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Clara Maria Norris (b Gorleston buried K1212 Ripple)

Taken in 1881 in Bulls Lane Gorleston and sourced from 1881 census.

1881 Maria Norris Gorleston

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This picture was taken in 1881 in Bulls Lane Gorleston and sourced from 1881 census.

Clara was born in 1871 in Gorleston Suffolk. Clara's father was Joseph Norris (Fisherman b Whitechapel) and her mother was Maria Sawyer (b Chadwell Heath). Her paternal grandfather was Joseph Norris and her paternal grandmother is <Unknown>; her maternal grandfather was Richard Sawyer and her maternal grandmother is <Unknown>. She had four brothers and a sister, named Henry, John, Alfred, William and Emily. She was the third youngest of the six children. She died about September 10th, 1896 at 3 Alma Place Barking Essex. The funeral took place on September 17th, 1896 at the Rippleside Cemetery Barking. She was buried on September 17th, 1896 at the Rippleside Cemetery Barking.¹

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Joseph Norris
  - d.~ 1851
  
  Joseph Norris (Fisherman b Whitechapel)
  - b.1829 in Whitechapel Middlesex d.~25 Oct 1899 in Barking Essex
  
  <Unknown>
  
  Clara Maria Norris (b Gorleston buried K1212 Ripple)
  - b.1871 in Gorleston Suffolk d.~10 Sep 1896 at 3 Alma Place Barking Essex
  
  Richard Sawyer
  
  Maria Sawyer (b Chadwell Heath)
  - b.1835 in Chadwell Heath Essex d.~29 Mar 1920 in Barking Essex
  
  <Unknown>

Personal Timeline

Clara's family

Husband's Pictures

Taken in March 1871 in 3 Friendly Pl Mile End Old Town and sourced from 1871 census.

1871 Henry Spellman b 1830

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This picture was taken in March 1871 in 3 Friendly Pl Mile End Old Town and sourced from 1871 census.

Picture Notes
- They would move soon to Barking

Family Pictures

Taken on May 26th, 1890 at St Mary Magdalene East Ham and sourced from St Mary Magdalene Marriage.

1890 5 Mar GeoSpellmanClaraNorris

This picture was taken on May 26th, 1890 at St Mary Magdalene East Ham and sourced from St Mary Magdalene Marriage.

Clara and George were married in a religious ceremony on May 26th, 1890 at St Mary Magdalene East Ham witnessed by Thomas Sidney Blaxland & Emily Spellman.²

Marriage/Union Notes
- Witnesses Emily Spellman is his elder sister and Thomas Sidney Blaxland came from Kent and lived with the Spellman family when they staid in Rainham Essex. This was down by the River Thames on Rainham Marshes.
  Later seems that she lives with his brother

They had two sons and a daughter, named George, Edmund and Ethel.

Children
- George Spelman
  
  1901 Spelman George Barking
  
  George was born about 1892 in Barking Essex.
  
  Ethel Anne Maria Spelman (b K1212 Rippleside)
  
  1901 Spelman George Barking
  
  Ethel was born about 1894 in Barking Essex. She died about August 9th, 1935 in Barking Essex. The funeral took place on August 19th, 1935 at the Rippleside Cemetery Barking. She was buried on August 9th, 1935 at the Rippleside Cemetery Barking.¹
  
  Edmund Spelman
  He died in 1892 in Barking Essex.

¹ K 1212
² St Mary Magdalene East Ham Marriages

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