CLARE
Parents
Thomas CLARE {M} = Jane BOWEN {F}
Married Monday 14 August 1848, Welshpool, Parish Church
Thomas CLARE:
Christened 1821, Worthen, Shropshire
All that is known of this gentleman is that he was believed to have worked on the building of the Iron Bridge at Telford.
From the 1851 Census for Chirbury, Shropshire one can see that Thomas was living in Rorrington and was a Lead Miner.
From his son Henry's birth certificate Thomas is shown as a Farmer living in Rorrington, so he must have changed his livelyhood in the intervening two years.
Jane BOWEN:
Alias Jane CLARE
Born 1822, Chirbury
Jane is seen in the 1841 census aged 20 living with her parents William and Elizabeth at Rorrington Mill
Children
Henry CLARE {M} = Mary Isabel NICHOLSON {F} > Family
Married Monday 29 July 1878, Congregational Church, Cockermouth
Henry CLARE:
Born Wednesday 17 January 1849, Rorrington, Chirbury, Shropshire
Boot and Shoemaker
GRO reference for birth :-
March 1849, Montgomery, XXVII, 108
Mary Isabel NICHOLSON:
Alias Mary Isabel CLARE
Born 1850, Penrith, Cumberland
Birth information found from 1851 Census for Penrith
GRO reference for birth:-
3/50, Penrith, XXV, 131
William CLARE {M}
Christened Sunday 15 June 1851, Chirbury
Elizabeth CLARE {F}
Jane CLARE {F}
Superscripted numbers are references to source citations at the bottom of this page.
{M} = Male; {F} = Female.