Clara Winterbottom

Clara was born on December 2nd, 1889 in Glodwick and her baptism took place there on February 2nd, 1890.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  Name:    Clara Winterbottom
  Age:    0
  Birth Date:    2 Dec 1889
  Baptism Date:    2 Feb 1890
  Baptism Place:    Glodwick, St Mark, Lancashire, England
  Parish as it Appears:    St Mark, Glodwick
  Father:    James Winterbottom
  Mother:    Sarah Jane Winterbottom
  Reference Number:    L147/1/1/1
  Item Number:    1
  Archive Roll:    583

Clara's father was James Winterbottom and her mother was Sarah Jane May.  Her paternal grandparents were Emanuel Winterbottom and Mary Booth. She had two brothers and four sisters, named Arthur, Wilfred, Mary, Daisy, Ivy and Connie.  She was the third oldest of the seven children.  She died at the age of 84 on March 13th, 1974 in Cottingley.² 

• Death Notes

  Name:    Clara Dingsdale
  Death Age:    84
  Birth Date:    2 Dec 1889
  Registration Date:    Q1 1974
  Registration district:    Worth Valley, Yorkshire West Riding
  Volume:    2c
  Page:    19
  
  Name:    Clara Dingsdale
  Death Date:    13 Mar 1974
  Death Place:    Cottingley Yorks
  Probate Date:    3 Jul 1974
  Probate Registry:    Manchester

‌Clara and Arthur were married in a religious ceremony on October 3rd, 1923 in Oldham.⁴ 

• Marriage/Union Notes

  Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1923
  WINTERBOTTOM    Clara    DINGSDALE    Arthur    Glodwick, Baptist Church    AP315/3/24