Clara Gower (1872 - 1952)

Born 21 Aug 1872 in Tongarra NSW.

Wife of Elijah Bailey — married 29 Nov 1894 in Coramba NSW.

Descendants

Died 6 Oct 1952 at age 80 in Bellevue Hill, Sydney NSW.

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Biography

Clara Gower was born on 21 Aug 1872 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia as the first child of Charles Gower and Lavinia Pearson. She died on 06 Oct 1952 in Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia. When she was 22, She married Elijah Bailey,son of George Bailey and Margaret Preston, on 29 Nov 1894 in Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia.

Elijah Bailey and Clara Gower had the following children:

• Archie Clarence Bailey was born on 01 Aug 1897 in Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 30 Aug 1982 in Straithfield, New South Wales, Australia. He married Violet Florence Wardman on 09 May 1922 in Macksville, New South Wales, Australia.
• Ida Florence Bailey was born on 02 Feb 1902 in Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 27 Jun 1989 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She married William F. Cornish in 1926 in Newtown, New South Wales, Australia. She married George Donald Pope in 1952 in Paddington, New South Wales, Australia.
• Herbert George Bailey was born on 03 Nov 1908 in Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 16 Aug 1974 in England.
• Wilfred Charles Bailey was born on 03 Jul 1906 in Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 08 Aug 1987 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He married Minnie Doris Connors in 1932 in Newtown, New South Wales, Australia.
• Enid Myra Bailey was born on 09 Sep 1904 in Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 20 May 1984 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She married Eric James Sebbens in 1929 in Newtown, New South Wales, Australia.
• Violet May Bailey was born on 21 Sep 1899 in Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 10 Oct 1957 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She married Phillip Harold Whittaker in 1922 in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
• Lavinia Maude Bailey was born on 09 Nov 1895 in Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 22 Jun 1981.

Burial

Coramba NSW.

Sources

https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au

• Birth: 19699/1872 GOWER CLARA CHARLES LAVINIA WOLLONGONG
• Death: 27695/1952 BAILEY CLARA CHARLES LAVINIA PADDINGTON
• Marriage: 2490/1894 BAILEY ELIJAH GOWER CLARA BELLINGEN

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Terry Gill for creating WikiTree profile Gower-183 through the import of GEORGE BAILEY1.GED on May 12, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Terry and others.