Clara Lacey

Clara Lacey 

Born: 14 April 1890, Wycombe 

Father: George Lacey (b. 1856)

Mother: Elizabeth Lacey (b. 1859)

Brothers: William C Lacey (b. 1885), Arthur Gomm Lacey (b. 1887), Ernest Lacey (b. 1893), Sydney Frank Lacey (b. 1895)

Sisters: Emma Elizabeth Lacey (b. 1883), Gertrude Elsie Lacey (b. 1897), Doris Lacey (b. 1900)

Marriage:        1920, Lymington  

Husband:         Arthur Wilfred Bass 

                        b. 16 December 1881 

                        Chairmaker

Issue – 

#1 Edger John Bass (b. 11 March 1921)

#2 Stanley Charles Bass (b. 1924) (d. 1924)

#3 Female Bass 

#4 Male Bass 

In 1891 – 

She is at Tylers Green, Chipping Wycombe. Her father is listed as ‘Carpenter’. Clara, her mother and siblings (Emma, William and Arthur) are unlisted. Her grandmother, Sarah Gomm (b. 1823), is listed as ‘Retired Grocer’. 

In 1901 –

She is at Duke Street, Princes Risborough. Her father is listed as ‘Builder’. Clara, her mother and siblings (Arthur, Ernest, Sydney, Gertrude and Doris) are unlisted. Her grandmother, Sarah Gomm (b. 1823), is listed as ‘Retired Grocer’.

In 10/08 – 

PT at Princes Risboro' British School.

Qualification: Dist. in English and Science.

In 10/10 – 

Appointed to British School, Coggeshall, nr. Chelmsford.

Address is c/o Mrs Beard, Market Hill, Coggeshall, Essex. 

In 1911 – 

She is at Market Hill, Coggeshall, Essex as a boarder. Julia Mary Beard (b. 1847) is an unlisted widow. Her stepdaughter, Kate Ellen Beard (b. 1864) and Clara are listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’.

In 1921 – 

She is at West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Her husband is listed as ‘Chair Making’. Clara and her son, Edgar, are unlisted.

In 1939 – 

She is at 50a High Street, West Wycombe. Her husband is listed as ‘Chair Maker’. Clara is listed as ‘Occassional Supply Tecaher’. Her son, Edger, is listed as ‘Motor Mechanic’. Her daughter, Dorothy, is unlisted. There is a closed record. 

d.         17 August 1946, West Wycombe 

BASS, Clara of 50a High Street, West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire (wife of Arthur Wilfred Bass) died 17 August 1946. Probate Oxford 17 December to the said Arthur Wilfred Bass, chair maker. Effects £3465, 6s, 7d.