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WEST, Jesse
1863 - 1936 (73 years) Has 30 ancestors and 9 descendants in this family tree.
1828 - 1909 (80 years)-
Name WEST, Jesse Birth 1863 Leicester, Leicestershire 
Gender Male Death 1936 Wolverhampton Registration District, Staffordshire Person ID I298 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father WEST, David, b. 1836, Middleton, Northamptonshire, England d. 23 Oct 1895, Leicester, Leicestershire (Age 59 years) Relationship natural Mother EDGOOSE, Kerenhappuck, b. 15 Nov 1828, Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England d. 29 Oct 1909, Leicester, Leicestershire, (Age 80 years) Relationship natural Marriage 24 Jul 1860 Leicester, Leicestershire Family ID F191 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Marriage Bef 1891 Family ID F189 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 SMITH, Sarah Elizabeth, b. 1868, Leeds, Yorkshire, England d. 1921, Wolverhampton Registration District, Staffordshire (Age 53 years) Marriage 1891 Leeds, Yorkshire, England Children 1. WEST, Major Jesse "Bill" O.B.E., B.Sc.,, b. 4 Oct 1893, Leeds, Yorkshire, England d. 1963 (Age 69 years)2. WEST, Ernest Arthur, b. 10 Jun 1895, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England d. 18 Dec 1918, Active Service In World War 1 (Age 23 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. WEST, Harold Edgoose, b. 8 Oct 1901, Wolverhampton Registration District, Staffordshire d. 28 Nov 1982, Northampton Registration District, Northamptonshire (Age 81 years)Family ID F190 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JESSE WEST 1863-1936
The birth of a Jesse WEST was registered in 1863.
(GRO December Q 1863 [...GOOSE] Leicester 07A 168)
The 1871 census returns for 22 William Street, Leicester:
David WEST, head, aged 34, carpenter, born at Middleton, Norhamptonshire;
Kerinhappuck [sic] WEST, wife, aged 37, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
*Jessie [sic] WEST, son, aged 7, scholar, born in Leicestershire;
William WEST, son, aged 3, born in Leicestershire;
Mary Edgoose WEST, aged 2, born in Leicestershire.
(RG10/3271/104/12)
The 1881 census returns for 35 Stanley Street, Leicester St. Margaret, Leicestershire:
David WEST, head, aged 44, a carpenter and joiner. born at Shilton, Northamptonshire;
Heren H. WEST (sic), wife, aged 47 (!), born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
*Jessie WEST, son, aged 17, pupil teacher, born in Leicester;
William WEST, son, aged 13, born in Leicester;
Mary WEST, daughter, aged 12, born in Leicester.
(RG11/3164/41/12)
According to the 1891 census returns he was living alone at No. 18 Springfield Tor, Leeds:
*Jesse WEST, head, aged 27, assistant schoolmaster, born at Leicester, Leicestershire.
(RG12/3693/82/19)
The marriage between Jesse WEST and Sarah Elizabeth SMITH was registered in 1891.
(GRO September Q 1891 Leeds 9b 948)
The 1901 census returns for 25 Larches Lane, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire:
*Jesse WEST, head, aged 37, schoolmaster, born at Leicester;
Sarah E. WEST, wife, aged 33, born at Leeds, Yorkshire;
Jessie (sic) WEST, son, aged 7, born at Leeds, Yorkshire;
Ernest WEST, son, aged 5, born at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire;
Adelaide DONE, servant, aged 17, general servant, born at Wednesfield, Staffordshire.
(RG13/2673/85/34)
The 1911 census of Glengarry, Coalway Road, Penn Fields, Wolverhampton:
*Jesse WEST, head, aged 47, married, principal Higher Grade School, W'ton Educatn. Committee, born in Leicester, Leicestershire;
Sarah Elizabeth WEST, wife, aged 43, married 18 years, 4 children (3 living), born at Leeds, Yorkshire;
Jesse WEST, son, aged 17, single, born at Leeds, Yorkshire;
Ernest Arthur WEST, son, aged 15, single, born at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire;
Harold Edgoose WEST, son, aged 9, born at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire;
Elizabeth MOSELEY, servant, aged 34, single, general servant domestic, born at Claverley, Shropshire.
(RG14/17008)
"........ the first (headmaster) was Mr. Jesse WEST, tall, well built and with a neatly trimmed greying beard, he had an impressive presence. A master of the old school, he was a strict disciplinarian with a strong sense of duty; but little of humour.
In 1928 Mr. WEST retired and Major A. G. LANE was appointed as his successor. The two headmasters were in striking contrast, Major LANE with his strong sense of humour, an astonishing memory which never forgot a name or face, and a Sherlock Holmmes like ability to track down wrongdoers, was as much a headmaster of the new school as his predecessor had been of the old. His first act on becoming headmaster was to abolish corporal punishment in the school, retaining to himself the right to use it in extreme cases. Older members of the staff predicted gloomily that it would not work. When, later, however, they saw the improved relationship between teacher and taught they were amongst the first to admit that it had worked."
(From Wolverhampton Intermediate (later Technical High) School school magazine of 1951, reprinted in 'One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing', Gmeente Oosterhesselen)
The death of a Jesse WEST aged 73 was registered in 1936.
(GRO December Q 1936 Wolverhampton 6b 647)
NOTES & QUERIES:
No trace in England of a wife who died before 1891 has been traced
According to the 1911 census enumeration, one child had died by 1911.
The Wolverhampton Higher Grade School opened in 1894 with elementary and higher sections. In 1907 the word Municipal was added to the title. In 1921 the Higher Grade School moved to Old Hall Street and became the Intermediate School.
(revised 20.04.2024)