The Earle & Welford Families of Yorkshire, England 1268 - 1911
The Earle & Welford Families       of Yorkshire, England               1268 - 1911

Leyburn Family of Gilling West & East Layton

St Andrew's Church, Auckland St Andrew, Durham

 

Baptism, 8th August 1784

Mary daughter of John Leyburn & Hannah Dakers

 

Baptism, 14th April 1787

George son of John Leyburn & Hannah Dakers

 

St Agatha's Church, Gilling, Yorkshire

 

Baptism, 26th May 1799

Margaret daughter of William Copeland & Elizabeth Smith

 

St John's Church, Stanwick St John, Yorkshire

 

Baptism, 13th December 1802

Hannah daughter of Mary Leyburn & ???

 

Baptism, 24th February 1805 (born 27th January 1805)

George son of Mary Leyburne & ???

 

St Mary's Church, Richmond, Yorkshire

 

Marriage, 8th December 1810

George Leyburn & Hannah Lee

 

Baptism, 8th December 1810

Mary Ann daughter of George Leyburn

 

St Agatha's Church, Gilling, Yorkshire

 

Baptism, 11th October 1819

William son of Margaret Copeland

 

Marriage, 16th April 1826

George Leyburn (of Richmond) & Margaret Copeland witnessed by John Smith, Ann Copeland, Ann Gill & William Wilson

 

St Mary's Church, Richmond, Yorkshire

 

Baptism, 20th April 1827

Elizabeth daughter of George & Margaret Leyburn

 

Baptism, 15th February 1829

Mary Ann daughter of George & Margaret Layburn

 

St Agatha's Church, Gilling, Yorkshire

 

Baptism, 4th March 1831

Jane daughter of George & Margaret Leyburn

 

Baptism, 1st September 1833

Mary Eleanor daughter of George & Margaret Leyburn

 

St Mary's Church, Richmond, Yorkshire

 

Marriage, 11th September 1833

Mary Leyburne & Thomas Gibson

 

St Agatha's Church, Gilling, Yorkshire

 

Baptism, 15th January 1836

Margaret daughter of George & Margaret Leyburn

 

1841 Census

 

Gilling, Richmond, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: HO107/1246/1)

name

age

trade

birth place

George Leyburn

35

Shoemaker

Yorkshire

Margaret Leyburn

40

-

Yorkshire

Elizabeth Leyburn

14

-

Yorkshire

Mary Leyburn 12 - Yorkshire
Jane Leyburn 10 - Yorkshire
Mary E Leyburn 7 - Yorkshire
Margaret Leyburn 5 - Yorkshire
George Leyburn 3 - Yorkshire
Alfred Leyburn 1 - Yorkshire

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Deaths - Richmond, December 1842 [v24 p291]

George Leyburne

 

St Agatha's Church, Gilling, Yorkshire

 

Baptism, 26th November 1848

Annie Elizabeth daughter of Jane Leybourne

 

Kirby Ravensworth, Yorkshire

 

Marriage, 15th June 1850

Jane Leyburne & Thomas Hutchinson

 

1851 Census

 

Gilling, Richmond, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: HO107/2381)

name

age

trade

birth place

George Leyburn (head)

46

Shoemaker

Eldon, Durham

Margaret Leyburn (wife)

52

-

Gilling Yorkshire

Elizabeth Layburn (dau)

24

-

Richmond, Yorkshire

Ann Leyburn (daughter) 22 - Richmond, Yorkshire
Mary Leyburn (daughter) 18 - Gilling, Yorkshire
Margaret Leyburn (dau) 16 Scholar Gilling, Yorkshire
Alfred Leyburn (son) 11 Scholar Gilling, Yorkshire
Ann E Leyburn (g.dau) 2 - Gilling, Yorkshire
George Leyburn (g.son) 4 mths - Gilling, Yorkshire
William Leyburn (g.son) 2 mths - Gilling, Yorkshire

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Marriages - Richmond, October 1855

Mary Ann Leyburn & William Messenger

 

St Agatha's Church, Gilling, Yorkshire

 

Baptism, 17th January 1858

Emily daughter of Elizabeth Leyburn

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Deaths - Richmond, March 1859 [v9d p338]

William Leyburn

 

1861 Census

 

Gilling, Richmond, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG9/3674)

name

age

trade

birth place

George Leyburn (head)

56

Shoemaker

Eldon, Durham

Margaret Leyburn (wife)

61

-

Gilling Yorkshire

Elizabeth Layburn (dau)

34

Dressmaker

Richmond, Yorkshire

Mary Ellen Leyburn (dau) 27 Dressmaker Gilling, Yorkshire
Alfred Leyburn (son) 20 Shoemakers Apprentice Gilling, Yorkshire
Margaret Leyburn (dau) 25 School Mistress Gilling, Yorkshire
Ann leyburn (daughter) 12 Scholar Gilling, Yorkshire
George Leyburn (g.son) 10 Scholar Gilling, Yorkshire
Emily Leyburn (g.dau) 3 - Gilling, Yorkshire

