Leader, Joshua the Chelsea Pensioner

Birth Name Leader, Joshua the Chelsea Pensioner
Gender male
Age at Death about 53 years, 3 months, 26 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1820 Eye, Suffolk, England   1a
Military Service 1838-01-09 London, Middlesex County, England Coldstream Guards 1b
Military Service - Discharged 1838-12-21 London, Middlesex County, England Discharged 1c
Military Service 1838-12-22 London, Middlesex County, England 43rd Reg of Light Infantry 1d
Military Service     North America, Cape of Good Hope, East Indies 1e
Military Service - Discharged 1859-11-01 Chatham, Kent, England Discharged - ill-health 1f
Retirement 1859-11-01 Ipswich, Suffolk, England Chelsea Out-Pensioner 2a
Marriage 1860-01-17 Eye, Suffolk, England Elizabeth Robinson - correct 3a 4a
Residence 1861-01-01 London, Middlesex County, England 1st East London District 2b
Residence 1861-05-30 London, Middlesex County, England 2nd North London District 2c
Residence about 1861   Brighton! 1g
Census 1861-04-17 St Luke, Finsbury, Middlesex County, England   5a
Marriage 1871 Holburn, Middlesex County, England Possible 2nd marriage for Joshua 6a
Residence 1873 Holburn, Middlesex County, England 61 Red Lion Street 7a
Death 1873-04-27 Holburn, Middlesex County, England ~~possible 7a
Event Note

1873 Probate Calendar:
Leader, Joshua.
Effects under Pounds 100.
13 May. Administration of the effects of Joshua Leader late of 61-Red-Lion-Street Holburn in the County of Middlesex who died 27 April 1873 at 61-Red-Lion-Street was granted at the Principle Registry to Elizabeth Leader 61-Red-Lion-Street Widow the Relict.

Death 1873-04-27 London, Middlesex County, England 2nd North London 2d
Probate 1873-05-13 London, Middlesex County, England Principle Registry 7a

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Leader, John
         Leader, Joshua the Chelsea Pensioner about 1820 1873-04-27

Families

Family of Leader, Joshua the Chelsea Pensioner and Robinson, Elizabeth
Married Wife Robinson, Elizabeth ( * 1832-01-01 + 1870 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Leader, Joshua1861-02-201864
Leader, James Henry1862-09-01
Leader, John David1864-10-15
Leader, Albert Arthur1866-10-26
Leader, Mary Jane1868-10-27

Family of Leader, Joshua the Chelsea Pensioner and Green, Elizabeth
Married Wife Green, Elizabeth ( * + ... )

Source References

  1. British Army Service Records
      • Page: WO 97 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents; GBM_WO97_1523_119_001.jpg
      • Page: WO 97 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents; GBM_WO97_1523_119_001.jpg, GBM_WO97_1523_119_002.jpg
      • Citation:

        Service # 1467.

      • Page: WO 97 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents; GBM_WO97_1523_119_002.jpg
      • Citation:

        Discharged "in consequence of being under the standard height".

      • Page: WO 97 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents; GBM_WO97_1523_119_001.jpg, GBM_WO97_1523_119_002.jpg
      • Page: WO 97 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents; GBM_WO97_1523_119_001.jpg, 1841 J Leader posting.pdf
      • Citation:

        From Discharge papers:
        North America - 7 years
        Cape of Good Hope - 2 years
        East Indies - 5 and 6/12 years.

        From Family Search:
        Amherstburg, Canada in 1841 (WO 12/5596 - British Army World WIde Index 1841)

        Appears to be medals due 1851, '52, and '53 but unclear.

      • Page: WO 97 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents; GBM_WO97_1523_119_001.jpg, GBM_WO97_1523_119_002.jpg, GBM_WO97_1523_119_004.jpg,
      • Citation:

        Unfit to serve because "labours under chronic rheumatism result of climate and [service and soemthing aggravated and not as a result of vice - I think!] - Regimental Medical Offficer. And:  "Unfit for further service in consequence of impaired general health" - Principle Medical Officer . Total service 21 years 294 days.

