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Name:Leonard Piers CHRIMES
Name:Leonard Piers CHRIMES
Born: 1868Norley, Cheshire, England
Born: 1868Norley, Cheshire, England
Father:Thomas CHRIMES
Mother:Harriet WINFIELD
Father:Thomas CHRIMES
Mother:Harriet WINFIELD

Spouse:Isabella ASHCROFT
Married:bet. Jul and Sep 1891Register Office, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Spouse:Isabella ASHCROFT
Married:bet. Jul and Sep 1891Register Office, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Children:Dorothy Ruth, Eveline

Residence:1871Norley, Cheshire, England
Residence:1881Waste Lane, Norley, Cheshire, England
Residence:1891203 Strand Rd., Bootle, Lancashire, England
Residence:1901Banks Rd., Hoylake, Cheshire, England
Residence:1901Hilbre Rd., West Kirby, Cheshire, England
Occupation:1891Joiner
Occupation:1901Builder
Occupation:1901Shopkeeper - Drapery
Residence:1871Norley, Cheshire, England
Residence:1881Waste Lane, Norley, Cheshire, England
Residence:1891203 Strand Rd., Bootle, Lancashire, England
Residence:1901Banks Rd., Hoylake, Cheshire, England
Residence:1901Hilbre Rd., West Kirby, Cheshire, England
Occupation:1891Joiner
Occupation:1901Builder
Occupation:1901Shopkeeper - Drapery

Estate:Grant of Probate9 Dec 1901Chester, Cheshire, England

Died:2 Nov 1901West Kirby, Cheshire, England
Died:2 Nov 1901West Kirby, Cheshire, England
Country of last known residence:England
Branch:Norley
Country of last known residence:England
Branch:Norley
I cannot find a record of Leonard Piers's birth on ancestry, FreeBMD or FamilySearch.org.
There is no record of Leonard Piers's birth on the births index, under CHRIMES, CRIMES, Leonard or Piers 1866 - 1868.
From The Liverpool Mercury of 10 May 1900: "Jumping on Ferryboats - The following persons were each fined 5s. for jumping on or off the Wallasey ferryboats: - ...Leonard Chrimes, Banks-road, West Kirby..."
In the 1901 census, Leonard Piers was living in Banks Road, Hoylake with his (10 years older) wife Isabella and their 6 year old daughter Dorothy.
Later that same year Leonard Piers died at the age of 33.
Leonard Piers's Grant of Probate record reads: "CHRIMES Leonard Piers of Hilbre Road West Kirby Cheshire builder died 2 November 1901 Probate Chester 9 December to Thomas Chrimes builder and George John Townsend secretary. Effects £1628 13s. 5d"
Leonard Piers left a will dated 1901, accessible at Family History Centers, but not otherwise online.
Leonard Piers appears on the Index to Death Duty Registers in 1901.
A notice in The London Gazette of 7 January 1902 seeks claimants to Leonard Piers's estate.
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