Clara Giffard BM's MFFM

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Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Clara Giffard
Date and place of birth
1830 Lambeth - probably Grays Walk
Names of parents
William Giffard & Maria nee Mason
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
12 December 1830, Lambeth
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
to Thomas Mason 2 March 1856 St James the Less, Bethnal Green
Occupation(s) - if any
Dressmaker, milliner
Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or
haven't found him/her on.
1841 JohnSt Marylebone with
Henry Paddick 35 Housekeeper n
Maria Gifford 40 Laundress n
Louisa " 15 y
Frederick " 9 y
Clara " 6 n
Thomas Haines 25 ? n
1851 35 Keppel Mews Bloomsbury with
Henry Paddick, Maria Giffard, nephew George Henry Hewitt & Elizabeth Goodson visitor
1861 104 Brooke Rd Lambeth
1871 14 William St Battersea
1881 Lambeth Workhouse

Date, place and cause of death
1886 Lambeth Workhouse
Date and place of burial / cremation.
Unknown
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
None
Memorial inscription - if any
Unlikely

Tom abandoned Clara in the early 1870s, when her youngest boys were children. The three of them were admitted to the workhouse. Clara spent much of her time in the infirmary, separated from her boys who only saw her briefly on special occasions like Christmas.