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CLAYTON, Clara Alice
1879 - 1972 (92 years) Has 32 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1851 - 1919 (69 years)-
Name CLAYTON, Clara Alice Birth 2 Jun 1879 Bradford, Yorkshire, England 
Gender Female Death 1972 Gainsborough Registration District, Lincolnshire Person ID I3431 Edgoose Last Modified 1 Feb 2026
Father CLAYTON, Samuel, b. Between 1850 and 1851, Bradford, Yorkshire, England d. 1919, Bradford, Yorkshire, England (Age 69 years) Mother SPAFFORD, Louisa, b. 16 Oct 1850, Marston, Lincolnshire, England d. 1932, Gainsborough Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 81 years) Marriage 17 Mar 1878 Bradford Registration District, Yorkshire Family ID F601 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family SMITH, Ernest Joseph, b. 1874, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England d. 1960, Gainsborough Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 86 years) Marriage 1904 Bradford Registration District, Yorkshire Family ID F1649 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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CLARA ALICE CLAYTON 1879-1972
The birth of a Clara Alice CLAYTON was registered in 1879. According to the registration of her death in 1972, she was born on 2 June 1879.
(GRO September Q 1879 Bradford, Y. 8b 72)
She was living at 70 Ripon Street, Bradford, Yorkshire, in 1881:
Samuel CLAYTON, Head, aged 30, Machine Fitter (Engine), born Bradford, Yorkshire;
Louisa CLAYTON, Wife, aged 25 (sic), born Marston (sic), Lincolnshire;
Clara A. CLAYTON, daughter, aged 1, born Bradford, Yorkshire.
(RG11/4447/11/13)
She was living at 44 Waterworks Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, in 1891:
Samuel CLAYTON, head, aged 40, engineer fitter, born at Bradford, Yorkshire;
Louisa CLAYTON, wife, aged 40, born at Marston, Lincolnshire;
Clara A. CLAYTON, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born at Bradford;
James CLAYTON, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire;
Luke LAMMING, boarder, aged 58, married, engineer fitter, born at Bradford.
(RG12/2635/36/22).
The family moved back to Bradford by 1901. The census of 47 Thursby Street:
Samuel CLAYTON, head, aged 50, crane fitter, born at Bradford;
Louisa CLAYTON, wife, aged 50, born at Marston, Lincolnshire;
Clara CLAYTON, daughter, aged 21, silk weaver, born at Bradford.
Matilda E. NEWMARK, boarder, aged 27, blouse machinist, born in Hull, Yorkshire.
(RG13/4148/93/18)
The marriage of a Clara Alice CLAYTON to Ernest Joseph SMITH was registered in 1904.
(GRO June Q 1904 Bradford 9b 124)
From the 1911 census of 24 Albany Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire:
Ernest Joseph SMITH, head, aged 36, milk retailer, employer, born at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire;
*Clara Alice SMITH, wife, aged 31, married 6 years, 2 children both living, born at Brafdord, Yorkshire;
Alice Louisa SMITH, daughter, aged 5, born at Sheffield, Yorkshire;
Arthur George SMITH, son, aged 3, born at Sheffield, Yorkshire.
(RG14/20148)
The death of Clara Alice SMITH was registered in 1972.
(GRO March Q 1972 Gainsborough 3b 567)
(revised 16.09.2012)