Edith Gretton Leach

1888 - 1980  (91 years)

• Name	Edith Gretton Leach  [1]
  Birth	1 Mar 1888  [2]
  Baptism	31 Mar 1888	Barbados   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	17 Jan 1980	Saint Michael, Barbados   [2]
  	Address at death, "Gracile", 10th Avenue, Belleview, Saint Michael.
  Burial	17 Jan 1980	Westbury Cemetery, Saint Michael, Barbados   [3]
  Person ID	I714	Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Joseph Seale Leach,   c. 12 Aug 1858, Saint Peter, Barbados d. Abt 1905, Barbados (Age ~ 46 years)
  Mother	Ellen "Amey" Letitia Clinkett,   c. 13 Jan 1863, Barbados d. 14 Oct 1951, Barbados (Age ~ 88 years)
  Family ID	F337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Julian "Ben" Hyde Gittens,   b. 25 Oct 1882, Saint Michael, Barbados d. 20 May 1953, Saint Michael, Barbados (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	May 1911	Barbados   [4, 5]
  		Julian Hyde and Edith Gretton Picture from Pat Carney
  Alt. Marriage	May 1911	Barbados   [5]
  Children	+ 1. Margaret "Aunt Sis" Hyde Gittens,   b. 20 Sep 1912   d. 4 Mar 1984 (Age 71 years) + 2. Edith "Doreen" Gittens,   b. 29 Aug 1914, Barbados d. 24 Sep 2005, Barbados (Age 91 years)   3. Isobel "Jeanne" Gittens, Spinster,   b. 6 Aug 1920, Barbados d. 5 Aug 2005, Barbados (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F25	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2024

  
  

• Photos	10 Photos
  	L to R, Ellen Letitia Clinckett Leach (Amie), Edith Gretton Leach Gittens, Edith Doreen Gittens Mahon (Our mother) holding Brian Mahon and Michaael Greaves Mahon (our father) L to R, Ellen Letitia Clinckett Leach (Amie), Edith Gretton Leach Gittens, Edith Doreen Gittens Mahon (Our mother) holding Brian Mahon and Michaael Greaves Mahon (our father) Picture from facebook Louise Williamson, description by Shirley Ann Mahon
  	Edith Gretton (Leach) Gittens
  	Edith Gretton (Leach) Gittens, Julian 'Ben' Hyde Gittens Picture received from Louise Williamson via e-mail Aug 13, 2011
  	L-R: Margaret 'Aunt Sis' Gittens, unknown, Edith 'Gran" Gittens, Isobel 'Jeanne' Gittens, Edith 'Doreen' Gittens Picrure from Louise Williamson via e-mail aug 13, 2011
  	Edit Gretton (Leach) Gittens Picture from Louise Williams via e-mail Aug 13, 2011
  	See Description below. L to R: mummy [Edith 'Doreen' Gittens], gran [Edith Gretton Gittens], we believe this to be Amie [Ellen "amey' (Clinckett) Leach] although she looks very tall..hmmm back row in white dress with tall hat, Ben [Julian 'Ben' Hyde Gittens] sitting in the middle in pale suit, Jeanne [ Isobel 'Jeanne' Gittens] in front of him with the dark frizzie hair!, A Sis [Margaret 'Aunt Sis' Gittens] on right with plaits. Maybe 1924/25.
  	L-R: Edith "Doreen' Gittens, unknown, Isobel ' Jeanne' Gittens (baby) Edith Gretton Gittens, Margaret 'Aunt Sis' Gittens Picture from Louise Williamson via e-mail Aug 13, 2011
  	L-R: Isobel 'Jeanne' Gittens, Edith 'Doreen' Gittens, Edith Gretton Gittens, Margaret 'Aunt Sis' Gittens About 1927/28 L to R Jeanne, Doreen, Gran and A. Sis at “Gracile” the house where all this stuff came from. Picture from Louise Williamson Aug 13, 2011
  	L-R: Elizabeth (Walcott) Gittens, Edith Gittens, Isobel 'Jeanne' Gittens L to R Aunt Bessie we think she was Uncle Dick’s first wife, Gran (Edith Gretton) and her daughter(my aunt) Jeanne. They travelled to Johns Hopkins hospital in 1947 for Ben’s (Julian Hyde…my grandfather) prostate op. I still have a radio which Jeanne bought while there, it’s a beauty.
  	Edith Gretton (Leach) Gittens in white blouse and Julian 'Ben' Gittens on right. Picture from Louise Williamson aug 13 2011

  
  

• Sources

  [S1146] "Barbados Baptisms, 1739-1891," Genealogical Society of Utah. Barbados Baptisms. Index based on data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah., FamilySearch  . [S247] Work done by Harold Hart , E-mail Nov 17, 2009 Family tree report for Edwin Thomas George Gittens. [S1147] Cliff Gittens, Westbury Cemetery database, personal copy. [S340] Pat Harney, The J.H. Gittens family. [S294] Louise Williamson, e-mail dated October 13, 2005 on file in Louise Williamson file - Source recreated as the original source on references e-mail.