See also

Family of George Mortimer Clapton and Lydia Elizabeth Frances Cowie

Husband: George Mortimer Clapton

  • Name:

  • George Mortimer Clapton1,2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • cheesemonger then a fishmongers manager3,4,5,6

  • Birth:

  • 29 Jan 1869

  • Grays Inn Road, Holborn, Middlesex, England2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 2)

  • 4 Lonesome Villas, Lonesome, Mitcham, Surrey, England7

  •  

  • son as Mortimer living with his parents George and Ellen, and sister Ellen. Born in Grays Inn Road Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 12)

  • 31 St. Clements Road, Kensington, London, England8

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents George and Ellen, sisters Ellen, Clara and Annie, and brothers Edwin and Mark. Born in London

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 22)

  • 21 Saunders Road, Hammersmith, Middlesex, England3

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a cheese monger and living with his parents George and Ellen, sisters Clara and Kate, and brothers Edwin, Mark, Albert and unnamed. Born in Grays Inn Road London

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 31)

  • 4 North Road, Bromley, Kent, England4

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a fishmongers manager and living with his wife Lydia, sons George, Albert, Edwin and Mark, daughter Ellen, and a boarder. Born in London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 42)

  • 72 Scholars Road, Balham, London, England5

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a fishmongers manager and living in six rooms with his wife Lydia, sons Albert, Edwin, Mark, Ernest and Algy, and daughter Ellen. Born in Grays Inn Road London

  • Witness:

  • 23 Jan 1918 (age 48)

  • George Mortimer Clapton witnessed the marriage of Arthur Augustine Morone and Ellen Frances Clapton on Wednesday on 23 January 1918 in St. James Norlands Church, St. James Gardens, Notting Hill, London, England

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 52 yrs 6 mns)

  • 2 Richmond Gardens, Shepherds Bush, London, England6

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a fishmongers manager for Humphrey fishmongers of 11 Chuston Street Victoria and living in four rooms with his wife Lydia, and sons Albert and Ernest. Born in Holborn London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 70)

  • 82 Norland Road, Shepherds Bush, London, England9

  •  

  • a widowed old aged pensioner living alone, and born on 29th January 1869

  • Death:

  • Q1 1946 (age 77)

  • Kensington "Registration District", London, England10

Wife: Lydia Elizabeth Frances Cowie

  • Name:

  • Lydia Elizabeth Frances Cowie11,12

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • John Cowie (1842- )

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Wilde (1843?- )

  • Birth:

  • 19 Apr 1869

  • Wellington Place, Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, England4,5,6,11,12,13,14

  •  

  • 1911 census says born in Black Tarn Scotland, 1921 census says born in ?Scotland

  • Baptism:

  • 4 Jul 1869 (age 0)

  • St. Stephen's Church, Uxbridge Road, Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, England12

  •  

  • daughter of John Cowie (brick maker) and Elizabeth of 1 Wellington Place Shepherds Bush, born on 19th April 1869

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 11)

  • 1 Queens Place, Kensington, Middlesex, England13

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents John and Lizzy, brothers John and Robert, and two lodgers. Born in Shepherds Bush Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 21)

  • 18 Norland Road, Shepherds Bush, London, England14

  •  

  • unmarried daughter living in two rooms with her parents John and Elizabeth, and brothers John, Robert and Reginald. Born in Wellington Place Shepherds Bush

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 31)

  • 4 North Road, Bromley, Kent, England4

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband George, sons George, Albert, Edwin and Mark, daughter Ellen, and a boarder. Born in London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 42)

  • 72 Scholars Road, Balham, London, England5

  •  

  • married wife living in six rooms with her husband George, sons Albert, Edwin, Mark, Ernest and Algy, and daughter Ellen. Born in Black Tarn Scotland and married for twenty-two years with seven children, all of whom are still living

  • Witness:

  • 23 Jan 1918 (age 48)

  • Lydia Elizabeth Frances Cowie witnessed the marriage of Arthur Augustine Morone and Ellen Frances Clapton on Wednesday on 23 January 1918 in St. James Norlands Church, St. James Gardens, Notting Hill, London, England

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 52 yrs 6 mns)

