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SPAFFORD, Louisa
1850 - 1932 (81 years) Has 30 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
1823 - 1879 (56 years)-
Name SPAFFORD, Louisa Birth 16 Oct 1850 Marston, Lincolnshire, England 
Gender Female Death 1932 Gainsborough Registration District, Lincolnshire Person ID I831 Edgoose Last Modified 2 Feb 2026
Father SPAFFORD, George, b. 1823, Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England d. 1879, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England (Age 56 years) Mother EDGOOSE, Clarissa, b. 27 Mar 1818, Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England d. 21 Dec 1894, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England (Age 76 years) Marriage 29 Oct 1849 Marston, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F264 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family CLAYTON, Samuel, b. Between 1850 and 1851, Bradford, Yorkshire, England d. 1919, Bradford, Yorkshire, England (Age 69 years) Marriage 17 Mar 1878 Bradford Registration District, Yorkshire Children 1. CLAYTON, Clara Alice, b. 2 Jun 1879, Bradford, Yorkshire, England d. 1972, Gainsborough Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 92 years)2. CLAYTON, James, b. 1885, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England d. 1900, Bradford, Yorkshire, England (Age 15 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F601 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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LOUISA SPAFFORD 1850-1932
Louisa, daughter of George SPAFFORD carpenter and joiner and his wife Clarissa nee EDGOOSE, was born at Marston, Lincolnshire, on 16 October 1850. The informant was C. SPAFFORD, mother, of Marston.
(GRO December Q 1850 [EDGOOSE] Newark 15 562)
From the 1851 census of Marston, Lincolnshire:
George SPAFFORD, head, aged 27, master carpenter [no men], born at Beckingham, Lincolnshire;
Clarissa SPAFFORD, wife, aged 29, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
*Louisa SPAFFORD, aged 5 months, born at Marston, Lincolnshire.
(HO107/2138/204/16)
From the 1861 census of 11 Eastgate, Lincoln:
George SPAFFORD, head, aged 38, wood sawyer, born at Beckingham, Lincolshire;
Clarissa SPAFFORD, wife, aged 40, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
*Louisa SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 10, scholar, born at Marston, Lincolnshire.
(RG9/2361/50/9)
Louisa SPAFFORD of Manningham, Lincolnshire, married Samuel CLAYTON at the Parish Church, Bradford, Yorkshire, on 17 March 1878.
(GRO March Q 1878 Bradford 9b 123)
(Source: Suzette Davis, Guild of One Name Studies)
(Leeds Times, 23 March 1878)
The 1881 census return for 70 Ripon Street, Bradford, Yorkshire:
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)
Her mother Clarissa LANGLEY died at Lincoln on 21 December 1894 aged 77. Her daughter Louisa CLAYTON of 44 Waterworks Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, was with her at the workhouse when she died and informed the registrar.
(GRO December Q 1894 Lincoln 7a 301)
From the 1901 census of 47 Thursby Street, Bradford, Yorkshire:
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)
From the 1911 census of 47 Thursby Street, Leeds Road, Bradford, Yorkshire:
Samuel CLAYTON, head, aged 60, married, engine fitter, worker, born at Bradford, Yorkshire;
*Louisa CLAYTON, wife, aged 60, married 33 years, 2 children of whom 1 living, born at Marston, Lincolnshire.
(RG14PN26745 RG78PN1540 RD498 SD2 ED26 SN215)
The death of a Louisa CLAYTON aged 81 was registered in 1932.
(GRO March Q 1932 Gainsborough 7a 1028)
(revised 12.06.2021)