Birth: January 1861 Birmingham, Warwickshire, UK
Father: Unknown
Mother: Eliza Ann Ensor [Paton] 1841-1881
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 1 February 1880 St Luke, Middlesex, UK
Husband: Thomas William Hall 1860-1939
Death: October-December 1919 St George Hanover Square, London, UK
William James Hall 1880-a1901
Maurice Victor Hall 1886-1887
Frances Katherine Hall 1888-a1901
Joseph Victor Hall 1892-1953
Clara Emma Hall (Hale) [Matthews] 1898-1992
Florence Pretoria Hall 1900-1902
Two other unknown children died before 1911
Birth of Clara Emma Ensor in FreeBMD in January-March 1962 in Birmingham (6d 109). However she was 3 months old in the 1861 census so must have been born at the start of 1861.
In the 1861 census as Clara Ensor aged 3 months, born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, and living with her single mother (Eliza), who was lodging with Richard Baker (aged 36, born in Birmingham, Warwickshire and a silversmith), his wife (Harriet aged 26 and born in Worcester, Worcestershire), and two daughters (Clara and Mary Ann both aged 4 and born in Birmingham, Warwickshire) at Court 4, Smith Street, Hampton, Birmingham, Warwickshire.
Her mother married James Douglas Paton on 2 November 1862 at St Jude, Birmingham.
Her half-brother was born in Aston in 1864, and another half-brother in St Giles Westminster in 1865.
In the 1871 census as Clara E Paton aged 9, born in Birmingham Warwickshire, and living with her mother (Elisa), stepfather ((James) and three half-brothers (Charls S, James and William John) at 6 Rochester Place, St John Westminster, London.
Marriage of Clara Emma Paton and Thomas William Hall in FreeBMD in January-March 1880 in Chelsea (1a 451).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 for Clara Emma Paton aged 18, father James Paton, and Thomas William Hall aged 21, father Thomas Hall, on 1 February 1880 at St Luke, Chelsea, Kensington and Chelsea. "Page 26 1880 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of S Luke Chelsea in the County of Middlesex. [No.] 51 Feb 1st 1880 Thomas William Hall [aged] 21, [a] Bachelor [and] Baker [of] 87 Chayne Walk, [father] Thomas Hall, [a] Baker, [and] Clara Emma Paton [aged] 18 Consent, [a] Spinster [of] 87 Cheyne Walk, [father] James Paton, [an] Engineer. Married in the Parish Chrch according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Chhurch after Banns [...] in the Presence of us James Paton and Elizabeth Shott?".
In the 1881 census as Clara Hall aged 19, born in Bham, Warwickshire, and living with her husband (Thomas W) and son (William) at 9 Batemans Buildings, St Anne Soho, London. Four other families shared the same address.
Her two sons were christened in 1886 at St John the Evangelist, Westminster when they were living at 180 Dury Lane, and daughter at St Giles in the Fields, Holborn in 1888 when they were living at 29 Broad Street.
In the 1891 census as Clara Hall aged 29, born in Birmingham,a tailoress and living with her husband (W), son (William) and daughter (Frances) in two rooms at 3/4 Long Acre, St Martin in the Fields, London. Five other familes shared the same addess.
Her son was born in Long Acre in 1892 and her daughter at 12 Cumberland Square, Belgrave, in 1898.
In the 1901 census as Clara E Hall aged 39, born in Birmingham, and living with her husband (Thomas H), two sons (Joseph V and William J), and three daughters (Clara E, Florence P and Frances) in four rooms at 12 Cumberland Street, St George Hanover Square, London. Three other families shared the same address.
In the 1911 census as Clara Emma Hall aged 49, born in Shoreham, Sussex, married for 31 years with eight children five having died, and living with her husband (Thomas William), son (Joseph Victor) and daughter (Clara Emma) in two rooms at 49 Rutland St, Pimlico S W, St George Hanover Square, London.
Two entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Clara Emma Hall address 26 Winchester Street, Victoria, St George, City of Westminster from 1919 to 1920, other occupants Thomas William Hall (husband?) and several others.
Death of Clara E Hall in FreeBMD in October-December 1919 aged 57 in St George Hanover Square (1a 505).
There are twenty three entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Clara Emma Ensor Paton.
Clara Emma Ensor was the mother of Clara Emma Hall, wife of Percy Robert Matthews, my second cousin once removed.
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