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December 1st, 1889 - April 15th, 1912

She is a Sagittarius.

Archibald Leader was born in Cardiff, Wales to English parents from Bristol, John Leader (1862 - 1922), a sign writer, and Ellen "Nellie" Allen (1865 - 1937) who had married in Bedminister in 1883 before moving to Cardiff where they began their family of 11 children. Archibald's siblings, which included two sets of twins, were: John Victor (1884 - 1904), Nellie (born 1885), Stanley (1888 - 1888), Daisy (born 1892), Winfred (1895 - 1968), twins Dora (1897 - 1923) and Hettie (1897 - 1920), Linda (1899 - 1988; later Mrs. Walter Moulem), and twins May (1903 - 1979; later Mrs. Edward Scallion), and Jim (1903 - 1970).

Archibald first appears on the 1891 census as 1-year-old infant, living with his family at Wellington Terrace, St John, Cardiff. By 1901 they were at Penearth Road, Cardiff and his father was by now working as a house decorator. They relocated to Hampshire sometime after this; his mother and siblings appeared on the 1911 census, living at Harcourt Road, Southampton whilst his father was back in Wales, still working as a decorator and boarding at Taff Embankment in Cardiff. He was shown living as a boarder at Fanshawe Street, Southampton; his profession was listed as a baker and confectioner and he was unmarried. His neighbours were the Hopkins family whose young son Frederick would also go on to serve aboard Titanic.

Aboard Titanic/April 14th-15th, 1912:
When he signed onto the RMS Titanic on April 4th, 1912, Leader was still boarding at Fanshawe Street. His previous had been the RMS Olympic and as assistant confectioner he received monthly wages of £5, 10s. He died in the sinking and his body, if recovered, was never identified.

His family continued to live in Hampshire, later relocating to Christchurch, his father died in 1922 and his mother in 1937.

Sources:
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org

Rest In Peace Archibald Leader.