 

St Agatha's Church, Gilling, Yorkshire

 

Marriage, 18th December 1864

Alfred Leyburn & Mary Elizabeth Blenkinsop

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Deaths - Richmond, March 1869 [v9d p394]

Margaret Leyburn aged 70

 

Deaths - Richmond, March 1870 [v9d p375]

George Leyburn aged 65

 

1871 Census

 

Front Street, Gilling, Richmond, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG10/4875)

name

age

trade

birth place

Elizabeth Leyburn (head)

43

Dressmaker (unm'd)

Richmond, Yorkshire

Mary Ellen Leyburn (sister)

37

Dressmaker (unm'd)

Gilling, Yorkshire

George Leyburn (nephew)

20

Carpenters Apprentice

Gilling, Yorkshire

Emily Leyburn (daughter) 13 Scholar South Stockton, Yorkshire

 

Hawnby, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG10/4837)

name

age

trade

birth place

Alfred Leyburn (head)

30

Police Constable 1st Class

Gilling Yorkshire

Elizabeth Leyburn (wife)

25

-

Whitehaven, Cumberland

Margaret Leyburn (dau)

5

-

South Eston, Yorkshire

George Leyburn (son) 2 - Gilling, Yorkshire
Isabella Graham (sis-law) 22 Nurse (widow) Kendall, Westmorland
Jane Graham (niece) 3 - Ridsdale, Northumberland

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Marriages - Guisborough, December 1874 [v9d p1034]

George Leyburn & Mary Ann Payne

 

Marriages - Richamond, June 1875 [v9d p951]

Mary Ellen Leyburn & Matthew Stewart

 

Deaths - Richmond, September 1875 [v9d p411]

Emily Leyburn aged 17

 

Deaths - Richmond, March 1881 [v9d p437]

Elizabeth Leyburn aged 53

 

1881 Census

 

Gilling, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG11/4879)

name

age

trade

birth place

Alfred Leyburn (head)

40

Shoemaker

Gilling, Yorkshire

Elizabeth Leyburn (wife)

35

-

Whitehaven, Cumberland

George Leyburn (son) 12 Scholar Gilling, Yorkshire
Alfred H Leyburn (son) 6 - South Stockton, Yorkshire

 

St Nicholas Street, East Dereham, Norfolk (PRO Ref: RG11/1980)

name

age

trade

birth place

George Leyburn (head)

30

Carpenter & Joiner

Gilling, Yorkshire

Mary Ann Leyburn (wife)

28

-

Scarning, Norfolk

Herbert Geo Layburn (son)

3

-

Coatham, Redcar, Yorkshire

 

Gilling, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG11/4879)

name

age

trade

birth place

Margaret Leyburn (servant)

15

Domestic Servant

South Eston, Yorkshire

 

Gilling, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG11/4879)

name

age

trade

birth place

Matthew Stewart (head)

48

Quarry Labourer

North Stainley, Yorkshire

Mary Ellen Stewart (wife)

49

Dressmaker

Gilling, Yorkshire

Thomas E Stewart (son) 4 - Gilling, Yorkshire
George Alfred Leyburn (-) 11 Scholar Thorpe Bassett, Yorkshire

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Deaths - Mitford, September 1883 [v4b p165]

Mary Ann Leyburn aged 31

 

Marriages - Mitford, December 1884 [v4b p729]

George Leyburn & Harriet Lince

 

Marriages - Richmond, September 1890 [v9d p1027]

Margaret Jane Leyburn & Charles Stephens

 

1891 Census

 

Cottage, East Layton, Richmond, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG12/4039)

name

age

trade

birth place

Alfred Leyburn (head)

50

Limestone Quarryman

Gilling, Yorkshire

Elizabeth Leyburn (wife)

45

-

Whitehaven, Cumberland

George Layburn (son)

22

Quarryman

Gilling, Yorkshire

Alfred Leyburn (son) 16 Quarryman South Stockton, Yorkshire
Harold Leyburn (son) 9 Scholar Gilling, Yorkshire
Gertrude Leyburn (dau) 5 Scholar Gilling, Yorkshire

 

4 Vincent Cottages, Scarning, Norfolk (PRO Ref: RG12/1555)

name

age

trade

birth place

George Leyburn (head)

40

Carpenter & Joiner

Gilling, NR Yorkshire

Harriet Leyburn (wife)

33

-

Norwich, Norfolk

Herbert Geo Layburn (son)

13

Scholar

Redcar, Yorkshire

Ernest E Leyburn (son) 5 Scholar East Dereham, Norfolk
Albert Leyburn (son) 3 - East Dereham, Norfolk
Emily M E Leyburn (dau) 1 - East Dereham, Norfolk

