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Clara Amelia Luscombe, 1894, age 35
Name:
Clara Amelia Luscombe
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
1859, Register Entry for Baptism of Clara Amelia Luscombe
Birth:
9 Oct 1858
Address: 14 Marlborough Street
Her birth certificate also give the time of her birth - 10.10 p.m. - which is only normally done in the case of mutiple births. However, it has not been possible to find any evidence of another child. It is just possible that it was stillborn and not registered.
Birth Registration:
9 Nov 1858 (age 0)
the Register Office3
Address: Stoke Damerel
Baptism:
4 Jan 1859 (age 0)
St Paul's Parish Church4
Address: Devonport, Devon
Her parents and older siblings would have been present. Her sister Jessy was baptised on the same occasion.
Present (sibling):
4 Jan 1859 (age 0)
Present at Baptism of her sister Jessy Eleanor
Census (living with parents):
7 Apr 1861 (age 2)
1861 Census - living with parents
Census (living with parents):
2 Apr 1871 (age 12)
1871 Census - living with parents
Occupation:
btw 1876 and 1886 (age 17-28)
Address: 60 Pembroke Street, Devonport, Devon
In the 1881 Census she is shown as a general servant at the Kings Head Hotel and the birth certificates of her two sons, Ernest who was born in 1882 and Henry who was born in 1886 also show her occupation as a domestic servant but whether she was still working at the Kings head Hotel is not known. There is no evidence to show when she started working as a servant so 1876 when she was 18 is a nominal date. She could have started when she was 16 or even 14.
By the time of the 1891 Census she is working as a dressmaker but when she changed occupations is not known - probably around the time of the birth of her second son so that she could stay at home to look after him.
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 22)
Address: 60 Pembroke Street, Kings Head Hotel
She was working in the hotel as a general servant. Although she only lived a short distance away with her family at 2 St Aubyn Ope and is recorded as being there on the night of the census she had obviously elected to stay overnight at the hotel. At the time she was 7 months pregnant with her illegitimate child and had probably begun to 'show'. Family oral history indicates that her father was upset by her conduct and she may not have been welcome at home.
Mother:
6 Jun 1882 (age 23)
Birth of son Ernest James
Informant:
18 Jun 1882 (age 23)
Birth registration of Ernest James Luscombe
Clara was Ernest Luscomb's mother
Child:
3 Jun 1883 (age 24)
Present at Funeral of her father John
Child:
3 Jun 1883 (age 24)
Present at Burial of her father John
Mother:
12 Apr 1886 (age 27)
Birth of son Henry Northcott
Mother:
5 May 1886 (age 27)
Reported her son Henry's birth to the Registrar
Clara was Henry's mother
Occupation:
5 Apr 1891 (age 32)
Dressmaker; Saint Andrew, Plymouth, Devon10
Census (living with mother):
5 Apr 1891 (age 32)
1891 Census. Living with mother
Son's marriage:
6 Sep 1905 (age 46)
Marriage of son Ernest to Elizabeth Ann Roberts
Son's marriage:
9 Oct 1907 (age 49)
Marriage of son Henry to Ellen Maud Hawkins
Death:
27 Mar 1927 (age 68)
Cause: breast cancer and bronchitis
Address: 35 Chapel Street
At the time of her death she was living with her son Harry and his wife Ellen.
Burial:
Apr 1927
Plymouth Old Cemetery14
Spouse:
Children:
Son: Henry Northcott Luscombe, c. 1939, age 53
Spouse:
Children:
Spouse: Edward Price Williams, 1894, age 38
1894, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for for Edward Price Williams and Clara Amelia Luscombe
1894, Edward and Clara Williams on Their Wedding Day
1901, 1901 Census for Household of Edward Williams in East Stonehouse, Devon
1911, 1911 Census for Household of Edward Williams in Devonport, Devon
1921, 1921 Census for Household of Edward Williams
Spouse:
Marriage:
17 Sep 1894 (age 35)
Address: Plymouth, Devon
The relationship of witnesses to the couple is not known. The wedding was probably attended by their mothers (both their fathers were dead) but who else was there is not known.
Census for household:
31 Mar 1901 (age 42)
East Stonehouse, Devon18
Address: 10 Carlton Terrace
The household consisted of Edward, his wife Clara, Clara's son Harry and Clara's mother Amelia who is recorded as Clara A. Luscombe. How this came about is not known but it is certain that neither Edward or his wife Clara would have addressed her by her Christian name so it was probably an error on Edward's part. The other error is that her birthplace is shown as Launceston and not Altarnun. Clara's other son, Ernest, joined the Royal Navy in 1899 and is away at sea. The family had 2 rooms in a 10 roomed house. 5 other families shared the remaining 8 rooms having either 1 or 2 rooms each.
