Clara Christopher

Clara Maria Christopher 

Born: 13 July 1848, Bromsgrove

Father: Benjamin Christopher (b. 1801) 

Mother: Sarah Christopher (b. 1806) 

Brothers: Benjamin Christopher (b. 1826), Joseph Christopher (b. 1829), John Christopher (b. 1835), William Christopher (b. 1838), Walter Christopher (b. 1845)

Sisters: Ann Christopher (b. 1827), Elizabeth Christopher (b. 1833), Fanny Christopher (b.1840), Jane Christopher (b. 1843)

Married:          1872, Shipston on Stour

Husband:         Charles Wilkins 

                        b. 1839

                        Schoolmaster 

                        d. 1886 

Issue – 

#1 Percy Charles Bassett Wilkins (b. 1872) (b. 1874)

#1 Edith Clair Wilkins (b. 1873)

# 2Wilfred Archie Wilkins (b. 1875)

#3 Frank Cyril Wilkins (b. 1876) 

#4 Effie May Wilkins (b. 1877)

#5 Kate Gertrude Wilkins (b. 1878) (d. 1878)

#5 Reginald Claude Wilkins (b. 1880)

#6 Dorothy Blanch Wilkins (b. 1881)

#6 Irene Nora Wilkins (b. 1883)

#7 Charles John Wilkins (b. 1885)

In 1861 – 

She is at Brasshouse Lane, Harborne, Kings Norton, Staffordshire. Her father is listed as ‘Millwright’. Her brother, William, is listed as ‘Clerk in Iron Works’. Clara, her mother and sister, Jane, are unlisted. Her brother, Walter (b. 1845), is listed as ‘Labourer in Iron Works’. Her cousin, Ann E Wallace (b. 1852, is unlisted. 

In 1871 –

She is at Girls School, Brailes, Shipston on Sour, Warwickshire. Clara is listed as ‘School Mistress’. 

 In 1881 – 

She is at School House, Allensmore, Hereford. Her husband is listed as ‘C Schoolmaster’. Clara is listed as ‘C Schoolmistress’. Her stepchildren, Charles Ernest William Wilkins (b. 1868) and Mildred Mabel Ann Wilkins (b. 1870), and her children, Edith, Wilfred, Frank, Effie and Reginald are unlisted. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Blyborough Village, Gainsborough. Clara is listed as widow and ‘Certificated School Mistress’. Her children, Frank, Irene and Charles are unlisted. 

In 1901 – 

She is in Coleshill, Faringdon, Berkshire. Clara is listed as widow and ‘Certificated School Mistress’. Her daughter, Irene, is listed as ‘Teacher’. Her son, Charles, is listed as ‘Warehouseman’. Annie Hart (b. 1870) is listed as a boarder and ‘Assistant Schoolmistress’. 

In 1911 – 

She is at Middle Farm, Kempsford, Fairford. Clara is listed as a widow and ‘Retired Certificated School Mistress’. Albert Plank (b. 1876), her son in law, is listed as ‘Farmer’. Her daughter, Effie May Plank (b. 1877), is unlisted. Her grandchildren, Leonard Bernard Plank (b. 1902), Frances Kent Plank (b. 1903), Kenneth Albert Plank (b. 1905) and Marjorie Blanche Plank (b. 1908), are unlisted.

In 1921 – 

She is at 17 Maidstone Road, Swindon. Her son, Charles, is listed as ‘Leather Merchant’s Manager’. Clara and her daughter-in-law, Ethel Wilkins (b. 1886), are unlisted. Her grandson, Albert Plank (b. 1905), is listed as ‘Carpenter’s Apprentice’. 

d.         16 November 1926, Swindon