  • 2 Richmond Gardens, Shepherds Bush, London, England6

  •  

  • married wife doing home duties and living in four rooms with her husband George, and sons Albert and Ernest. Born in ? Scotland

  • Death:

  • Q2 1925 (age 56)

  • Kensington "Registration District", London, England15

Child 1: George Mortimer Clapton

  • Name:

  • George Mortimer Clapton16,17

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Eleanor Rutherford (1889-1972)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Royal Navy and merchant navy seaman, then a fish salesman18,19,20,21

  • Birth:

  • 13 Jun 1891

  • Hammersmith, Middlesex, England4,16,18,19,20,21

  •  

  • 1921 census says born in Shapherds Bush London

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 9)

  • 4 North Road, Bromley, Kent, England4

  •  

  • son living with his parents George and Lydia, brothers Albert, Edwin and Mark, daughter Ellen, and a boarder. Born in London

  • Military Service:

  • frm 13 Jun 1909 to 9 Jan 1920 (age 18-28)

  • Royal Navy as no:23954318

  •  

  • a fish curer who was born on 13th June 1891 in Hammersmith London and at aged 18 was 5' 7½" tall, with dark brown ahir, brown eyes and a fresh complexion. He joined as a boy at HMS Ganges and was an Able Seaman

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 19)

  • HMS Duncan, Grand Harbour, Valetta, Malta19

  •  

  • an unmarried ordinary seaman who was born in Hammersmith London

  • Occupation:

  • 1921

  • able seaman in the merchant navy20

  •  

  • and was 5' 10½" tall with brown eyes, grey hair, a fresh complexion, with a sailor on his right arm, and a lady on his left arm

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 30 yrs 0 mns)

  • 2 Richmond Gardens, Shepherds Bush, London, England21

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a fish salesman for Mac Fisheries of 239 Old Kent Road and living in three rooms with his wife Eleanor, and sons Mark and Terrence. Born in Shepherds Bush London

  • Census absence:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 48)

  •  

  • Death:

  • Q1 1949 (age 57)

  • Edmonton "Registration District", Middlesex, England17

Child 2: Albert Edward Clapton

  • Name:

  • Albert Edward Clapton22

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • sailor6,23

  • Birth:

  • 10 Mar 1893

  • Shepherds Bush, London, England4,5,6,22,23

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 8)

  • 4 North Road, Bromley, Kent, England4

  •  

  • son living with his parents George and Lydia, brothers George, Edwin and Mark, daughter Ellen, and a boarder. Born in London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 18)

  • 72 Scholars Road, Balham, London, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a grocers assistant and living in six rooms with his parents George and Lydia, brothers Edwin, Mark, Ernest and Algy, and sister Ellen. Born in Shepherds Bush London

  • Military Service:

  • frm 7 Feb 1912 to 31 Dec 1928 (age 18-35)

  • Royal Navy as no:L348423

  •  

  • a grocers assistant born on 10th march 1893 in Shepherds Bush London who was in 1919 5' 7" tall with a 35" chest, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, a fresh complexion and had a scar on his left forearm

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 28)

  • 2 Richmond Gardens, Shepherds Bush, London, England6

  •  

  • unmarried son serving in the Royal Navy home on leave and living in four rooms with his parents George and Lydia, and brother Ernest. Born in Shepherds Bush London

Child 3: Edwin John Clapton

  • Name:

  • Edwin John Clapton24,25

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Agnes Inna Searle (1897-1977)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • fishmongers assistant, sailor, waiter and a furnace man5,26,27,28

  • Birth:

  • 11 Nov 1894

  • Notting Hill, Middlesex, England4,5,24,26,28

  •  

  • Royal Navy record says born in Kensington, 1939 register says born on 11th November 1895

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 6)

  • 4 North Road, Bromley, Kent, England4

  •  

  • son living with his parents George and Lydia, brothers George, Albert and Mark, daughter Ellen, and a boarder. Born in London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 16)

  • 72 Scholars Road, Balham, London, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a fishmongers assistant and living in six rooms with his parents George and Lydia, brothers Albert, Mark, Ernest and Algy, and sister Ellen. Born in Notting Hill London

  • Military Service:

  • frm 28 Aug 1911 to 19 Jul 1919 (age 16-24)