Census for household:
2 Apr 1911 (age 52)
Devonport, Devon19
Address: 11 Fellowes Place
The household consisted of Edward and his wife ClaraThey shared the house which had 10 rooms with three other families. In all 12 people (including a baby) lived there.
Census for household:
19 Jun 1921 (age 62)
Stoke, Devonport, Devon20
Address: 11 Fellows Place
The household consisted of Edward and his wife Clara. They lived in 2 rooms and shared the house with 2 other families -one of 7 who had 3 rooms and the other of 3 who had 5 rooms.
General Register Office, Certified Copy for an Entry of Birth for Clara Amelia Luscombe, (General Register Office on 29 Oct 2006 (Application No. COL417724)). Custom Id: BXCB 805546; Cit. Date: 9 October 1858. Pat Ward.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Clara Amelia Luscombe, (FMP website). Custom Id: Births 1858 Q4 Stoke Damerel Vol. 5b, Page 296; Cit. Date: Q4 1856. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.
General Register Office, Certified Copy for an Entry of Birth for Clara Amelia Luscombe, (General Register Office on 29 Oct 2006 (Application No. COL417724)). Custom Id: BXCB 805546; Date registered. Cit. Date: 9 November 1858. Pat Ward.
Parish Register for Baptism of Clara Amelia Luscombe, St Paul, Devonport, Devon, 4 January 1859, Plymouth and West Devon Record Office.
General Register Office, Certified Copy for an Entry of Birth for Henry Northcott Luscombe, (General Register Office on 5 Aug 1984 in response to Application No. 19663). Custom Id: BXB 087505; 12 April 1886Clara Amelia Luscombe, a domestic servant of Devonport. Pat Ward.
1881 England Census for Clara A. Luscombe at the Kings Head Hotel Devonport, Devon, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG11/2208, Folio 61, Page 40, Schedule 275; Clara A. LUSCOMBE working as a General Servant at the Kings head Hotel, 60 Pembroke Street, Devonport, Devon. National Archives. Call Number: RG11/2208.
General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Ernest James Snell Luscombe, (General Register Office ion 10 Feb 2004 n respose to Application No. COL121510). Custom Id: BXCA 228332; DistrictStoke DamerelDate of Birth6 Jun 1882Mother's NameClara Amelia Luscombe, Domestic ServantInformant's Residence2 St Aubyn Ope, Devonport. Pat Ward.
1881 England Census for Clara A. Luscombe at the Kings Head Hotel Devonport, Devon, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG11/2208, Folio 61, Page 40, Schedule 275; Cit. Date: 3 April 1881. National Archives. Call Number: RG11/2208.
Doris Winifred Wallace (née Luscombe), Notes on the Descendants of Richard Hockin, John Luscombe & his wife Amelia Sleep's family , (Not published, c. 1980). Custom Id: DWL 01; Page 2 (Back). Cit. Date: 1881. Pat Ward.
1891 England Census for Household of Amrelia Luscombe in Plymouth, Devon, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG12/1736, Folio 11, Page 10, Schedule 62; National Archives. Call Number: RG12/1736.
Thelma Vanes Deputy Superintendent Registrar for Plymouth CB, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Clara Amelia Williams. Custom Id: FC519259; Cit. Date: 24 March 1927. Harry Luscombe, 9 Maple GardensBath.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England &Wales) for Death of Clara Williams. General Register Office.
Harry K Luscombe, Letter from Harry Luscombe to his Niece Pat Ward dated 5 Jul 2005. Custom Id: HKL 2005-06-05; Section headed City of Plymouth p2 (p6 of scan). Cit. Date: 1927. Pat Ward.
Clara Luscombe live at 6, Greenbank and was buried in Plymouth Old Cemetery.
General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Edward Price Williams and Clara Amelia Luscombe, (Issued by GRO on 29 June 2006 in response to Application No COL417724). Custom Id: MXC677465; Cit. Date: 17 September 1894. Pat Ward.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England &Wales) for Marriage of Edward Price Williams and Clara Amelia Luscombe, (FMP website and FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Marriages 1894 Q3 Plymouth Vol. 5b, Page 558; Cit. Date: Q3 1894. General Register Office.
Photograph of Edward and Amelia Williams; Pat Ward
1901 England Census for Household of Edward Williams in East Stonehouse, Devon, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG13/2105, Folio 60, Page 41, Schedule 361; Cit. Date: 31 March 1901. National Archives. Call Number: RG13/2105.
1911 England Census for Household of Edward Williams in Devonport, Devon, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG14/13059; Cit. Date: 2 April 1911. National Archives. Call Number: RG14/13059.
1921 England, Wales & Scotland census, 11 Fellows Place, Stoke, Devonport, Devon, head of household: Edward Williams, National Archives.