Individual Details
William Bettison LEA
(10 Jul 1851 - 21 Feb 1929)
Events
| Birth | 10 Jul 1851 | Liverpool, Lancaster, England |  | ||
| Christen | 31 Aug 1851 | Christ Church, Hunter Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England | | ||
| Census | 7 Apr 1861 | 155 NW Scotland Road, St. Martin, Liverpool, Lancashire, England |  | | |
| Marriage | 1 Jun 1876 | St. Margaret's, Anfield, Walton on the Hill, West Derby, Lancashire, England - Katherine Elizabeth WARRENER | | | |
| Occupation | Unemployed Commercial Traveler | ||||
| Residence | 1881 | 6 Stalmine Road, Walton on Hill, Lancashire, England | |||
| Anecdote | 21 Jun 1902 | Liverpool Bowling Club, Church Road, Liverpool, Lancashire, England | | ||
| Death | 21 Feb 1929 | West Derby, Lancashire, England | | ||
| Reference No | 375 | ||||
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Families
| Spouse | Katherine Elizabeth WARRENER (1850 - 1944) |
| Child | Annie Gertrude "Gertie" LEA (1877 - 1949) |
| Child | Mary Kathleen LEA (1879 - 1911) |
| Child | James Sidney "Sidney" LEA (1880 - 1930) |
| Child | Beatrice LEA (1882 - 1978) |
| Child | Baby LEA ( - ) |
| Child | Charles LEA (1885 - 1950) |
| Child | Katherine Muriel "Muriel" LEA (1887 - 1902) |
| Child | Norah LEA (1890 - 1891) |
| Father | Michael LEA (1817 - 1864) |
| Mother | Mary BETTISON (1811 - 1871) |
| Sibling | Anne LEA (1842 - ) |
| Sibling | Michael LEA (1844 - 1884) |
| Sibling | Mary LEA (1846 - ) |
Notes
Census
Civil parish: Liverpool, Ecclesiastical parish: St Alban ,Town: Liverpool County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Registration district: Liverpool, Sub-registration district: St Martin ED, institution, or vessel: 19, Household schedule number: 53Michael Lea (43, Master White Cooper, born Liverpool, Lancashire), wife Mary (46, born Nottingham, East Retford), daughter Anne (19, born Liverpool, Lancashire), son Michael (16, ap Timber Ware, born Liverpool, Lancashire, daughter Mary (14, scholar, born Liverpool, Lancashire), son William Bettison (9, scholar, born Liverpool, Lancashrie), Margaret A. Oulton (24, house servant, born Liverpool, Lancashire).
Marriage
William Bettison Lea was widowed at time of marriage.Name: William Bettison Lea
Birth Date: 1851
Birthplace:
Age: 25
Spouse's Name: Katharine Eliza Warrener
Spouse's Birth Date: 1850
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Age: 26
Event Date: 01 Jun 1876
Event Place: St. Margaret'S, Anfield, Walton On The Hill, Lancaster
Father's Name: Michael Lea
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Father's Name: James Warrener
Spouse's Mother's Name:
Race:
Marital Status: Widowed
Previous Wife's Name:
Spouse's Race:
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01510-5
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 1655553
Reference ID: Pg8 No16
Anecdote
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/BOWLED+OVER%3B+QUEEN+MARKS+CLUB+CENTENARY.-a084719240Publication: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Date: Apr 12, 2002
Words: 397
Byline: EMMA GUNBY
A HISTORIC gentleman's bowling club is celebrating its 100th birthday with a letter from the Queen.
The Liverpool Bowling Club in Wavertree was opened in June 1902 to provide private members with everything a gentleman would require.
Six merchants from the city planned a luxurious club featuring a billiard room, bar, cards room and reading room.
As well as bowling, of course.
Patrick Pearson, of the club, said:
"We have received a letter from Her Majesty to commemorate our 100th birthday.
"It is a wonderful occasion in the club's history to be celebrating such a huge milestone.
"I wonder if the merchants who set up the club all those years ago ever imagined that one day their ancestors would be holding a dinner to honour 100 years?" Merchants Robert Allmey, Richard Bradley, Charles Brockhill, Charles Harris, Alexander Henderson and Christopher Lee founded the club in October 1901.
The original site was planned for Greenbank Drive, but the founders decided that Liverpool city council was charging too much for the land and bought the current plot in Church Road.
They were not the only people who were too pricey.
Club records show the chairman had planned to place an article in the Liverpool Mercury and Echo on Tuesday, January 7, 1902.
But the plan was scrapped because it was "too expensive." The official opening of the green and pavilion at the club took place on Saturday June 21, 1902.
The club's current members gathered to toast the founders and celebrate their centenary.
