Leonard George GUMBLETON


Name: Leonard George GUMBLETON  Q0085 
Born: 1882  Portsea RD, Hampshire, England
Parents: George A GUMBLETON Emily HISCOCK
Died:1969 Epping RD, Essex, England
Occupation:Stonemason   
Spouse 1Edith M HUNT
Married 1910
(Died 1943 Whitehaven RD, Cumberland, England)
Child 1 R0071 Leonard Edward George GUMBLETON 1911
Child 2 R0092 Margery GUMBLETON 1914
Child 3 R0104 Arthur Herbert GUMBLETON 1916
Child 4 S0002 Barbara GUMBLETON 1921
Leonard George Gumbleton was a son of George Albert Gumbleton and his wife Emily, nee Hiscock. He was born in 1882 in Portsea Reg. Dist. in Hampshire. In 1901, at the time of the Anglo-Boer War, he joined the Royal Engineers and was posted to South Africa. He was discharged in 1902 when the war ended.

In 1910 he married Edith Marrian Hunt in the Portsmouth Reg. Dist., Hampshire. The 1911 census shows them living at 64 Tennyson Rd, Portsmouth—Leonard is described as a stonemason.

By 1915 he had moved to 36 Benson Ave, East Ham, as shown in that year’s electoral roll.

In 1917 he rejoined the army as a sapper in the Royal engineers and served with the British Expeditionary Force in France between 11 May 1917 and 11 May 1919.

After the war, Leonard and Marian lived at 32 New Town, Portchester, Fareham, Hampshire, as shown in the electoral rolls.

In 1931, he and his family travelled to Egypt on the SS Moreton Bay. At his daughter’s marriage in 1935 he was described as Chief masonry inspector at Khartoum.

By 1939 the family had returned to the UK and were living at 24 Denham Avenue, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. He was an Inspector of civil engineering works.

His wife died in 1943 in Yourity Beckermet Cumberland. Leonard himself died in 1969 in the Epping Reg. Dist. 

DateEventPlaceReference
1882 Jun Qr Birth registration of Leonard George GUMBLETON Portsea RD (Registration district), Hampshire, England Civil registration birth registers
5 Apr 1891 Leonard G Gumbleton (age 8) living in Portsea , Hampshire in 1891 census Portsea, Hampshire, England 1891 census
20 Feb 1901 Attestation of Leonard George Gumbleton Portsmouth, Hampshire View details
1910 Dec Qr Marriage registration of Leonard G Gumbleton Portsmouth RD (Registration district), Hampshire, England Civil marriage registers
2 Apr 1911 Leonard George Gumbleton (age 28) living in 64 Tennyson Rd, Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1911 census Portsmouth, Hampshire, England 1911 census
1915 Leonard George Gumbleton living at 36 Benson Ave, East Ham East Ham RD, Middlesex, England Electoral rolls
29 Apr 1917 Army service record of Leonard George Gumbleton, 1917-19 View details
1914-18 World War I medals of Leonard G GUMBLETON View details
1923 Spring George Gumbleton living at 32 New Town Portchester, Fareham, Hampshire, England Electoral rolls
1924 Spring George Gumbleton living at 32 New Town Portchester, Fareham, Hampshire, England Electoral rolls
1924 Autumn George Gumbleton living at 32 New Town Portchester, Fareham, Hampshire, England Electoral rolls
1925 Spring George Gumbleton living at 32 New Town Portchester, Fareham, Hampshire, England Electoral rolls
15 Aug 1931 Passenger list of 'Moreton Bay', 1931 Egypt View details
7 Feb 1935 Named as father in marriage certificate of Maurice Moses GRUNBERG and Margery GUMBLETON Marriage certificate
1 Jun 1939 1939 Register: Leonard G Gumbleton living in Llanelly Rural District Llanelly Rural District 1939 Register
17 Jul 1943 Leonard George GUMBLETON referenced in Will of Edith Marrian Gumbleton Yourity Beckermet, Cumberland View details
11 Feb 1947 Leonard George GUMBLETON referenced in Will of George Albert Gumbleton of Bath Bath, Somerset View details
1969 Sep Death registration of Leonard George Gumbleton Epping RD, Essex, England Civil registration death registers


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