Person: GREAVES, L.W. (1868-1948)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Leonard William GREAVES

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

partner in lantern supply business

Main period of activity

1890s

Relationships to other people

business partner of BANKS, Horace (1858-c.1946)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

24 August 1868

born at

Camberwell, London SE, England

1890s-1906

~21

partner

Banks and Greaves

1891

resident

22 Walter Street, Withington, Manchester, Lancashire, England

5 April 1891

census record

1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/3163.16.28
– occupation “Dissolving view artist”

1896-1906

resident

366 Clapham Road, London SW, England

31 March 1901

census record

1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/464.145.36
– occupation “Optical Instrument Maker”

1906

resident

69 Battenburg Road, Kew Gardens, London SW, England

1911

resident

23 Clarence Road, Kew Gardens, London SW, England

2 April 1911

census record

1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/3593.358
– occupation “Mechanical Engineer”

29 September 1939

archive entry

1939 England and Wales Register, BUCZ 128/2
– occupation “Scientific Instrument Maker”

1948

resident

30 Cross Deep, Twickenham, Middlesex, England

30 December 1948

died at

Holborn, London, England

22 July 1950

archive entry

National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1950 p.739

Notes

Cited as co-respondent in the divorce of his business partner Horace Banks and his wife in 1907.

Lucerna ID 6003065

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 30 December 2018

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Person: GREAVES, L.W. (1868-1948)