Countdown to founding of the club July 1901? Meeting at 14 Cook Street, Liverpool, decides to form bowling club.
October ? Petition via Ford & Co solicitors of 46 Bedford Road, London, to register the Liverpool Bowling Club.
Friday, November 1? Estimate from Mr Wm Rowlands for pounds 265 to lay the green.
November 30 ? Contract signed to buy the land at Church Road, Wavertree.
February 5, 1902 ? Greenmaker Mr Rowlands tells the board he cannot proceed because of severe frost, but can he have some money? Board pays pounds 75.
Monday, April 28 ? The green is finally completed and Mr Rowlands is appointed greenkeeper.
Friday, May 30 ? A dozen bowls are bought.
Saturday, June 21 ? The official opening.
CAPTION(S):
JACK TO A KING: Club president Geoff Taylor in action as his members toast the centenary.Picture: COLIN LANE. Below, the club in 1917
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Endnotes
1. Eric Ernest Steward, "E. E. Steward - Steward/Molyneux Family Group Sheets", C. 1980s (). , Steward/Molyneux Family Charts and Group Sheets, to 1990. Privately held by Denise Steward McLain [3501 Cedar Springs Drive SW] Concord, NC. 2011. Compiled by grandfather Eric Ernest Steward (deceased)..
2. 283 Chr/2/1, Liverpool Christ Church Baptismal Record: "Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Baptisms, 1813-1906," database, Ancestry.com ( http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?h=2005908&db=LiverpoolCoEBaptisms&indiv=try:accessed 12 Aug 2011), baptismal entry for William Bettison Lea; citi, (8 Nov 1846), , . Hereinafter cited as Liverpool Christ Church Baptismal Record.
3. 283 Chr/2/1, Liverpool Christ Church Baptismal Record: "Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Baptisms, 1813-1906," database, Ancestry.com ( http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?h=2005908&db=LiverpoolCoEBaptisms&indiv=try:accessed 12 Aug 2011), baptismal entry for William Bettison Lea; citi, (8 Nov 1846), , . Hereinafter cited as Liverpool Christ Church Baptismal Record.
4. , database, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JSLK-9P8 : accessed 30 Jun 2013), William Bettison Lea, 10 Jul 1851. (), , .
5. , 7 Apr 1861 Census, , "1861 England Census," online database, Ancestry.co.uk (http://search.ancestry.co.uk/content/viewerpf.aspx?h=23971919&db=uki1861&iid=LANRG9_2650_2652-0595&sp=0 : accessed 13 Aug 2011), entry for Michael Lea, citing Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Piece: 2.
6. Eric Ernest Steward, "E. E. Steward - Steward/Molyneux Family Group Sheets", C. 1980s (). , Steward/Molyneux Family Charts and Group Sheets, to 1990. Privately held by Denise Steward McLain [3501 Cedar Springs Drive SW] Concord, NC. 2011. Compiled by grandfather Eric Ernest Steward (deceased)..
7. England Marriages, 1538-1973: "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NFBG-FX8 : accessed 30 Jun 2013), William Bettison Lea and Katharine Eliza Warrener, 01 Jun 1876., , .
8. Eric Ernest Steward, "E. E. Steward - Steward/Molyneux Family Group Sheets", C. 1980s (). , Steward/Molyneux Family Charts and Group Sheets, to 1990. Privately held by Denise Steward McLain [3501 Cedar Springs Drive SW] Concord, NC. 2011. Compiled by grandfather Eric Ernest Steward (deceased)..
9. Lea: Norah, Kathlleen Muriel and William Bettison Photo of Tombstone, , ; Transcribed by Denise Steward McLain, 1922, Lea: Norah, Kathleen Muriel, William Bettison, gravemarker. Photo from Molyneux/Lea Family Photo Album.Privately held by Denise Steward McLain [3501 Cedar Springs Drive SW] Concord, NC. 2011. Compiled by grandmother Mary Molyneux Steward. Acquired from ma.
10. Eric Ernest Steward, "E. E. Steward - Steward/Molyneux Family Group Sheets", C. 1980s (). , Steward/Molyneux Family Charts and Group Sheets, to 1990. Privately held by Denise Steward McLain [3501 Cedar Springs Drive SW] Concord, NC. 2011. Compiled by grandfather Eric Ernest Steward (deceased)..
11. Eric Ernest Steward, "E. E. Steward - Steward/Molyneux Family Group Sheets", C. 1980s (). , Steward/Molyneux Family Charts and Group Sheets, to 1990. Privately held by Denise Steward McLain [3501 Cedar Springs Drive SW] Concord, NC. 2011. Compiled by grandfather Eric Ernest Steward (deceased)..