Birth: 10 December 1874 Collingwood Court, Frimley, Surrey, UK
Father: Edward Ayres 1838-1918
Mother: Mary Toop Dowland 1837-1922
Christening: 17 January 1875 St Michael, York Town, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 28 July 1900 All Saints, Belvedere, Kent, UK
Husband: Frederick William Morey 1877-1919
Death: July-September 1963 Redruth, Cornwall, UK
Winifred Edith Morey [Rogers] 1905-1984
Birth of Clara Ethel Ayres in FreeBMD in January-March 1875 in Farnham (2A 83).
Entry in the Ancestral File for Clara Ethel Ayres christened on 17 January 1875 in York Town, Surrey, her marriage to Frederick William Morey on 28 July 1900 at Belvedere, All Saints, Buckinghamshire (this is wrong - Belvedere was in Kent), and her daughter Winnifred (sic).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1921 for Clara Ethel Ayres on 17 January 1875 at St Michael's Church, Camberley, parents Edward and Mary Ayres. "Page 33 Baptisms in the Parish of Yorktown in the County of Surrey in the year One thousand eight hundred and seventy four and seventy five [...] 1875 Jan 17th No. 259 Clara Ethel [parents] Edward a] Superintendent & Mary Ayres [of] Collingwood Court - Frimley."
In the 1881 census as Ethel C (sic - on the original) Ayres aged 6, born in Frimley, Surrey, and living with her parents (Edward and Mary), brother (Oswald), and two sisters (Agnes M and Ella M) at the Royal Albert Orphan Asylum, Frimley, Surrey.
In the 1891 census as Cara Edith Ayers (sic - on the original) aged 15, born in Himley (sic - in the index, Frimley on the original), Surrey, and living with her parents (Edwd and Mary), brother (Chs), and a girl servant (Maria Sutton aged 21, single and born in Islington) at Woodland Villa, Erith, Kent.
Marriage of Clara Ethel Ayres and Frederick William Morey in FreeBMD in July-September 1900 in Dartford (10A 1049 - however 10A, although on the typed original, is the wrong volume number which should be 2A and there is another entry in the index with this).
Entry in Ancestry Bexley, Kent, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935 for the marriage of Clara Ethel Ayres, father Edward Ayres, and Frederick William Morey on 28 July 1900 at All Saints, Belvedere. "Page 239 [...] 1900. Marriage solemnized at All Saints' Church in the Parish of Belvedere in the County of Kent [No.] 278 July 28th Frederick William Morey [aged] 23 [a] Bachelor [and] Clerk [of] 156 Camden St, Camden Town, London N.W. [father] William John Morey [a] Licensed Victualler, [and] Clara Ethel Ayres [aged] 25 [a] Spinster [of] Woodland Villa, Abbey Wood [father] Edward Ayres [a] Schoolmaster. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us Edward Ayres, Mary Ayres, Henry Bailey Ayres, William John Morey Jn Morey [and] Edward Ayres."
In the 1901 census as Clara Ayres aged 26, born in Frimley, Surrey, single, a school teacher, and living with her parents (Edward and Mary), uncle (Fred Ayres), and a servant (Alice Hills aged 16 and born in Gravesend, Kent) at Woodland Villa, Lower Abbey Road, Erith, Kent. However according to the entry in FreeBMD she was already married!! I cannot locate her husband.
Her daughter was born in Padbury and registered in in January-March 1905 in Buckingham, father unknown.
In the 1911 census as Clara E Morey aged 36, born in Frimley, Surrey, married, a teacher headmistress ([illegible]) employed by the County Council, and living with her daughter (Winifred) and parents (Edward and Mary Ayres) in nine rooms at Chackmore, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire.
I cannot locate her husband in the 1911 census, he married Hilda Annie Gibbins circa 1916 in Western Australia and died on 12 September 1919 in Brookton, Western Australia.
In the 1921 census as Clara Ethel Morey aged 46 years 6 months, born in Bagshot, Surrey, widowed, an elementary school teacher employed by Bucks council at C of E School, Buckley, and living with her mother (Mary Toop Ayres) in seven rooms at 17 Well St, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Clara E Marry (sic - in the idex, Morey on the original) born 1-0 December 1874, widowed, a school mistress on Boardown, and living with Howard B P Rogers (born 2 May 1900, married, George Proprietor Mator R and special Constabury volunteer), Winifred E Rogers (born 26 January 1905), Albert H D Hayward (born 23 December 1857, married and a L C C assistant school master) and Sybil C Hayward (born 6 September 1888, married and a L C Crys Helper School) at Belorder (illegible), Stowe Avenue, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire. Much is illegible.
Death of Clara E Morey in FreeBMD in July-September 1963 aged 88 in Redruth (7A 104).
Entry in Find a Grave for Clara Ethel Morey died 22 July 1963 and buried at Penmount Crematorium, Truro, Cornwall.
Twenty eight entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Clara Ethel Ayres.
York Town is just north of J4 on M4.
Clara Ethel Ayres was the wife of Frederick William Morey, husband of Hilda Annie Gibbins 1877-1957, my seventh cousin once removed.
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