Hanson was born in 1836. Hanson's father was James Leech and his mother was Grace Hanson. He had three brothers and a sister, named Isaac, Friend, Sam and Ann. He was the oldest of the five children. He had four half-brothers and a half-sister, named James, Dan, Sam, Ben and Emma.
General Notes
17 March 1856, Hanson Leech married Martha Singleton.
In 1874, they had a son George Edward Leach at Huddersfield who in 1891 was living with his Aunt Ann Bedford (nee Leech)