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CLAYTON, James
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Name CLAYTON, James Birth 1885 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
Gender Male Death 1900 Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Person ID I3531 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father CLAYTON, Samuel, b. Between 1850 and 1851, Bradford, Yorkshire, England
d. 1919, Bradford, Yorkshire, England
(Age 69 years) Relationship natural Mother SPAFFORD, Louisa, b. 16 Oct 1850, Marston, Lincolnshire, England
d. 1932, Gainsborough Registration District, Lincolnshire
(Age 81 years) Relationship natural Marriage 17 Mar 1878 Bradford Registration District, Yorkshire
Family ID F601 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes
JAMES CLAYTON 1885-1900
(revised 21.11.2004)
The birth of a JAMES CLAYTON was registered in 1885 (GRO March 1885 Gainsborough 7a 768).
He 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 death of a 15 year old JAMES CLAYTON was registered in 1900 (FreeBMD June 1900 Bradford Y 9b 48). This may or may not be the correct JAMES CLAYTON: the family moved to Gainsborough from Bradford circa 1885; were living at 44 Waterworks Street, Gainsborough, when CLARISSA EDGOOSE/SPAFFORD/LANGLEY died in 1894; but were back in Bradford in 1901.

