Horace Arthur Leather of Tunbridge Wells

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They are at 1 Revesby Place, Vale Rd, Tunbridge Wells in 1901: RG13/752/190/9.

Transcribed as “Lucham” on Anc.

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It looks as though he was sometimes known as Clair (perhaps because his father was also a Horace):

Clair Lulham aged 8 in Brighton in 1881, with parents Horace & Elizabeth.

Clare Lulham aged 19 (auctioneer’s pupil) in Brighton in 1891.

As Clair Lulham he gave his sister Mabel in marriage to Percy Whitton at All Saints’, Brighton, 16 Feb 1909.

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Thank you all for solving this mystery.  How strange it seems to me that the name on the shop owning and in directories and in newspaper articles always refer to the shop as "H.A. Leather". You would think that Horace would use his own name. It is perhaps interesting to note that his father Horace in the 1881 census was a leather merchant. May be just a coincidence but nonetheless an interesting one.

I obtained the article from the library that I referred to in my inquiry ( Courier of Aug 14,1908) and it refers to a mail van's brakes failing and crashing into the shop of H.A. Leather. I though initially from an extract that it referred to the "widow" of H.a. Leather but it actually said (window).

Based on the information you provided I was able to find a family tree for the Lulham clan. Horace born 1871 Brighton died Lewes Sussex in 1950 and his wife Frances (1868-1942). It gave his parents and children and the census records gave Horace's siblings. So with your great assistance I now have everything I wanted to find out.

Thanks again for all your help---great work on your part!!!