Birth: 20 April 1912 Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
Father: Charles James Read 1882-1950
Mother: Ellen (Nellie) Honey [Andrews] 1891-1956
Marriage: 20 December 1933 Portsmouth Registry Office, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
Husband: William Henry Cannings 1903-1983
Death: 12 March 1978 Flat 4, 40 St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Pamela Cannings [Fullick, Talbot] 1935-a1975
David J Cannings 1943
Birth of Clara N Read, mother's maiden name Honey, in FreeBMD in April-June 1912 in Portsmouth (2B 757).
In the 1921 census as Clara Read aged 9 years 2 months, born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, both parents alive, and living with her parents (Charkles and Nellie) in five rooms at 90 Hampshire Street, Buckland, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Her brother was registered in April-June 1922 in Portsmouth in 1922.
Marriage of Clara N Read and William H Cannings in FreeBMD in October-December 1933 in Portsmouth (2B 1447).
Her daughter was born on 14 February 1935 and registered in January-March 1935 in Chichester.
Three entries in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1963 for Clara Cannings address Glandore, Whyke Road, Chichester from 1935 to 1937, other occupant William Henry Cannings (husband?) and two for Clara Nellie Cannings address Glandore, Whyke Road, Chichester from 1938 to 1939, other occupant William Henry Cannings (husband?)
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Clara N Cannings born 20 April 1912, married, and living with William H Cannings (husband?) and Pamela Cannings (daughter?) at Glandore, Whyke Road, Chichester, Sussex.
Her son was registered in January-March 1943 in Chichester.
Thirteen entries in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1963 for Clara N Cannings address Glandore changing to 150 in 1956, Whyke Road, Chichester from 1945 to 1962, other occupant William H Cannings (husband?) and Pamela Cannings in 1956.
Entry in Ancestry UK & Ireland, Nursing Registers, 1898-1968 for Clara Nellie Cannings nee Read registered 30 December 1964.
Death of Clara Nellie Cannings, born on 20 April 1912, in FreeBMD in January-March 1978 in Chichester (18 1858).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 for Clara Nellie Cannings died on 12 March 1878 in Pancras Chichester, probate on 23 May 1978 in Brighton. "Cannings, Clara Nellie of Flat 4 40 St Pancras Chichester died 12 March 1978 Administration Brighton 23 May £3667".
Four entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Clara Nellie Read adding her marriage to William Henry Cannings at Portsmouth Registry Office on 20 December 1933 witnessed by Witnesses W G Cannings & Kate Bewey, and her death of Pulmonary Embolism & of Uterus.
St Pancras is the A285 parallel to the River Lavant.
Clara Nellie Read was the mother of Pamela Cannings, wife of John Ernest Fullick, my fifth cousin.
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