        Note - rank stays same throughout, but Pay rises in 1851, '53, '55, and '59.

        Note 2 - for some reason is discharged from the Horse Guards - a terminology thing? - SJL

      • Citation:

        Discharge at Chatham, Kent, may be because stationed there or perhaps was at Fort Pitt which was the military hospital (and first Army Medical School).

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham,_Kent
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Pitt,_Kent

      • Citation:

        At discharge Joshua was 39 years and 10 months old, 5' 7 3/4" tall, of Fair complexion, with Grey eyes and Sandy hair. His trade is a Labourer.

      • Page: WO 23 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: admission books, registers, and papers;; GBM_WO23_48_00250.jpg
      • Citation:

        Brighton entered afterwards in different ink?

  2. Chelsea Pensioners
      • Page: WO 22 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: returns of payment of army and other pensions 1842-1883; 1860 GBM_WO22_50_00168.jpg, GBM_WO22_39_00143.jpg, and 1859 J Leader admission as Chelsea Pensioner
      • Citation:

        43rd Regiment of Foot, Rank Private, Pension 1/-

      • Page: WO 22 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: returns of payment of army and other pensions 1842-1883; GBM_WO22_39_00164.jpg
      • Page: WO 22 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: returns of payment of army and other pensions 1842-1883; GBM_WO22_50_00181.jpg, GBM_WO22_61_00184.jpg
      • Page: WO 23 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: admission books, registers, and papers; GBM_WO23_58PART3_00064.jpg, 1873 J Leader Chelsea Pensioner death.pdf
  3. Family Search: England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005
      • Page: 1860, quarter 1, vol. 4A, p. 613, Hartismere, Suffolk; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DW8-S3J : 13 December 2014 and the certifcate #8267958-1; 1860 Joshua Leader m Elizabeth Robinson cert copy.tiff-
      • Citation:

        This is the correct marriage for Joshua b. 1820. His father is John Leader who is a Labourer and Elizabeth Robinson's father is James, a Glover. Certified copy of Certificate via qltn - now uncontactable. I don't know how to untangle these two from the Middlesex two (which is apparently Elizabeth Green) so will leave for now and re-do later. - SJL 5 June 2019.

  4. Certificates: Originals (online & physical) & Certified Copies
      • Page: GRO-UK; Marriage Certificate, MXH 083694, App # 8267958-1; 1860 Joshua Leader m Elizabeth Robinson cert copy.tiff
      • Citation:

        Marriage solemnised at the Parish Church in the Parish of Eye in the County of Suffolk. #257.. January 17 1860. Joshua Leader, 40, Bachelor, Labourer, Buckthorn Lane, Eye, and ELizabeth Robinson, 28, Spinster, Buckthorn Lane, Eye by Banns. John Leader, Labourer and James Robinson, Glover are fathers. Witnesses Robert Garrard and Mary Hart. Vicar James W Campbell. Joshua makes his mark, Elizabeth signed.

  5. 1861 Census of England
      • Page: 1861 Census England/RG 9/200/133/pg4/Joshua the Chelsea Pensioner 1861 Census MDXRG9_200_202-0048; Joshua the Chelsea Pensioner 1861 Census MDXRG9_200_202-0048.jpg and Joshua and Elizabeth in Middlesex 1861 England Census - AncestryLibrary_com.htm
      • Citation:

        Leader: Joshua 41, head, Chelsea Pensioner; Elizabeth 23, wife, both b. Eye Suffolk; Joshua, son, 6 months, b. St Luke, Middlesex. Semi-attached house at 27 Bartholomew Terraces, St Luke.

  6. England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-1920
      • Page: 1871/Sep-Oct-Nov/Holburn, London; 2. Joshua Leader, 'England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-1920' — FamilySearch.org
  7. England Wales National Probate Calendar
      • Page: 1873; pg 350; our Joshua Leader probate query 31874_222601-00353.jpg