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Thanks Andy
I looked at the wedding cert hoping it would give a clue like deceased in brackets but there was no indication that he had passed away.

I don't know where we go from here.
Keith

I've looked at 1841 and 1851 for Clara with no joy. I wonder if her father died and mother remarried and she is listed under new name? It was quite common to do this and then revert to original name on marriage.

Andy

Hi Keely
Yes that's her.
Keith

Mel
Clara’s age shown through Censuses 1861-1901
1861 (28), 1871 (33), 1881 (47), 1891 56, 1901 (56)
Age shown on Death Cert Aug 1901 (67)
Keith

I take it the death registered for St Pancras Workhouse in 1901 is her?

Three possibilities in London between 1861 and 1871 but the other two have death ages and one seems too old and one seems too young.
So maybe this one? .....

Name Henry Lawler
Year of Registration 1869
Quarter of Registration Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District Westminster St. Margaret
Registration County London
Volume Number 1A
Volume Page 318

Mel
Her age is never consistently reported. The original and usual dob she gives is 1833. I've tried looking for her birth about 1838 without success.

I will have a look to see if I can find a death for Henry Lawler before 1871.
Thanks, Keith

Probably the birth of there first child or visiting her parent??

I have to do some work now but will look in later.

Mel
That Ancestry tree is out of date. It was done before I got Clara Mary Ann's wedding cert. That John is the publican. I'm sure he is related but not the father and Emma isn't a sister as far as I can tell.
Keith

On the census Andy put up Clara is a widow on the 1871 census and says her age is 33.

Mel
I missed that too.
So they married in Oct 1853 in London, Clara Ann is born in Bath in Feb 1855 and by Nov 1856 they are back in London.
Not long in Bath and no idea what they went to Bath for.
Thanks, Keith

I see on your tree on ancestry the you have her father as John Henwood and a sister Emma?

There is a Mary Ann Henwood with sister Emma born Bath Somerset with a mother Maria on the 1841 census. No husband there at the time but Maria is a green grocer

Andy
That's great. We are slowly closing the loop holes.
Clara can't be born in 1838, unless she marries at 15.
Many Thanks
Keith

You should know where she was born as on the 1861 census it says Marylebone.

1861 England Census
about Alice Lawler
Name: Alice Lawler
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: Henry Lawler
Mother's name: Clarra Lawler
Gender: Female
Where born: St Marylebone

Civil parish: St Marylebone
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: Marylebone
Sub-registration district: Christchurch
ED, institution, or vessel: 5b
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 64
Piece: 81
Folio: 12
Page Number: 16
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Lawler 27
Clarra Lawler 28
Clarra Lawler 6
Alice Lawler 4

1871. Image is Lawler

1871 England Census
about Clara Laincer Name: Clara Laincer
Age: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Bristol, Somerset, England
Civil parish: St Pancras
Ecclesiastical parish: Parish Church
County/Island: London
Country: England
Registration district: Pancras
Sub-registration district: Somers Town
ED, institution, or vessel: 4a
Household schedule number: 765
Piece: 221
Folio: 96
Page Number: 101
Household Members: Name Age
Clara Laincer 33
Clara Laincer 16
Alice Laincer 14


Andy

A Fairy Godmother indeed,
How did I miss that? Thanks Mel. Correct address too.
Now I wonder where was Alice Susan was born. Clara Ann is born in Bath. It's not just the issue of where she was born but to try and track the families movement.
Keith

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
about Alice Susan Lawler
Name: Alice Susan Lawler
Record Type: Baptism
BIRTH 12 Nov 1856***************
Baptism Date: 29 Dec 1861
Father's name: Henry Lawler
Mother's name: Clara Mary Ann Lawler
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Marylebone
Borough: Westminster

Baptised the same day

Clara Ann Born 26 Feb 1855

Parents Henry Lawler and Clara Mary Ann. Henry is a Porter and their address is 13 Devonshire St.

Andy
I've looked at the record. Interesting that she is on her own and married not widowed. I don't have a death for Henry. I wonder where he was.
Keith

Andrew
That's a real advance, definitely fits her. How easy it for one false letter to throw one off the trail.
Thanks, Keith

Possible for Clara from 1881

1881 England Census
about Clara Lawley Name: Clara Lawley
Age: 47
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1834
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Bristol, Somerset, England

Civil parish: Pancras
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address: 10 Mabledon Pl
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Dressmaker

Registration district: Pancras
Sub-registration district: Tottenham Court
ED, institution, or vessel: 14b
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 189
Folio: 40
Page Number: 20
Household Members: Name Age
Clara Lawley 47



Andy