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LEGGETT, Joseph
1841 - 1896 (55 years) Has no ancestors and no descendants in this family tree.
1838 - 1890 (52 years)-
Name LEGGETT, Joseph Birth 1841 Moulton, Lincolnshire, England 
Christening 17 May 1841 Moulton, Lincolnshire, England Gender Male Death 1896 Middlesbrough Registration District, Yorkshire Person ID I6156 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family HOLBORN, Sarah Anne, b. 1838, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk d. 1890, Middlesbrough Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 52 years) Marriage 15 Mar 1865 Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk Family ID F1856 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JOSEPH LEGGETT 1841-1896
The birth of Joseph LEGGET [sic] was registered in 1841.
(GRO June Q 1841 [MASON] Spalding 14 524)
Joseph, son of Robert LEGGATT [sic] labourer and his wife Maria, was baptised at Moulton, Lincolnshire, on 17 May 1841.
(PR)
Joseph LEGGETT, a Terrington St. Clement bachelor, labourer and son of Robert LEGGETT, labourer, deceased, married Sarah Ann HOLBORN, a Terrington St. Clement spinster and daughter of Robert HOLBORN, labourer, at Terrington St. Clement on 15 March 1865. Witnesses were Rachael STUDD and Rebecca HOLBORN.
(www.freereg.org.uk)
From the 1871 census of Emmersgate House, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk:
*Joseph LEGGETT, head, aged 32, agricultural labourer, born at Moulton, Lincolnshire;
Sarah A. LEGGETT, wife, aged 34, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk;
Lucy HOLBORN, stepdaughter, aged 7, scholar, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk.
(RG10/1618/33/31)
The 1881 census of 36 Wilson Street, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire:
*Joseph LEGGITT (sic), lodger, aged 39, unmarried (sic), foreman, born in Lincolnshire.
Note: He was lodging with an eating house keeper.
The 1891 census of 49 Lower Dean Street, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire:
*Joseph LEGGETT, head, aged 50, widower, shipyard foreman, born at Maulton (sic), Lincolnshire;
Lucy LEGGET, daughter, aged 27, single, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk;
Lucy BROWN, niece, aged 13, scholar, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk;
John Thomas HOLBORN, lodger, aged 24, single, postman, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk.
(RG12/4012/145/30)
NOTES & QUERIES:
1) The death of a Joseph LEGGETT aged 58 was registered in 1896.
(GRO September Q 1896 Middlesbrough 9d 414)
2) 1901 Census: Untraced.
3) 1911 Census: Untraced.
(revised 31.03.2017)