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Leopold Complin Wilkes                 1862-1899
Leopold was born on 9 April 1862, the son of John Wilkes and Elizabeth Lewis, at St. Mary, Nottingham. He married Rachel Macintosh on 12 September 1893. He died at age 37, on 10 May 1899, at Kimberley, South Africa. After the untimely death of both parents, Dorothy Rachel was returned to England to live with relatives, and was ultimately adopted by her Aunt Beatrice.
Rachel Macintosh                           1864-1897
Rachel was born on 27 January 1864, the daughter of Alexander Macintosh and Ann Hemington, at Cambridge. She died at age 33, on 3 December 1897, at Kimberly, South Africa.
They had only one child:
  Dorothy Rachel Born 5 May 1895   Kimberley, South Africa Married William Adamson

Birth of Parents
Leopold Complin Wilkes b: 9 Apr 1862             St. Mary, Nottingham     1862 2Q Nottingham 7b 229
son of John Wilkes and Elizabeth Lewis

Rachel Macintosh b: 27 Jan 1864             Cambridge
daughter of Alexander Macintosh and Ann Hemington

Marriage
12 Sep 1893
Leopold Complin Wilkes
Rachel Macintosh		   Cambridge     1893 3Q Cambridge 3b 1009

Children
Dorothy Rachel Wilkes b: 5 May 1895           Kimberley, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
daughter of Leopold Complin Wilkes and Rachel Macintosh

Death
Rachel (Macintosh) Wilkes Died 3 Dec 1897, Age 33, at Kimberley, South Africa

LONDON   9 Jul 1898                         Probate
WILKES, Rachel, of Kimberley, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (wife of Leopold Complin Wilkes) died 3 December 1897, Probate London 9 July,, to the said Leopold Complin Wilkes, schoolmaster.   Effects £1,300

Death
Leopold Complin Wilkes Died 10 May 1899, Age 37, at Kimberley, South Africa

1901 Census RG13-3248 1 April 1901 Chesterfield, Derby
The Shrubberies, Newbold Road
Maria Louise Wilkes (Head) (s)
Alice Stevens (Head) (s)
Dorothy Rachel Wilkes (Niece)
Plus 2 Boarders
Plus 2 Servants 		Age 40
Age 39
Age 5 		School Teacher
School Teacher 		Nottingham Southampton
Cape Colony 		Nottingham
Hampshire 		abt 1860
abt 1861
5 May 1895

1911 Census RG14-96 3 April 1911 Darlington, County Durham
Polam School, Polam Hall Lodge
Rachel Buckmaster Lockwood (s)
Plus 5 Teachers
 Dorothy Rachel Wilkes (Boarder)
Plus 15 other students (Boarder)
Plus 10 Servants 		Age 59

 Age 15 		School Mistress

 School

Kimberley 		Suffolk

 S. Africa 		abt 1851

 5 May 1895


SPECIAL THANKS  to M. Jorgensen, of Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada, a descendant of John Adamson (1852-1933), for many of the details provided above.