Clara Kitchen

Clara Kitchen 

Born: 17 April 1870, Southwell 

Father: William Kitchen (b. 1830)

Mother: Mary Kitchen (b. 1831)

Sisters: Anne E Kitchen (b. 1863), Sarah Kitchen (b. 1864)

In 1871 – 

She is at Saywood House, Laxton. Her father is listed as ‘Cottager of 25 Acres’. Clara, her mother and her sisters, Anne and Sarah, are unlisted.

In 1881 – 

She is at Saywood House, Laxton. Her father is listed as ‘Woodman’. Clara, her mother and sister, Sarah, are unlisted.

In 1891 – 

She is at Westwood, Laxton, Southwell. Her father is listed as ‘Woodman and Farmer’. Clara is listed as ‘Student Lincoln College’. Her mother and her nephew, Sidney Bartle (b. 1885), are unlisted.

In 04/95 – 

Appointed to Parish School, Newark. Head.

In 1901 – 

She is at 30 Sleaford Road, Newark. Her mother is an unlisted widow. Clara is listed as ‘School Teacher’. 

In 10/02 – 

Address is 80 Sleaford Road, Newark. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 16 Dunlop Avenue, Radford, Nottingham as a visitor. Ernest Freeman (b. 1857) is listed as ‘Police Pensioner Accountants Clerk’. Margaret Freeman (b. 1862) and Clara Margaret Freeman (b. 1891) are unlisted. Clara is listed as visitor and ‘Head Teacher’.

In 1921 – 

She is at Elm Lodge, London Road, Newark as a boarder. The head of the household, Charles Edward Wiles (b. 1857), is listed as ‘Gardener’. His wife, Alice Wiles (b. 1854), is unlisted. Clara is listed as boarder and ‘Teacher’. 

d.         3 May 1934, Hampstead 

KITCHEN, Clara of Elm Lodge, London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire, spinster died 3 May 1934 at 2 Fitz Johns Avenue, Hampstead, Middlesex. Probate Nottingham 13 July to William Henry Henton, schoolmaster and Percy John Charles Staniland, pork butcher, Effects £1201, 12s, 10d.