Leonard Victor Orme

Leonard Victor was the son of John William and Ellen Orme (née Gee). His father John William was born in 1863, probably in Glossop, Derbyshire (reg. Hayfield). His mother Ellen was born in Whitwell (reg. Worksop), the daughter of John and Jane Gee. Ellen was one of seven children, only five of whom survived infancy: Eliza b. 1862, Ellen b. 1864, Hannah b. 1867, Anthony b. 1870 and John birth registered 1882 (J/F/M). John and Ellen were married at the Independent Chapel, Charlesworth, Derbyshire, in 1886 (reg. Hayfield). Three children were recorded on the census between 1891 and 1911: James b. Worksop 1886 d. 1896, Jane Hannah b. Glossop 1888 bap Dinting Holy Trinity July 1888 and Leonard Victor b. Worksop 1895 bap. Worksop St John 8 May 1895. The family was living in Gamesley, Glossop, when Jane was baptised in 1888. In 1891 Ellen Orme ('married'), a charwoman, and her two children James and Jane, were living in Gamesley with her married brother Anthony Gee. Also in the household was their unmarried sister, Hannah. John William Orme has not yet been traced on either this or subsequent census records. Leonard was born four years later in Worksop and the baptismal record gave an address of Plant's Buildings, Worksop. In 1901 Leonard and his sister Jane were living at 69 John Street, Worksop, with their maternal grandmother Jane Gee (married but head of household) and her youngest son, John, a coal miner. Also in the household were three boarders, one a stone quarryman and two coal miner hewers. Jane Gee was still living at the same address with her son John and a boarder (coal miner hewer) in 1911; she gave her occupation as grocer and general dealer. Ellen Orme, married but head of household and working as a washerwoman, was living on Charlestown Road, Glossop, in 1901. She had a lodger, a single woman who was a cotton cardroom hand. However, by 1911 Ellen Thorpe (sic) described as 'married' (married 8 years, 4 children 2 living), working as a washerwoman on her own account, was living at 18 Lower Bank, Glossop, with her son Leonard Orme a 'plater down' at a bleach works. Also in the household was a lodger, a nightwatchman employed by the County Council. There is a record of the marriage in September 1902 of an Ellen Orme, widow, occupation laundress, to Issachar Thorpe (b. Glossop 1886), widower, occupation carder, at St John the Baptist Church, Godley, Cheshire. Both lived in Godley. Leonard's sister Jane had married Tom Beard in 1909 at Shrewsbury Street Methodist Chapel, Glossop, and in 1911 they and their two children were living in Charlestown, Glossop, where Tom worked as a labourer at the Charleston bleach works. The couple had at least six children. They had returned to live in Nottinghamshire by 1921 and in 1939 were living on John Street, Worksop. Leonard was employed at Manton Colliery and living at 69 John Street, Worksop, with his grandmother Jane Gee when he attested in 1914. He named his mother Ellen (no surname given) as his next of kin; she was still living in Glossop and three addresses were recorded for her, the last one being Cooper Street. The later CWGC record gave Ellen's address as 44 John Street, Worksop. There is a record of an Ellen Orme, widow (b. 1864), living on Kilton Road, Worksop in 1939 when the England and Wales Register was compiled. She died in 1942 (reg. Worksop).

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