  • Royal Navy as no:L304726

  •  

  • joined as a boy and was an errand boy born on 11th November 1894 in Kensington London. By 18 he was 5' 4½" tall, with a chest of 34¼", light brown hair, blue eyes, a fresh complexion and a scar on left side of forehead. he seemed to have transferred to the Australian Navy 21st June 1913 returning to the Royal Navy on 31st December 1916

  • Census absence:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 26)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 44)

  • 28 Leeds Road West, Slough, Buckinghamshire, England28

  •  

  • a married furnace man living with his wife Agnes. Born on 11th November 1895

  • Death:

  • Q2 1964 (age 69)

  • Eton "Registration District", Buckinghamshire, England25

Child 4: Ellen Frances Clapton

  • Name:

  • Ellen Frances Clapton29

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Arthur Augustine Morone (1895-1979)

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1896

  • Shepherds Bush, London, England4,5,29

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 5)

  • 4 North Road, Bromley, Kent, England4

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents George and Lydia, brothers George, Albert, Edwin and Mark, and a boarder. Born in London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 15)

  • 72 Scholars Road, Balham, London, England5

  •  

  • unmarried daughter living in six rooms with her parents George and Lydia, and brothers Albert, Edwin, Mark, Ernest and Algy. Born in Shepherds Bush London

  • Immigration:

  • 1919 (age 23)

  • to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia30

  • Death:

  • 1990 (age 93)

  • Victoria, Australia31

  •  

  • wife of Arthur Augustine Morone, daughter of George Mortimer Clapton and Lydia nee Cowie and born in London

Child 5: Mark Clapton

  • Name:

  • Mark Clapton32

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1897

  • Notting Hill, Middlesex, England4,5,32

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 4)

  • 4 North Road, Bromley, Kent, England4

  •  

  • son living with his parents George and Lydia, brothers George, Albert and Edwin, daughter Ellen, and a boarder. Born in London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 14)

  • 72 Scholars Road, Balham, London, England5

  •  

  • son attending school and living in six rooms with his parents George and Lydia, brothers Albert, Edwin, Ernest and Algy, and sister Ellen. Born in Notting Hill London

  • Death:

  • Q4 1916 (age 19)

  • Hammersmith "Registration District", London, England33

Child 6: Ernest Rudolph Clapton

  • Name:

  • Ernest Rudolph Clapton34,35

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Mabel Mary Medlock (1903-1983)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • fishmongers assistant then a supervisor6,36

  • Birth:

  • 27 Jan 1904

  • Bayswater, London, England5,6,34,36,37

  •  

  • 1921 census born in Paddington London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 7)

  • 72 Scholars Road, Balham, London, England5

  •  

  • son living in six rooms with his parents George and Lydia, brothers Albert, Edwin, Mark and Algy, and sister Ellen. Born in Bayswater London

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 17 yrs 6 mns)

  • 2 Richmond Gardens, Shepherds Bush, London, England6

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a fishmongers assistant for Mac Fisheries of Mall Ealing and living in four rooms with his parents George and Lydia, and brother Albert. Born in Paddington London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 35)

  • 26 Maple Road, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England36

  •  

  • a married supervisor for Mac Fisheries living with his wife Mabel, and two closed records. Born on 27th January 1904

  • Death:

  • 16 Jun 1974 (age 70)

  • Isle of Wight "Registration District", Isle of Wight, England37,38

  • Probate:

  • 23 Jul 1974

  • Probate Registry, Winchester, Hampshire, England38

  •  

  • of Rayleigh Newport Road Northwood Cowes Isle of Wight died 16th June 1974, probate of £15,615 (~£139,000 in 2017)

Child 7: Reginald Algernon Clapton

  • Name:

  • Reginald Algernon Clapton39,40

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Algy

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1907

  • Fulham Road, Chelsea, London, England39

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 4)

  • 72 Scholars Road, Balham, London, England5

  •  

  • son as Algy living in six rooms with his parents George and Lydia, brothers Albert, Edwin, Mark and Ernest, and sister Ellen. Born in Fulham Road London

  • Death:

  • Q1 1921 (age 14)

  • Hammersmith "Registration District", London, England40

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