Leah Aston ^5207,12717

   Another name for Leah was Leah.

  General Notes:

Civil birth registered in the name of Leha Aston

In 1869 Leah (and Edward Morse) were charged with Larceny - stealing from the person of one Elias Morgan, one silver watch and one silver chain, at Lydney on the 18th of May 1869. Morse was found guilty whilst Leah was acquitted. Morse received 3 months imprisonment.

Copy of passenger list confirms that Leah and her sister Sabina emigrated to New Zealand about 1870 on the vessel Siberia

  Noted events in her life were:

• Registered Birth, Jul-Sep 1851, Chepstow, Gloucestershire, England. ¹²⁷¹⁸

• UK Census, 1861, Lydney, Forest Of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. ¹²³⁴⁵

• Court, 29 Jun 1869, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. ¹²⁷¹⁷

• Registered Burial, Nov 1892, Canterbury, New Zealand. ⁵²⁰⁷

Leah married Thomas Bayliss in 1872 in New Zealand.⁹⁷⁵⁶ (Thomas Bayliss died in 1928 in Motueka, Nelson, New Zealand ¹²⁷¹⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Registered Marriage, 1872, New Zealand. ⁹⁷⁵⁶