Born in Newton Heath, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of John H. Scholes
and Mary Anne (Harwood) Scholes
Sister of
Mary Scholes [half], Ellen Scholes, James Harwood Scholes, Ellen Scholes, Ann Scholes, Margaret Ann (Scholes) Burgess, Charles Scholes, Alice Scholes, Robert Scholes and Julia (Scholes) Chadwick
Wife of
William Dunkerley
— married
3 Apr 1872 in Manchester, England
Wife of
Alfred Leech
— married
5 Jan 1887 in Prestwich, Lancashire, England
Descendants 
Mother of
Annie (Dunkerley) Waites, Ethel (Dunkerley) Bayne, Percy Dunkerley and Ellen Scholes Wolstenholme (Leech) Rand
Died
at age 70
in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Biography
Emma Scholes was born on 29 Jun 1847 in Newton Heath, Lancashire, England, UK. She was the 7th (4th surviving) child born to John Scholes and Mary Harwood. She was christened on 30 Apr 1848 at the Unitarian Church in Manchester, Lancashire, England.[1]
In 1872 she married William Dunkerley, a pawnbroker and second-hand dealer, in Manchester.[2] Together they had three children before he passed away in 1878.
In 1881 she was living on Frasers Road in Crumpsall, Lancashire, England with her 3 children and a servant. She was living off income from her property.[3]
After her first husband's death she helped her mother run the family bakery business in Hilton Street, Manchester, together with her sister Margaret (also widowed), until in 1887 she married Alfred Leech in Prestwich, Lancashire, England. [4]
The family emigrated to Canada in 1888 and settled in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Emma and Alfred had one daughter born there, Ellen Scholes (Leech) Rand (1890-1962).
In 1891 she was recorded with her husband and 6 month old daughter Ellen and three older children at their home in Victoria.[5]
Emma Leech died on 24 Oct 1917 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada at the age of 70 years. [6]
The death occurred on Saturday at her home, 3368 Douglas Street, of Emma Leech, aged 70 years, a native of Manchester, England, and a resident of Victoria for the past 29 years. She is survived by her husband, Alfred Leech, of this city, also three daughters, Mrs. Geo. F. Waites, Mrs. Sid. Rand, of Victoria, Mrs. S. R. S. Bayne, of Alberni, and one son, Percy Dunkerley, of Trail, B. C. The funeral has been arranged to take place on Tuesday from the residence at 2.30, where Rev. W. Stevenson will officiate. Interment will take place at Ross Bay Cemetery. (Victoria Times, page 12)[7]
Her probate cleared in 1918 in Victoria with her estate going to her husband Alfred, her son Percy and her son in law George Waits. [8]
Sources
- ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMHD-Y19 : 10 April 2021), Emma Scholes, 1848.
- ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DLJ-V76 : 13 December 2014), Emma Scholes, 1872; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1872, quarter 2, vol. 8D, p. 762, Manchester, Lancashire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27P-KVKK : 13 December 2017), Emma Dunkerley, Crumpsall, Lancashire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 39, Piece/Folio 4026/93, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,142.
- ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DYN-KFY : 13 December 2014), Emma Dunkerley, 1887; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1887, quarter 1, vol. 8D, p. 420, Prestwich, Lancashire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHV2-VPR : 23 February 2021), Emma Leech in household of Alfred Leech, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; citing p. 6, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa. (http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=pdf&id=30953_148094-00208)
- ↑ "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL2W-J99 : 8 November 2017), Emma Leech, 1917.
- ↑ "British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death Notices, 1901-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DS-7SLC : 15 March 2018), Emma Leech, Death , Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada; from Victoria Daily Times news clippings, City of Victoria Archives, British Columbia, Canada; citing Victoria Daily Times, 26 Nov 1917; FHL microfilm 2,218,872.
- ↑ "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPLD-3MHR : 17 September 2018), Emma Leech, 27 May 1918; citing Probate, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm .
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