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Personal data George Alexander Leitch 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • He was born in the year 1881.Sources 1, 2, 3, 5
    Newport, Fife, Scotland
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1901 Engineer Apprentice in Netherlea, Forgan, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1939 Engineer, Electrical, General Chairman & Director in Hampton-In-Arden, Meriden, Warwickshire, England.Source 3
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1881: Hillcrest, Forgan, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1891: Hillcrest, Forgan, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1901: Netherlea, Forgan, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1939: Hampton-In-Arden, Meriden, Warwickshire, England.Source 3
  • He died on September 25, 1953, he was 72 years old.Source 4
    Age: 72/Burnham, Eton, Buckinghamshire, England
  • He is buried in Dundee, Dundee City, Scotland.Source 4
  • A child of Andrew Leitch and Janet Isabella Thomson

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Ancestors (and descendant) of George Alexander Leitch

Robert Leitch
1823-1883
Ann McKinlay
1824-????
Thomas Thomson
1816-1865
Elizabeth Robertson
1817-????
Andrew Leitch
1841-1916

George Alexander Leitch
1881-1953


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    1. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Andrew Leitch Parish: Forgan; ED: 4; Page: 15; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1901_139 1901 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1901 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
      Record for Andrew Leitch
      Name: Andrew Leitch
      Age: 59
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Scotland, Dunfermline
      Registration Number: 431
      Registration district: Forgan
      Civil parish: Forgan
      County: Fife
      Address: Netherlea
      Occupation: Steam Ship Marager
      ED: 4
      Household schedule number: 83
      Line: 19
      Roll: CSSCT1901_139
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Andrew Leitch 59 Head
      Thomas T Leitch 33 Son
      George A Leitch 20 Son
      Cathrine Mcdonald 25 Servant
      Matilda Ramsay 19 Servant
      Johan Hunter 48 Servant
    2. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Andrew Leitch Parish: Forgan; ED: 3; Page: 34; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1891_132 1891 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      Record for Andrew Leitch
      Name: Andrew Leitch
      Age: 49
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's Name: Isabella Leitch
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dunfermilne, Fife
      Registration Number: 431
      Registration district: Forgan
      Civil parish: Forgan
      County: Fife
      Address: Hill Crest
      Occupation: Ship Owner
      ED: 3
      Household schedule number: 157
      Line: 10
      Roll: CSSCT1891_132
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Andrew Leitch 49 Head
      Isabella Leitch 49 Wife
      Fred Leitch 15 Son
      George Leitch 10 Son
      Wilson Leitch 20 Daughter
      Mary Leitch 19 Daughter
      Jessie Sturrock 26 Servant
      JT Leitch 22 Son
    3. 1939 England and Wales Register, Ancestry.com, Record for George A Leitch The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: Rg 101/5729g
      Record for George A Leitch
      Name; George A Leitch
      Gender: Male
      Marital Status: Married
      Birth Date: 15 Dec 1880
      Residence Date: 1939
      Address: Hampton-In-Arden.
      Residence Place: Meriden, Warwickshire, England
      Occupation: Engineer Electrical General Chairman Director
      Line Number: 25
      Schedule Number: 37
      Sub Schedule Number: 6
      Enumeration District: Qfet
      Borough: Meriden
      Registration district: 386/2.
      Household Members: 5
      / Ancestry.com
    4. UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com, 1916 Record for Andrew Leitch
      Record for Andrew Leitch

      Inscription

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      In memory of Isabella Thomson wife of Andrew Leitch who died 12th July 1897 aged 56 years.
      Also of their son Charles Arthur who died May 1884 aged 8 years.
      Also of the above Andrew Leitch J.P. who died 10th May 1916 aged 75 years.
      Also of their son Thomas Thomson 7th Canadians wounded in France, died in Canada 21st May 1917 aged 49 years.
      Also their grandson Follett Hallett Holt lieutenant Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry killed in France 22nd August 1918 aged 20 years.
      Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

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      Family burial ground Andrew Leitch, Newport, Fife

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      Also of their daughter Annie Wilson who died at Boscastle, Cornwall 27th October 1928.
      And of their son Andrew who died at Cowichan Station, Vancouver Island 12th February 1936.
      Also of their son Frederick who died at Buenos Aires 30th November 1940.
      Also of their son James Thomson who died at Buenos Aires 18th June 1949 aged 83 years.

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      Also of their eldest daughter Eliza Robertson wife of Sir Follett Holt K.B.E. who died 30th January 1949 aged 87 years.
      And of their son John David Leitch who died 22nd June 1952 aged 79 years.
      Also of their daughter Mary Isabella Niven who died 1953 aged 81 years.
      And of their son George Alexander Leitch who died 25th September 1953 aged 72 years. Burnham, Eton, Buckinghamshire, England

      Gravesite Details

      The memorial is a square column with inscriptions on front, right and left sides. A finial is sitting upright on the ground on the right side. The site is outlined by a grave curb filled with gravel.
      / Ancestry.com
    5. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Andrew Leitch Parish: Forgan; ED: 3; Page: 36; Line: 18; Roll: CSSCT1881_120 1881 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      Record for Andrew Leitch
      Name: Andrew Leitch
      Age: 39
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's Name: Isabella Leitch
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
      Registration Number: 431
      Registration district: Forgan
      Civil parish: Forgan
      County: Fife
      Address: Hillcrest
      Occupation: Ship Owner & Coal Merchant
      ED: 3
      Household schedule number: 182
      Line: 18
      Roll: CSSCT1881_120
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Andrew Leitch 39 Head
      Isabella Leitch 39 Wife
      Elizabeth R Leitch 19 Daughter
      Wilson Leitch 10 Daughter
      Mary Leitch 8 Daughter
      John T Leitch 7 Son
      Fred T Leitch 6 Son
      Charles A Leitch 3 Son
      George A Leitch 3 Mo Son
      Mary Marshall 25 Servant
      Mary Morrison 26 Servant

    Historical events

    Day of death September 25, 1953

    • The temperature on September 25, 1953 was between 7.2 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
      • February 19 » Book censorship in the United States: The Georgia Literature Commission is established.
      • April 29 » The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
      • June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
      • June 19 » Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
      • August 19 » Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
      • December 9 » Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.
    

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    Source: Wikipedia


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