Mainprize, Leonard (1839-1921)

Family

Leonard was born in 1839 at Carnaby, Yorkshire, to parents John Mainprize, a shoemaker, and Jane Stephenson. He was baptised on 29 September 1839 at Carnaby.

Census returns identify the following occupations for Leonard.

• 1851 scholar
• 1861 PM minister boarding at Patrington, Yorkshire
• 1871 joiner – employing 3 men & 2 boys
• 1881 builder, 10 men and 2 boys
• 1891 builder
• 1901 retired builder
• 1911 private means

He married Sarah Ann Harrison (1843-1877) on 6 December 1869 at Christ Church, Bridlington, Yorkshire. Census returns identify one child.

• John William (1871-1945) – a chemist (1901)

He married Rhoda Louisa Harrison (1854-1936) on 22 October 1878 at St Mary, Hull, Yorkshire. Rhoda was a sister of Sarah Ann.

He died on 7 April 1921 at Bridlington, Yorkshire.

Circuits

• 1861 Walworth
• 1862 Maidenhead

References

W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers

Note: The obituary reference in Leary does not apply to this travelling preacher, but to his grandfather.