Leonard Crookes (Crookes & Line)
Leonard Crookes (1870-1947) was born on 8 August 1870 in the Owlerton district, then outside the Sheffield boundary and part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. His parents were Thomas, a saw grinder/smith, and Sarah Crookes. Leonard had two older brothers, Thomas and Albert, who were both silversmiths and he followed them into the trade as a silver engraver. On 3 July 1910 he married Elizabeth Line, the 27 year old daughter of George and Sarah Ann Line, at Wadsley Church. Elizabeth was a cabinet case liner.The 1911 Census reco....
