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WEST, Clara
1876 - Yes, date unknown Has 4 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1840 - 1908 (68 years)-
Name WEST, Clara Birth 1876 Billesdon Registration District, Leicestershire 
Gender Female Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I7744 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father WEST, Jabez Thomas, b. 1840, Middleton, Northamptonshire, England d. 1908, Uppingham Registration District, Rutland (Age 68 years) Relationship natural Mother SCULTHORPE, Mary Ann, b. 1845, Middleton, Northamptonshire, England d. 1882, Billesdon Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 37 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1872 Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire Family ID F2572 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family SHAW, Henry d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F2799 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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CLARA SHAW nee WEST 1876-1925
The birth of Clara WEST was registered in 1876.
(GRO March Q 1876 Billesdon 7a 30)
From the 1881 census of Tugby, Leicestershire:
*Jabez T. WEST, head, aged 40, agricultural labourer, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
Mary A. WEST, wife, aged 36, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
Clara WEST, daughter, aged 5, born at Tugby, Leicestershire;
Selina WEST, daughter, aged 3, born at Tugby, Leicestershire;
Emma WEST, daughter, aged 1, born at Tugby, Leicestershire.
(RG11/3123/51/6)
From the 1901 census of Church Lane, Preston, Rutland:
*Jabez Thomas WEST, head, aged 60, widower, ordinary agricultural labourer, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
Clara WEST, daughter, aged 25, single, housekeeper domestic, born at Tugby, Leicestershire.
(RG13/3016/93/11)
The marriage between Henry SHAW and Clara WEST was registered in 1903.
(GRO March Q 1903 Northampton 3b 73)
Two of their children died between their marriage in 1903 and the date of the 1911 census.
The birth of their daughter Clara Ann SHAW was registered in 1909.
(GRO June Q 1909 Northampton 3b 86)
From the 1911 census of Berry Wood Asylum, Northamptonshire:
Henry SHAW, head, aged 45, married, gas manager at County Asylum, County Council employee, born at Oldham, Lancashire;
*Clara SHAW, wife, aged 35, married 8 years, 4 children of whom 2 living, born at Tugby, Leicestershire;
Thomas Francis SHAW, son, aged 4 years 5 months, born at Berry Wood, Northamptonshire;
Clara Ann SHAW, daughter, aged 1 year 11 months, born at Berry Wood, Northamptonshire.
(RG14PN8446 RG78PN435 RD163 SD3 ED4 SN178)
The death of a Clara SHAW aged 49 was registered in 1925.
(GRO December Q 1925 Northampton 3b 96)
Note: A certificate is required to prove that this is the correct registration.
NOTES & QUERIES:
1) FreeBMD does not list any other children named SHAW with mother's maiden name WEST in Northamptonshire from September 1911, the date the maiden name of the mother was included in the indexes to the registers.
2) A Clara A. SHAW married Robert BAILEY in 1931. She was possibly the daughter of Henry and Clara SHAW.
(GRO September Q 1931 Northampton 3b 89).
(revised 07.02.2015)