Clara Crosby

Clara Jane Ann Crosby 

Born: 1869, Peterborough 

Father: Thomas Crosby (b. 1841)

Mother: Jane Crosby (b. 1848)

Brothers: Thomas Crosby (b. 1871), Ernest Crosby (b. 1877), Percy Crosby (b. 1879)

Sisters: Emily Crosby (b. 1874)

Marriage:        1901, Spilsby 

Husband:         Charles Lettice

                        b. 1872

                        Farmer 

Issue – 

#1 Marjorie Lettice (b. 1903)

#2 Harold Lettice (b. 1907) (d. 1908)

In 1871 – 

She is at Monument Street, Peterborough. Her father is listed as ‘Porter’. Clara, her mother and her brother, Thomas, are unlisted. Her grandmother, Harriett Phillips (b. 1811), is listed as ‘Nurse’. There is a visitor, Jane Hammond (b. 1809), listed as ‘Dressmaker’. 

In 1881 – 

She is at Railway Station, Yaxley. Her father is listed as ‘Railway Clerk’. Clara, her mother and siblings (Thomas, Emily, Ernest and Percy) are unlisted.

In 1891 – 

She is at Cottage, Stainsby, Ashby Puerorum as a boarder. John Atkinson (b. 1835) is listed as ‘Gardener Domestic Servant’. Fanny Atkinson (b. 1833) is unlisted. Clara is listed as a boarder and ‘School Teacher’. 

In 1901 – 

She is at West Keal, Spilsby as a boarder. Thomas Gill (b. 1842) is listed as ‘Carpenter’. Lucy A Gill (b. 1843) and George Ely (b. 1818) are unlisted. George E Gill (b. 1870) is listed as ‘Ordinary Agricultural Labourer’. Clara is listed as boarder and ‘Certificated School Mistress’. 

In 1911 – 

She is at Tattershall, Lincoln. Her husband is listed as ‘Farmer’. Clara and her daughter, Marjorie, are unlisted. 

In 1921 -         

She is at Twenty Lands, Spilsby. Her husband is listed as ‘Farmer’. Clara, her daughter, Marjorie, and a visitor, Ethel Lettice (b. 1900), are unlisted.

d.         8 March 1957, Shefield