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LEETE, Harry Shirley
1882 - 1959 (77 years) Has 8 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
1857 - 1940 (83 years)-
Name LEETE, Harry Shirley Birth 1882 Leicester, Leicestershire 
Gender Male Death 1959 Leicestershire Central Registration District, Leicestershire Person ID I4825 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father LEETE, Tempest, b. 2 Jul 1856, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Englansd d. Abt 1930 (Age 73 years) Relationship natural Mother PRETTY, Naomi Elizabeth, b. 1857, Leicester, Leicestershire d. 1940, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 83 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1877 Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire Family ID F1542 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BOSWELL, Mary, b. 1888, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire d. 1952, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 64 years) Marriage 1907 Leicester, Leicestershire Children 1. LEETE, Hilda Elizabeth, b. 26 Aug 1908, Leicester, Leicestershire d. 1997, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 88 years)2. LEETE, Dorothy Kate, b. 6 Aug 1910, Leicester, Leicestershire d. 2002, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 91 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1430 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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HARRY SHIRLEY LEETE 1882-1959
The birth of a Harry Shirley LEETE was registered in 1882.
(GRO September Q 1882 Leicester 7a 267)
The 1891 census of 52 King Street, Leicester St.Mary:
Mary A. PRETTY, head, aged 62, widow, dressmaker, born at Castle Donnington, Leicestershire;
Naomi E. LEETE, daughter, aged 33, married, machinist, born at Leicester;
Francis L. LEETE, grandson, aged 10, scholar, born at Leicester;
*Harry S. LEETE, grandson, aged 9, scholar, born at Leicester;
Harry HOLLAND, boarder, aged 22, single, carpenter, born at Woodhouse, Leicestershire.
(RG11/2536/20/15)
The 1901 census of 66 Hilbert Street, Leicester:
Mary Ann PRETTY, head, aged 72, widow, milliner and dressmaker, worker, born at Castle Donnington, Leicestershire;
Elizabeth LEETE, daughter, aged 43, married, boot machinist, worker, born at Leicester;
Leonard LEETE, grandson, aged 19, single, plumber's apprentice, born at Leicester;
*Harry LEETE, grandson, aged 18, paperhanger's and painter's apprentice, born at Leicester.
(RG13/3005/133/24)
From Wright's Directory of Leicester 1909:
3, Myrtle Road, Mrs. Naomi Elizabeth LEETE, hardware dealer.
31, Myrtle Road, Harry S. LEETE, painter.
36, Mere Road, John Rider BATE, foreman in shoe factory.
The 1911 census of 31 Myrtle Road, Leicester, Leicestershire:
*Harry Shirley LEETE, head, aged 28, house painter, born in Leicester, Leicestershire;
Mary LEETE, wife, married 3 years, aged 22, born in Leicester, Leicestershire;
Hilda Elizabeth LEETE, daughter, aged 2, born in Leicester, Leicestershire;
Dorothy Kate LEETE, daughter, aged 8 months, born in Leicester, Leicestershire.
(RG14PN19233 RG78PN1151 RD407 SD2 ED16 SN169)
From Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland 1912:
3, Myrtle Road, Mrs. Naomi Elizabeth LEETE, hardware dealer.
31, Myrtle Road, Harry S. LEETE, painter.
From Kelly's Directory & Rutland 1916:
3, Myrtle Road, Mrs. Naomi Elizabeth LEETE, hardware dealer.
16, Hamilton Street, Harry Shirley LEETE, hardware dealer.
54, King Street & 76 London Road, Frank James PRETTY, decorator.
Turner Street, Frank James PRETTY, decorator, yard.
18, Saxe Coburg street, Miss Sarah Jane PRETTY, dress maker.
The death of Harry S. LEETE was registered in 1959 aged 76.
(GRO December Q 1959 Leicestershire Central 3a 421)
(revised 19.08.2011)