 

42 Leslie Gardens, Wallsend, Northumberland (PRO Ref: RG12/4220)

name

age

trade

birth place

George A Leyburn (cousin)

22

Brickyard Labourer

Thorpe Bassett, Yorkshire

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Marriages - Richmond, March 1895 [v9d p831]

George Leyburn & Sophia Brown

 

Marriages - Richmond, March 1901 [v9d p915]

George Alfred Leyburn & Sarah Harrison

 

1901 Census

 

East Layton (SW of the village), Richmond, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG13/4613)

name

age

trade

birth place

Alfred Leyburn (head)

60

Limestone Quarryman

Gilling, Yorkshire

Elizabeth Leyburn (wife)

55

-

Whitehaven, Cumberland

Alfred H Layburn (son)

26

Limestone Quarryman

Thornaby, Yorkshire

Gertrude Leyburn (dau) 15 - Gilling, Yorkshire

 

East Layton, Richmond, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG13/4613)

name

age

trade

birth place

George Leyburn (head)

32

General Labourer

Gilling, Yorkshire

Sophia Leyburn (wife)

30

-

East Layton, Yorkshire

Ernest Layburn (son)

6

-

East Layton, Yorkshire

Victoria I Leyburn (dau) 3 - East Layton, Yorkshire
Percy G Leyburn (son) 2 - East layton, Yorkshire

 

Gilling West, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG13/4610)

name

age

trade

birth place

George Leyburn (head)

31

Groom Domestic

Thorpe, Yorkshire

Sarah Leyburn (wife)

28

-

Leatherhead, Surrey

Susannah Brand (servant)

28

Nurse

Gilling, Yorkshire

? Leyburn (son) 1 mth - Gilling, Yorkshire

 

Dereham Rd, Shipdham, Norfolk (PRO Ref: RG13/1869)

name

age

trade

birth place

George Leyburn (head)

50

Carpenter

Gilling, Yorkshire

Harriet Leyburn (wife)

43

-

Norwich, Norfolk

Ernest E Layburn (son)

15

Smiths Apprentice

East Dereham, Norfolk

Albert Leyburn (son) 14 Errand Boy East Dereham, Norfolk
Emily Leyburn (daughter) 11 Scholar East Dereham, Norfolk
Alfred Leyburn (son) 9 Scholar East Dereham, Norfolk
George Leyburn (son) 6 Scholar East Dereham, Norfolk
Edith Leyburn (daughter) 5 -

Shipdhan, Norfolk

 

27 Railway Terrace, East Ardsley, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG13/4613)

name

age

trade

birth place

George Leybourn (boarder)

26

Railway Engine Stoker

Stockton, Yorkshire

 

Note: This last George Leyburn is the Alfred Leyburn named in earlier census records

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Births - Richmond, June 1903 [v9d p731]

John George Leyburn

 

Deaths - Richmond, June 1903 [v9d p433]

John George Leyburn, aged 0

 

Marriages - Richmond, June 1910 [v9d p1231]

Harold Leyburn & Margaret Johnson

 

1911 Census (2nd April)

 

East Layton, Yorkshire (Nr.25)

name

age

trade

birth place

Alfred Leyburn (head)

70

Limestone Quarryman

Gilling, Yorkshire

Elizabeth Leyburn (wife)

65

-

Whitehaven, Cumberland

Alfred Hilton Leyburn (son)

36

Limestone Quarryman

Thornaby, Yorkshire

 

  Census note: Married 46 years, 5 children born alive 5 still living

 

East Layton, Richmond, Yorkshire (Nr.28)

name

age

trade

birth place

George Leyburn (head)

42

General Labourer

Gilling, Yorkshire

Sophia Leyburn (wife)

40

-

East Layton, Yorkshire

Victoria Irene Leyburn (dau) 13 School East Layton, Yorkshire
Kathleen Leyburn (dau) 7 - East layton, Yorkshire
Louis Leyburn (son) 5 - East layton, Yorkshire

 

  Census note: Married 16 years, 5 children born alive 5 still living

 

Gilling West, Richmond, Yorkshire (Nr.3)

name

age

trade

birth place

Alfred Leyburn (head)

41

Garden Labourer

Thorpe Bassett, Yorkshire

Sarah Leyburn (wife)

37

-

Leather Head, Surrey

William Layburn (son)

10

School

Gilling West, Yorkshire

George Leyburn (son) 6 School Gilling West, Yorkshire
Arthur Leyburn (son) 2 - Gilling West, Yorkshire
Margaret Leyburn (bdr/sgl) 75 Retired School Mistress Gilling West, Yorkshire

 

  Census note: Married 10 years, 4 children born alive 3 still living

 

