Studio portrait of a young lady by Leonard John Watson c1925.

An original studio portrait of a young lady by Leonard John Watson, photographer, of 144 Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby (now D B Motors). (L. J. Watson’s home was at 55 Highgate, Cleethorpes.). By 1928, L. J. Watson’s shop/studio had moved to 165 Cleethorpe Road. Leonard John Watson (1878-1958) was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire on 17th March 1878. His parents were Robert H. Watson (born in Norfolk), cabinet maker, and Alice Watson (born in Norfolk). Leonard John Watson was a photographer in Folkstone, Kent when he married Matilda Seath of Folkstone in 1901. Leonard John Watson was declared bankrupt in Folkstone in 1907. By 1911, he was in Hull. Matilda Watson died in Grimsby in 1915 and Leonard John Watson married Matilda’s sister, Alice Mary Seath, in Grimsby, later the same year. Alice Mary Seath was a music hall artiste. Leonard J. Watson died in Cleethorpes in 1958. Alice Mary Watson died on 13th December 1968. Note: Leonard and Matilda had five children. Doris Rose Watson (1903), Ethel Isobel Watson, (1904-1904), Marjory Alice Watson (1906) and John Charles “Jim” Watson (1907) in Kent and Ruby Gaze Watson (1912) in Cleethorpes. Leonard had a child with Alice in Cleethorpes. (Alice) Mary Watson (1917). Research by Grimsby & Cleethorpes Museum.