Townsend,
Clara
1842 – 1924

 

Father:

Townsend,

John

1812-1879

 

 

Mother:

Francis,

Sarah Margaret

1815-1892

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birth date

Birth place

Registered

County

District

Sub-district

GRO ref.

Christening

Place

Parish

Apr-Jun 1842

Rotherhithe

Apr-Jun 1842

London

Rotherhithe

 

Vol 4, p 384

18 Dec 1842

Holy Trinity

Bermondsey

Death date

Death place

Registered

County

District

Sub-district

GRO ref.

Cause

 

Feb 1924

Southwark

Jan-Mar 1924

London

St Olave Southwark

 

Vol 1d, p 229

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unmarried

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Records

 

 

 

Date

Source

Residence

Occupation

 

 

 

18 Dec 1842

Baptism record

Surrey Place, Rotherhithe

 

 

 

 

31 Jul 1844

Baptism record, brother John

Surrey Place, Rotherhithe

 

 

 

 

16 Aug 1846

Baptism record, brother Richard

Surrey Place, Rotherhithe

 

 

 

 

17 Dec 1849

Birth certificate, brother William

21 Surrey Place, Rotherhithe

 

 

 

 

30 Mar 1851

1851 census return

Surrey Place, Rotherhithe

 

 

 

 

7 Mar 1852

Baptism record, brother Robert

21 Surrey Place, Rotherhithe

 

 

 

 

7 Apr 1861

1861 census return

21 Surrey Place, Rotherhithe

 

 

 

 

2 Apr 1871

1871 census return

21 Surrey Place, Rotherhithe

 

 

 

 

3 Apr 1881

1881 census return

44 Rotherhithe New Road

Dressmaker

 

 

 

5 Apr 1891

1891 census return

20 Suffolk Street, Rotherhithe

 

 

 

 

1894-1906

London electoral registers

20 Suffolk Street, Rotherhithe

 

 

 

 

2 Apr 1911

1911 census return

9 Hothfield Place, Rotherhithe

 

 

 

 

1918-1920

London electoral registers

7 Canute Street (off Suffolk Street)

 

 

 

 

19 Jun 1921

1921 census return

7 Canute Street (off Suffolk Street)

 

 

 

 

1922

London electoral registers

7 Canute Street (off Suffolk Street)

 

 

 

 

11 Feb 1924

Burial

Nunhead cemetery, Southwark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Information

Along with her mother Clara helped raise a nephew, Robert John, born Oct-Dec 1875. Robert John was the only child of her brother Robert and his wife Ellen. Sadly Ellen was confined to an institution when Robert John was just 4 years old, and remained confined until her death in 1926.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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