Birth: 18 June 1914 14 Cemetery Road, Bow, London, UK
Father: Christopher Thomas Leaver 1882-1926
Mother: Margaret Ellen Barnes 1881-1931
Christening: 11 July 1914 St Luke, Mile End Old Town, London, UK
Marriage: July-September 1951 SW Surrey, UK
Wife: Doreen Ethel Mitchell 1928-2007
Death: 16 January 1974 Guildford, Surrey, UK
Patricia D Leaver 1948
Stephen Terence Henry Leaver 1949-1997
Jacqueline A Leaver [Baker, Robinson] 1951-a1982
Robert A Leaver 1955
Birth of Edward F Leaver, mother's maiden name Barnes, in FreeBMD in July-September 1914 in Poplar (1c 926).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920 for Edward Francis Leaver baptised 11 July 1914 at St Luke, Limehouse Fields, Tower Hamlets, parents Christopher Thomas and Margaret Ellen Leaver. "Page 186 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of S. Luke Mile End Old Town in the County of Middlesex in the Year One thousand nine hundred and fourteen. 1914 July 11th No. 1481 Edward Francis [parents] Christopher Thomas, [a] Trouser Presser, & Margaret Ellen Leaver [of] 14 Cemetery Rd Bow". St Luke Mile End Old Town was a chapel of ease built in the year 1870, lying within the civil boundaries of the parish of Stepney St Dunstan.
Two entries in the British Army World War I Service Records for his father dated 1915 includes Edward Francis Leaver Leaver born 18 June 1914 in Bromley.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949 for E Leaver 6700668 Bgr 2 Rifle Brigade Rgr Palestine.
Two entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Edward F Leaver addresses 38 Morville Street, Poplar, Tower Hamlets in 1945, and 12 Lawrence Road, Hampton, Twickenham in 1946, other occupants Henry Leaver (brother?), Henry H and Ethel Mitchell (future parents-in-law?), and another family.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Edward F Leaver address Wareham Cottage, Brook, Witley, Godalming, Guildford in 1947.
His daughter was registered in SW Surrey in 1948 with surnames Leaver and Mitchell.
Two entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Edward F Leaver address Wareham Cottage, Brook, Witley, Godalming, Guildford in 1948 and Farnham in 1949.
His son was registered in SW Surrey in 1949 with surname Leaver and mother's maiden name as Leaver or Mitchell.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Edward F Leaver address 1 Damson Cottage, Grayswood, Haslemere, Witley, Farnham in 1951, other occupant Doreen E Leaver (future wife?).
Two entries in FreeBMD for the marriage of Edward F Leaver to Doreen E Leaver and Doreen E Mitchell in July-September 1951 in Surrey SW (5g 1522).
His son was registered in SW Surrey in 1951.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Edward F Leaver address 2 Old Cottage, Grayswood Lane, Haslemere, Witley, Farnham in 1952, other occupant Doreen E Leaver (wife?).
His daughter was registered in SW Surrey in 1955.
Death of Terence Edward F Leaver, born 18 June 1914, in FreeBMD in January-March 1974 in Surrey SW (5g 1321).
There are twenty four entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Edward Francis Leaver inclding a copy of his Army Service Record No. 6700668 Edward Terance Francis Leaver born 18 June 1924 (sic - this has been altered in pen) in Bow London, an engineer, attested London 21 August 1935 for 7 years in the Colours and 5 years in Reserve, a qualified cook class I, 24 April 1943 Middle East School of Cookery, Awarded Africa Star with 8th Army Clasp 6 April 1944, Rifle War Course 45 2nd October 1944, and also adding his death on 16 January 1974 in Guildford.
Edward Francis was the father of Jacqueline A Leaver, wife of John K Baker, my half fourth cousin.
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