Tony Clafton (abt. 1942)

Born about 1942 in Lower Agbrigg, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Teresa (Cullen) Clafton — married about 1964 (to about 1972) in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

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Tony Clafton was born about 1942 and registered in Q2/1942 at Lower Agbrigg, Yorkshire, England, mother’s maiden name Hargreaves, son of Harry Clafton and Edith (Hargreaves) Clafton.^[1]

In 1964, Tony Clafton, aged about 22, married Teresa Cullen, aged about 18, and the marriage was registered in Q4/1964 at Wakefield, Yorkshire.^[2]

On 8th Sep 1973, Tony Clafton, aged 31 and a widower, married Jennifer Brook, aged 25 and a spinster, at Saint James Church, Chapelthorpe, Yorkshire. At that time he was living at 81 Lindale Garth, Kirkhamgate, Wakefield, and she was living at 139 Painthorpe Lane, Painthorpe, Wakefield. He was a Television Engineer and his father was Harry Clafton, Water Board Official. She was a Comptometer Operator and her father was Harold Brook, Miner. They both signed their names and their witnesses were H. Clafton and H. Brook.^[3]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007, General Register Office; United Kingdom; Reference: Volume 9c, Page 71, via Ancestry
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005, General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 2d; Page: 1250, via Ancestry
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} GRO UK, paper copy of an entry of marriage for Tony Clafton and Jennifer Brook, registered 8th Sep 1973; a copy of an entry in the certified copy of a register of marriages in the county of Yorkshire, parish of Chapelthorpe, church of Saint James, no 234 of 1973. GRO Reference: 1973  S Quarter in LOWER AGBRIGG  Volume 02C  Page 1250