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John Humphrey takes up the story again:
"After completing his second stint in the Army with the Royal
Engineers, Charles used his experience to embark on a career with Post
Office Telegraphs, probably laying lines. Glasgow Corporation, who were
granted their first telephone licence in 1893, led the field in Scotland
and successfully fought for the right of each municipality there to set
up and run its own system in competition with the National Telephone
Company.
Once this right had been established, there was plenty of work in
Scotland for engineers with telegraphy skills and Charles and Jessie
moved, with their children, to Kilmarnock in Ayrshire. This is where
their daughter, Hilda Mary Leleux met and married our grandfather, John
Humphrey, and eventually moved with him to Wick, in Caithness."
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High Street, Wick c.1920
The
photographer is not named but it is possible that it was taken by John
Humphrey, grandfather of John and Bruce, who worked as a photographer in
Wick at this time |
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The children of Jessie and Charles Leleux*
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| Charles Henry |
b 13 Apr 1885 Devonport m 1910
Australia d 1933 Australia
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Annie Steele Scouller |
| Hilda Mary (Twin) |
b 30 Jun 1886 m 1906 Dumfries
d 1952 Aberdeen
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John Humphrey |
| Edith Jessie (Twin) |
b 30 Jun 1886 d Jul 1886 |
No Issue |
| Ada Adelaide |
b 27 Nov 1887 m 1917 Texas d ? |
Douglas Montgomery |
| Dorothy |
b 15 Jun 1891 m 1921 Glasgow d ? |
Wilson Steele |
| Phyllis Margaret |
b 22 Dec 1892 m 1915 Glasgow d ? |
Harry Soper |
| Marian Jessie |
b 21 Oct 1894 m after
1920
d 1975 Louisiana
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James A. Laing |
| Bertrand Victor |
b 1896 m 1920 Glasgow d 1972 |
Edith Wallace |
| Mildred |
b 1904 m 1920 Wolverhampton
d 1995 France
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Maurice Saint |
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John Humphrey again:
"As befits a partnership forged on the Plymouth waterfront,
Jessie Stentiford and Charles Leleux presided over a family that
eventually settled worldwide. Their son, Charles Henry, emigrated to
Australia; Hilda moved to Caithness in the north of Scotland; Ada to
Texas; Phyllis to New Jersey; Marian to Louisiana; Bertrand moved
successively to Glasgow, Canada, India and back to East Anglia; and
Mildred went to Belgium." |
| *An extended version of the chart which
first appeared in Issue 5 |
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