Jemima Clayton (Lord) Ward (1857 - 1899)

Born 6 Mar 1857 in 16 Halls Cresc, Rochdale Rd, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Archer Ward — married 23 Apr 1879 in St Leonards, Middleton, Lancashire, England

Died 20 Jan 1899 at age 41 in Mellalieu St, Middleton, Lancashire, England

Biography

Census

• 1881 England Census: Name: Jemima C Ward; Event Place: Middleton, Lancashire, England; Registration District: Oldham; Residence Note: Archer Park; Gender: Female; Age: 24; Marital Status: Married; Birth Year (Estimated): 1857; Birthplace: Manchester, Lancashire, England; Relationship to Head of Household: Wife

Henry A Ward Head M 27 Middleton, Lancashire, England

Jemima C Ward Wife F 24 Manchester, Lancashire, England

Ethel E Ward Daughter F 1 Middleton, Lancashire, England

• 1891 England Census: Name: Jemima C Ward; Event Place: Layton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; Event Place (Original): Layton With Warbreck, Lancashire, England; Event Place Note: Withnell Road; County: Lancashire; Parish: Layton With Warbreck; Ecclesiastical Parish: HOLY TRINITY; Registration District: Fylde; Gender: Female; Age: 34; Marital Status: Married; Birth Year (Estimated): 1857; Birthplace: Lancashire, England; Relationship to Head of Household: Wife

Henry A Ward Head M 37 Lancashire, England

Jemima C Ward Wife F 34 Lancashire, England

Ethel E Ward Daughter F 11 Lancashire, England

Abraham A Ward Son M 7 Middleton, Lancashire, England

Harry H Ward Son M 0 Lancashire, England

Alice Slater Servant F 24 Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Eliza Lord Visitor F 55 Lancashire, England

Harriet W Lord Visitor F 22 Lancashire, England

Notes

Burial

Burial:

Place: , Middleton

Note

Note: Have death cert. Cancer of uterus and vagina. Informant was husband, a silk mill manager. So Tonge mill was still known as a silk mill in 1899.

 !Death notice and obit in Middletion Guardian 21 and 28.1.99 - p4 & p8.

Photo on card.

So far (Dec 2001) there is no explanation of her middle name, Clayton.

Where did it come from?

Solution: Sarah Howorth's mother Mary nee Ormerod remarried John Clayton, fustian cutter, thus becoming Mary Clayton. She (or he) probably died just before the birth of Jemima.

There was also a Rev. John Clayton who opened a school, St Cyprian's, in Salford in the early 1730s attended by Ashton Lever of Alkrington Hall who was one of its first pupils.

Sources

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q275-9TSD : 13 December 2017), Jemima C Ward in household of Henry A Ward, Middleton, Lancashire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 35, Piece/Folio 4092/21, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,160.
• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QY82-53Z : 7 May 2019), Jemima C Ward in household of Henry A Ward, Layton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Lancashire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.