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« on: Monday 12 March 07 15:43 GMT (UK) »
That is my grandmother and her elder brother! My nan had one younger sister, Ruth Emily. I know that her mother Louisa (Rackley) Clift died of TB when the children were all still quite young but my nan is unclear on the date it's c.1946 and I haven't had any luck in tracing it so far. Ruth was only about three when Louisa died and she was fostered locally.
I don't know much about Samuel Clift at all, but I do know that Louisa Rackley's mother was called Emily Jane Pine and she came from Blackawton and we think Louisa's father was called Thomas. There were about 10 children, of which Louisa was one, but again we are not sure when she was born. It may be difficult to trace marriage records of Thomas (?) and Emily Jane because my nan believes they were married at sea.
I've found information out about the Clifts but it's too far back for me to be able to make the connection between them and my nan.