylor on 24 July 1926 at Ewhurst, St Peter and St Paul. "Page 5 [...] 1926 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Ewhurst in the County of Surrey. [No.] 10 July 24th 1926 Leonard Holden [aged] 21, [a] Bachelor [and] Soldier [of] 8 John the Baptist Dorking [father] Leonard Holden [a] Labourer, [and] Violet Taylor [aged] 22, [a] Spinster [of] Ewhurst [father] James Taylor [a] Bailiff. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England by Licence [...] in the Presence of James Taylor and Minnie Holden".
His first daughter was born in Hambledon in 1926, two daughters in Dorking in 1931 and 1932, and son and daughter in SE Surrey in 1935 and 1937.
Nine entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Leonard Holden addresses Glenside, Westcott, Dorking, Reigate in 1931 and 1932, other occupant Violet Holden (wife?), Jasmine Cottage, Milton, Reigate from 1933 to 1935, other occupant Violet Holden (wife?), and 10 Watson Road, Milton, Reigate from 1936 to 1939, other occupant Violet Holden (wife?).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Leonard W Holden born 1 February 1905, married, a plasterers labourer, and living with Violet Holden (wife?), Michael J Holden (son?), Diana Alice Holden (daughter?) and two others (daughters?) at 10 Watson Road, Dorking, Surrey.
Thirteen entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Leonard Holden address 10 Watson Road, Milton, Reigate changing to Westcott, Milton, Dorking in 1949 from 1946 to 1961, other occupants Violet Holden (wife?), May H Rogers (married daughter?) in 1952, Michael J Hold (son?) from 1957, and Diana A Holden (daughter?) from 1958.
Death of William Leonard Holden, born 1 February 1905 in FreeBMD in July-September 1979 in Surrey Mid E (17 2).
There are sixteen entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for William Leonard Holden.
Note that Dorking became part of Surrey South Eastern in 1934, and part of Surrey Mid Eastern in 1974.
William Leonard Holden was the father of Jean Leonora Holden, wife of Leslie Bernard John Barton, third cousin of Dennis Alfred Barton, my brother-in-law.
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