birth of clara jepson in whitwell

[bigjon]

hi I have clara jepson married to james edward watson 1904 in worksop.
I thik she was born in whitwell.
Any help at all please tofind her family.

bigjon

[rutht22000]

Hi

Did they continue to live around the Nottinghamshire area?  and any thoughts on when she died?

I can't see a Whitwell born Clara at first glance on the census returns, but there is one Mansfield born in 1880 which would be the correct age for marriage in 1904.

if we can find when she died we may be able to track back her birth but the marriage certificate would be the most helpful thing to get as we would get her father.

I'll keep looking though!

[bigjon]

hi thanks for your reply, they lived in warsop all their lives. Clara died around 1960.

bigjon

[KGarrad]

Whitwell, Derbyshire was in the registration district of Worksop, Nottinghamshire (Registration County) from 1837 until 1936.

That may cause some confusion!

[rutht22000]

hi thanks for your reply, they lived in warsop all their lives. Clara died around 1960.

bigjon

There is a Clara Watson dying in Mansfield District (which I think would cover Warsop) in October/November/December 1963, aged 84 years of age (making her born around 1879).  There is one other possible (the rest of the ones are too far out on ages/years of death) dying in Nottingham district 1967 aged 97, therefore born around 1870.

the mansfield one is more likely to be her as its right area, closer to 1960.  will see where the Mansfield one takes me.

edited : to include (or exclude!) one Clara, did she and James have a son called Sidney?

[bigjon]

Hi Ruth,
    thanks for looking. Yes there was a son Sidney born 1905.
   Sorry if I sound a bit stupid on this line of research, but Sidney's son has only just started researching his family and as a volunteer at my local library, I have decided to introduce him to rootschat.
Hopefully he has now registered and is monitoring this.

bigjon

[rutht22000]

think I may have found her then - i think she is the Mansfield born Clara, but spent some time living in the Sheffield area as a child. 

will edit when I find the census....

1901 census -  living at Anston St James, Yorkshire (but registration district Worksop - RG13 3128/16/24) with a Joseph & Sarah Jane Bland, just has Clara down as a visitor. Her birth place is given as Mansfield in 1901

1891 census - living at Rough Breck Lodge, Carburton, Worksop, Nottinghamshire (RG12 2647/185/1)

George Jepson, Head, 41, Gamekeeper, born Clipstone, Nottinghamshire
Mary Jepson, Wife, 37, born Elksley, Nottinghamshire
Harry Jepson, Son, 13, born Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Clara Jepson, Dau, 11, born Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Alice Jepson, Dau, 9, born Sheffield, Yorkshire
Herbert Jepson, Son, 6, born Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire
Edith Jepson, Dau, 4, born Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire
Flora Jepson, Dau, 2, born Walesby, Nottinghamshire

1881 census - living at 17 Stevenson Road, Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorkshire (RG11 4666/136/15)

George Jepson, Head, 31, General Labourer, born Clipstone, Nottinghamshire
Mary Jepson, Wife, 27, born Elksley, Nottinghamshire
Harry Jepson, Son, 3, born Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Clara Jepson, Dau, 1, born Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

[rutht22000]

just tried to find George & Mary Jepson in 1901 as clearly Clara is living away from her parents - haven't found them so far (edited : see below  ) but her sister Edith is an "Inmate" Knitter at Clapton Road, Hackney, London.  It was a Salvation Army Nurses Home


George & Mary Jepson in 1901 are living in Whitwell (there's your Whitwell connection! )
(RG13  3129/53/7)

High Street, Whitwell

George Jepson, Head, 51, Gamekeeper, born Clipstone
Mary Jepson, Wife, 47, born Elksley
Herbert Jepson, Son, 16, Colliery Pony Driver (below), born Edwinstowe
Florrie Jepson, Dau, 12, born Walesby
Emma Jepson, Dau, 8, born Whitwell, Derbyshire

[rutht22000]

the eldest son Harry is registered in 1877 (December quarter) in Mansfield so George and Mary's marriage could feasibly be a few years earlier

There is a Basford marriage between a George Jepson and Mary Hunt in 1875 but no way of telling yet that its them.