Birth of Isaac Leo registered at Bishopsgate in December 1837. GRO ref 2 69.
1841 Census shows David and family living at 3 White Street, Aldgate, London. David Leo age 42, salesman. Wife Esther 37. Children: Abraham 6, Catherine 5, Isaac 3, Jane 2.
1851 Census shows the family living at 3 White Street, Aldgate, London. David Leo 52, dealer in clothes, born in 1799 in Gravel Lane, Houndsditch, Aldgate. Wife Esther 47, born in Deptford, Kent. Children: Abraham 16, Catherine 15, Isaac 14, Jane 12, Leah 9, Cecilia 7. Abraham's place of birth is illegible but the other children were all born in the parish of St Botolph, Aldgate. Mary Flanagan 20, nanny/servant, born in Cork, Ireland.
1861 Census shows the family living at 26 St Mary Axe, London. Esther Leo 58. Children Kate (Catherine) 25, Isaac 23 dealer in government stores, Leah 19, Cecilia 17. Mary Sullivan, 20, servant, born in Cork, Ireland.
1871 Census shows the family living at 25 Hereford Place, Commercial Road, London. Esther Leo 68, Isaac 30 general dealer, Leah 24, Cecilia 22. The Census taker has got Esther's children's ages wrong: Isaac would have been 33, Leah 29 and Cecilia 27. June Whiteham 17, servant, born at Plaistow, Essex.
Probate after Esther Leo's death was granted to Isaac on 22 December 1873.
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