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Clara Maria ROSSON
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Name Clara Maria ROSSON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Mar Q 1862 Priorslee, Shifnal, Shropshire, England
- From the 1871 census where shown as Clara M, aged 9
GRO ref: ROSSON, Clara Maria q1 1862 Shiffnal RD 6a 598; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Smith [sic]
(Smith was not the surname her mother was born with, and neither did she marry with it, but it was the surname of her mother's step-father and the one with which her mother was recorded in the 1841 census)
Baptised 2 Feb 1862 St. Peter’s Church, Priorslee, Shifnal, Shropshire, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 28 Jun 2021)
"1862 Feb: 2. No. 644. Clara Maria daugr, parents: Thomas & Jane, surname: Rosson, abode : Toll-bar Prior's Lee, father's occupation: Labourer, ceremony performed by Wm. Angell"
Gender Female Education 1871 Scholar Occupation 1881 83, Motram Road, Hyde, Cheshire, England
General Servant - Domestic - In the home of the Vicar, William H White and his family (wife, 2 daughter and mother-in-law). Also present were 8 scholars.
Clara was one of 2 live-in servant, but with 13 others present they must have been kept busy.
Occupation 1891 Laundress - Shown as married but her husband not present, maybe why she was working although she had 2 young children to look after.
Died Dec Q 1937 Wellington Shropshire Reg Dist, Shropshire, England
- GRO ref: Gregory, Clara M q4 1937 aged 76 Wellington Sal RD 6a 831; GRO online index shows middle name as Maria
Siblings2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch
James ROSSON, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandfather)
Mary DAVIES, b. Abt 1778, d. Dec Q 1856, Wellington Shropshire Reg Dist, Shropshire, England
(Age ~ 78 years) (Great Grandmother) 
Person ID I307101 All Last Modified 28 Jun 2021
Father Thomas ROSSON, b. Abt 1834, Worthen, Shropshire, England
, d. Mar Q 1905, Atcham Reg Dist, Shropshire or Montgomeryshire, England or Wales
(Age ~ 71 years) Mother Jane GOTHAM, bap. 23 Apr 1837, St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, High Ercall, Shropshire, England
, bur. Jun Q 1918, Wellington Shropshire Reg Dist, Shropshire, England
(Age ~ 80 years) Married 19 Feb 1856 St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, High Ercall, Shropshire, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 14 Dec 2016)
Shows:
Thomas Rosson, of full age, Bachelor, Labourer, residence at the time of marriage: Ercall Mill, father: James Rosson, Labourer
married
Jane Cottom, age: 20 Years, Spinster, Servant, residence at the time of marriage: Ercall Mill, father: [blank]
Married by Richard Wilson Kemplay
Marriage solemnized by Thomas Rosson + his mark, Jane Cottom [signed]
Witnesses: Ann Picken, William ??
Family ID F301052 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Thomas Bevington FROST, b. Jun Q 1862, Hyde, Cheshire, England
, d. Yes, date unknown
Other Partners: Margaret Ann KETTLEWELL m. 26 Dec 1896; Annie m. Abt 1900Married Mar Q 1883 Chorlton Reg Dist, Lancashire, England
- GRO ref: ROSSON, Clara Maud M to Frost, Thomas Bevington q1 1883 Chorlton RD 8c 977
Last Modified 28 Jun 2021 Family ID F302179 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 James GREGORY, b. Abt 1860, Oakengates, Shropshire, England
, d. Jun Q 1937, Wellington Shropshire Reg Dist, Shropshire, England
(Age ~ 77 years) Married Abt 1895 - From the 1911 census where shown as married for 15 years. No children had been born to the 'marriage'.
(I have found no evidence these 2 ever married, quite likely because Clara was already married)
Family This couple had no children together Last Modified 28 Jun 2021 Family ID F302181 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From the 1871 census where shown as Clara M, aged 9
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Died - Dec Q 1937 - Wellington Shropshire Reg Dist, Shropshire, England 

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