Shipdham, Mitford, Norfolk (Nr.75)

name

age

trade

birth place

George Leyburn (head)

60

Carpenter

Gilling West, Yorkshire

Harriet Leyburn (wife)

53

-

Norwich, Norfolk

Emily Mary Elizabeth Leyburn (dau)

21

-

Dereham, Norfolk

Margaret Edith Ellen Leyburn (dau) 15 - Shipdhan, Norfolk

 

  Census note: Married 26 years, 6 children born alive 6 still living

 

The Green, Devonport, Devon (Nr.146)

name

age

trade

birth place

Elizabeth Lee (head/wdw) 52 - Bethnall Green, London
Hilda Leyburn (daughter) 25 - Devonport, Devon

Albert Leyburn (son-law)

24

Farm Servant (horseman)

Dereham, Norfolk

Blanche Leyburn (wife)

2

-

Devonport, Devon

 

  Census note: Married 4 years, 1 child born alive 1 still living (Albert & Hilda)

 

Calton Hall, Norwich (Nr.4)

name

age

trade

birth place

Alfred Leyburne (servant) 19 Footman Scarning, Norfolk

 

Manchetser Hotel, Bridlington (Nr.292)

name

age

trade

birth place

Gertrude Leyburn (servant) 25 House maid Boarding House Gilling, Richmond, Yorkshire

 

52 Earl Street, Shipley, Yorkshire (Nr.217)

name

age

trade

birth place

Harold Leyburn (head)

29

Shoeing & General Smith

Gilling West, Yorkshire

Margaret Leyburn (wife)

32

-

Melsonby, Yorkshire

Alfred Hilton Leyburn (brother)

36

Limestone Quarryman

Thornaby, Yorkshire

 

  Census note: Married under 1 year, no children

 

Fox Hall, Ravensworth, Richmond, Yorkshire (Nr.55)

name

age

trade

birth place

Ernest Leyburn (head)

15

Farm Servant

East Layton, Yorkshire

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Deaths - Richmond, June 1911 [v9d p434]

Margaret Leyburn, aged 75

 

Births - Richmond, June 1914 [v9d p1370]

Alfred Leyburn, mothers maiden name 'Harrison'

 

Deaths - Richmond, March 1917 [v9d p1008]

Elizabeth Leyburn, aged 71

 

Marriages - Richmond, September 1919 [v9d p1716]

Gertrude Leyburn & Leyburn [sic] Barras

 

Marriages - Richmond, December 1920 [v9d p1664]

Percy George Leyburn & Elsie Bowe

 

Deaths - Richmond, March 1921 [v9d p920]

Alfred H Leyburn, aged 46

 

Births - Richmond, September 1921 [v2a p1339]

Derek Leyburn, mothers maiden name 'Bowe'

 

Marriages - Richmond, March 1923 [v9d p1007]

Ernest Leyburn & Evelyn Moses

 

Births - Richmond, June 1923 [v9d p1284]

Joan Leyburn, mothers maiden name 'Bowe'

 

Births - Richmond, June 1923 [v9d p1282]

Vera Leyburn, mothers maiden name 'Moses'

 

Marriages - Richmond, September 1924 [v9d p1501]

Victoria I Leyburn & Ernest T Corner

 

Births - Richmond, September 1925 [v9d p1181]

Peter Leyburn, mothers maiden name 'Bowe'

 

Births - Richmond, December 1925 [v9d p1112]

Rowland Leyburn, mothers maiden name 'Moses'

 

Deaths - Richmond, December 1926 [v9d p796]

Alfred Leyburn, aged 86

 

Births - Richmond, March 1927 [v9d p1125]

Irene & Percy Leyburn, mothers maiden name 'Bowe'

 

Deaths - Richmond, March 1927 [v9d p1064]

Irene & Percy Leyburn, both aged 0

 

Marriages - Richmond, September 1927 [v9d p1503]

Kitty [Kathleen] Leyburn & Bryan Earl

 

Births - Richmond, December 1934 [v9d p946]

Mary Leyburn, mothers maiden name 'Bowe'

 

Deaths - Richmond, June 1939 [v9d p665]

Sarah Leyburn, aged 66

 

Deaths - Richmond, June 1944 [v9d p596]

Sophia Leyburn, aged 73

 

Memorial Inscription

 

Melsonby, Yorkshire

In loving memory of Margaret beloved and faithful wife of Harold Leyburn and daughter of George Johnson, Melsonby, d 11 Feb 1946 aged 69 years also of above Harold Leyburn d 19 Jul 1953 aged 72 years

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Deaths - Richmond, December 1954 [v1b p758]

George Leyburn, aged 86

 

Deaths - Richmond, December 1955 [v1b p769]

Arthur Leyburn, aged 47

 

Deaths - Richmond, Septmber 1957 [v1b p649]

George A Leyburn, aged 88

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