Clara Emily Parsons
I'm posting this on behalf of Bestie who is trying to fill in some gaps in the
rather colourful life of g/grandmother. Clara Emily was b 10.3.1862, parents
William Renshaw & Elizabeth,nee Taylor, in Bernard St, Sheffield.Ist husband
was Arthur Parsons & she appears to have later m Alan Anderson Day, but this
is where things get a bit murky as friend has his b date as 1916 & d 1936.
Something is obviously amiss & I've told her you are just the ones to sort it out as you love a bit of a challenge.
Along the way Clara also gave birth to a son, William Edward, the result of an
affair with neighbour's brother. Son was killed on the first day of the battle of
the Somme.At some point she abandoned her family & took off to Boston,
friend thinks to be with William's father.
Anything you could help with would be much appreciated, particularly Alan Anderson Day's role in this story.
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