In the 1901 Wales census 26 Long Row, Tredegar, Bedwelty, Monmouthshire
Head Joel Leaves, age 33, coal hewer, worker, born Thorncombe, Dorset, language English
Wife Mary A. Leaves, age 34, born Thornecombe, Dorset, language English
Step Daughter Ethel F. Eldon, age 10, born New Tredegar, Monmouth, language English
Son Albert Leaves, age 7, born New Tredegar, language English
Daughter Beatrice M. Leaves, age 5, born New Tredegar, language English
Daughter Elsie E. Leaves, age 4, born New Tredegar, language English
Son Percy J. Leaves, age 2, born New Tredegar, language English
Son Alfred B. Leaves, age 11 months, born New Tredegar
Mother-in-Law Sarah J. Hussey, widow, age 63, retired laundress, born Dorchester, Dorset
Boarder Champness N. Locke, single, age 34, coal hewer, worker, born Thorncombe, Dorset, language English.


In the 1911 Wales census 26 Long Row, Elliots Town New Tredegar, Bedwelty, Monmouthshire
Head Joel Leaves, age 44, colliery repairer (below surface), worker, born Thorncombe, Dorset, language spoken English
Wife Mary Ann Leaves, age 45, married 17 years, 17 children b born alive - 10 still living, born Thorncombe, Dorset
Daughter Esther Ebden, age 20, single, born New Tredegar, Monmouthshire
Son Albert Leaves, age 17, single, coal miner hewer, worker, born New Tredegar
Daughter Beatrice Leaves, age 15, single, school, born New Tredegar
Daughter Elsie Leaves, age 13, school, born New Tredegar
Son Persey [as spelled] Leaves, age 12, school, born New Tredegar
Son Baden Leaves, age 10, school, born New Tredegar
Daughter Minie [as spelled] Leaves, school, born New Tredegar
Daughter Winford {as spelled] Leaves, age 5, school, born New Tredegar
Son William Leaves, age 3, born New Tredegar,
Boarder [mother-in-law] Sarah Jane Hussey, age 74, widow, born Dorchester, Dorset
[Thorncombe is about 3 miles from Dorchester.]

In the 1921 Wales census 12 Upper North Road, Bargoed, Gelligaer, Glamorganshire
Head Joel Leaves, age 54 years no months, born Thorncombe Dorset, under ground roadmap Powell Duffryn Co. Bargoed- out of work
Wife Mary Ann Leaves, age 55 years 7 months, born Thorncombe
Son Percy John Leaves, age 22 years 6 months, single, born New Tredegar, collier hewer - Powell Dufferyn Co., out of work
Son Alfred Baden Leaves, age 21 years 2 months, born New Tredegar, collier hewer - Powell Duffryn Co., out of work
Daughter Winifred Leaves, age 14 years 11 months, parents both alive, born New Tredegar
Son William Leaves, age 13 years 5 months, parents both alive, born New Tredegar

In the 1871 census Grible?, Thorncombe, Axminster, Dorset
{Wife crossed out] Head Sarah Hussey, age 35, “Wife of Head”, born Weymouth, Dorset
Daughter Maria Hussey, age 10, scholar, born Weymouth
Son Henry Hussey, age 8, scholar, born Thorncombe, Dorset
Daughter Mary Ann Hussey, age 6, scholar, born Thorncombe
Daughter Ellen Hussey, age 1, born Thorncom

Parish Records Thornecombe, Dorset
Marriage January 31 1885
George Ebdon, age 22, bachelor, labourer, residence Thorncombe, father Tom Ebdon, brick maker? And
Mary Ann Hussey, age 19, spinster, [can’t decipher profession], residence Thorncombe, father Abraham Hussey, labourer
In the presence of Henry Hussey and Maria Hussey

In the 1891 Wales census Elliot Town, Tredegar, Bedwelty, Monmouthshire
Head Mary Ebden, widow, age 25, born Thorncombe, Somerset?
Daughter A. M. Ebden, age 5, scholar, born Monmouth
Daughter Ethel Ebden, age 2 months, born Monmouth
Boarder Alfred Hussey, age 19, coal miner, employed, born Thorncombe, Somerset
3 other boarders

Parish Records Bedwelty, Monmouthshire
Marriage June 15 1893
Joel Leaves, age 26, bachelor. Stoker, residence 35 Elliotstown, New Tredegar, father John Leaves, labourer and
Mary Ann Ebdon, age 27, widow [as spelled], residence 35 Elliotstown, New Tredegar, father Abraham Hussey, labourer
After Banns by Richard Jones, Rector
In the presence of Henry Hussey and Isaiah Roberts

In the January to March 1924 death index Mary A. Leaves, died age 57, Merthyr Tydfil district, Glamorganshire, volume 11a, page 914.