Clara Doxey

Clara was born in 1870 in Droylsden.¹   Clara's father was John Doxey and her mother was Sarah Worthington.  Her paternal grandparents were Thomas Doxey and Hannah Wimston. She had six brothers and two sisters, named William, Henry, George, James, Richard, Frank, Hannah and Sara.  She was the third youngest of the nine children.

‌Clara and William were married in a religious ceremony in December 1893 in Ashton-under-Lyne.³ 

• Marriage/Union Notes

  Marriages Dec 1893   (>99%)
  Doxey  Clara    Ashton  8d 611   
  Ward  William Thomas     Ashton  8d 611
  

They had a son named Frank.  The family line is yet to be completed.

• Family Notes

  Greta Ward wrote: "Clara Doxey married William Ward and one of their children, Frank, was my husband's grandfather. They lived in Ashton-under-Lyne."