Clayton Family of Tupton

[betton39]

 I need to spend a few days arranging my notes - things moved too quick - i'm still spinning! - you two girls are the best!

It struck me as odd - that we haven't had the appearence of Richard on any of the census records.
So he was either....  Living with someone else (and had another family on the side)  ,  was in the forces ... or on his majesty's pleasure on a regular occurence!!

[trish1120]

Marriage; have we got this yet

Richard CLAYTON
September 1837
Mansfield 15 550
On same page Mary Ann FREEMAN

Trish

[Ecneps]

How lucky it just creeps into civil registration, that cert must be worth buying!

Barbara 

[Ecneps]

Excuse me if I'm duplicating, I can see the 1851 that you found Trish, but not the 1841:
 
1841 HO107  Piece 859 Book 3 Folio 6 Page 4     
Rock, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
CLAYTON
Mary Ann  30  Getting Ling   
Eliza      10 
Joseph    3 
Maria    1 
all born Nottinghamshire


Please could you look at Mary Ann's occupation, Trish?

Barbara 

[Ecneps]

Posting it so Sonja can see it

Wondered if Richard had already died and she was on Parish Relief, or was she a heather (ling) gatherer 

[trish1120]

MMM, I was just looking at all this and about to post 1841 Census also
1851 occp for Mary Ann is charwoman

Trish

[trish1120]

Think you are right. there is a death Dec 1839 in Mansfield, for a Richard Clayton, 15 352.

Youngest child on 1851 Joseph is 9, could she have ben pregnant when he died?

Trish

[Ecneps]

Aah, it's possible, the death cert will give date of course

Occupations on the pages around her are things like FWK (frame work knitter) or cotton workers, seamstress, charwoman....

nothing else like her occupation  

[Ecneps]

Youngest child on 1851 Joseph is 9, could she have ben pregnant when he died?

Think if pregnant, that would have been with Maria aged 1 on 1841

Am scouring lists of old occupations, and widows allowances!