My grandfather was an Edward Leopold (not Leonard) Johnson Jay, and he was a tailor, so I guess he may not be this man in Waverley.
I really only have four known facts about him.
He was born in 1871 in Insterburg, near Konigsberg in East Prussia (now Chernyakovsk, near Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave).
His partner (I have seen no wedding certificate) Eliza Dunscombe gave birth to my father in 1907 in London. However, my father's birth certificate gives the father's name as Edward Leopold Johnson (not Jay).
In the 1911 census they are all living in Newport, Monmouthshire and he has a tailoring business.
He was interned in WW1 and spent the war in various camps (prisons). He separated from Eliza soon after the war and seemingly vanished. It's just possible that he settled in Liverpool, which is why I'm checking the Waverley man out. By the way, the Waverley man stayed in the phone book until 1956 (perhaps Mary Charlotte Jay never changed the phone book entry).
Thank you for your interest.
