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Elsie Margaret Clayton was born in Camberwell, London, Surrey, on 9 February 1878.^1,2,3

Elsie's marriage to Frederick Charles Haggis, son of Alfred John Haggis and Mary Hephzibah Forsaith, was registered between October 1910 and December 1910 in Croydon, Surrey.⁴

She was listed in the 1911 census at 40 Copley Park in Streatham, London, Middlesex, with her husband Frederick; he claimed to be a 'Professor of Music', but possibly 'Music Teacher' would be more accurate, as he was working 'on his own account'.⁵

She was listed in the 1921 census at 40 Copley Park in Streatham, London, Middlesex, with her husband Frederick; he described himself as a Professor of Music, but did not appear to be associated with any University as he was privately employed. Their children Margaret, Norah and Barbara were listed as living with them.⁶

She was listed in the 1939 Register at Dial Cottage, Station Rd in Caterham, Surrey, with Frederick Charles Haggis; he was a lecturer and music teacher with ARP duties. Norah Elsie Haggis and Barbara Jean Haggis was listed as living at the same address.²

Elsie's death was registered between October 1970 and December 1970 in Surrey.⁷

Harriet Ann Clayton was born in Cantley, Yorkshire, in 1848.²

Harriet's marriage to Edward Henry Blomfield, son of Stephen Edward Blomfield and Elizabeth Waller, was registered between January 1873 and March 1873 in Doncaster, West Riding, Yorkshire. There were 11 children of this marriage.¹

She was widowed on the death of her husband Edward on 22 January 1919.^3,1

She was listed in the 1921 census as Head of Family at 76 Baxter Ave in Doncaster, West Riding, Yorkshire; the household included her single daughters Ethel Elizabeth (48, art teacher at the Doncaster School for Deaf), Helen (42), grand-daughter Sybil (19, a student teacher) and two visitors.⁴

Harriet died on 5 May 1928 at 76 Baxter Ave in Doncaster, West Riding, Yorkshire.¹

Edith's marriage to Richard Arthur Goodwin was registered between January 1938 and March 1938 in London, Middlesex.¹

Annette Winifred Frances Clements was born in Paddington, London, Middlesex, on 23 March 1895.^3,4

She married William Cyril Wicks, son of Ernest Edward Wicks and Sarah Ann Murphy, at St Matthews Church in Ponders End, Enfield, Middlesex, on 25 December 1928. He was a labourer, she was a clerk and she took 7 years off her age on the marriage certificate.^1,2

She was listed in the 1939 Register at 4 Berkely Ave in Chestnut, Hertfordshire, with William Cyril Wicks; he was a cordite worker and ARP warden.³

She was widowed at age 65 on the death of her husband William on 9 March 1961.^5,6

Annette died on 12 June 1967 at St Mary's Hospital in Colchester, Essex, at age 72.^7,8

Her will was probated in Peterborough on 4 August 1967 with an estate of £3018.⁸

Elizabeth Mary Clements was born in London, Middlesex, on 11 August 1813.^1,3 and was baptised on 5 September 1813 at Spitalfields Christ Church with St Mary & St Stephen in Tower Hamlets.²

She married Thomas Spencer Forsaith, son of Samuel Forsaith and Elizabeth Emberson, at Congregational Church, Broad St in Hoxton, East London, Middlesex, on 17 May 1838.^4,1,5

She and her husband Thomas left Plymouth on the 14 June 1838 in the ship Coromandel and arrived in Sydney on the 2 October before continuing on to New Zealand.⁶

She and her husband Thomas arrived in Melbourne on the Pioneer from New Zealand in March 1856 accompanied by their child Charlotte.⁷

Elizabeth was present at the wedding of Samuel Ludbrook Clarke and Mary Lee (Hannah) Christopher at 'Brick House', Queen St (home of the bride's mother) in Auckland on 30 June 1857.^8,9,10,11,12

She and her husband Thomas arrived in Melbourne on the Otago from New Zealand in March 1867.¹³

She and her husband Thomas left Melbourne on the Claud Hamilton in November 1873, bound for New Zealand.¹⁴

She and her husband Thomas left Melbourne for New Zealand in March 1882 on the Rotomahana.¹⁵

She and her husband Thomas returned to Melbourne in April 1884 on the Berengaria from the UK.¹⁶

She signed a will dated 27 June 1895 in Parramatta, New South Wales, in which she appointed her husband sole executor and beneficiary.¹⁷

Elizabeth was named executrix and beneficiary in the will of Thomas Spencer Forsaith, her husband, dated 13 June 1898 in Parramatta, New South Wales; she was to receive £50 and all "wearing apparel, watches, clocks, jewels, trinkets, ornaments of the person usually worn by me or by her, or belonging to me at my decease, and all musical instruments, plates engravings, pictures framed or unframed, linen, plate, china, glass provisions and other consumable stores, furniture fixed or movable, and all other household effects, including livestock horses, cows, also vehicles, harness, garden tools and stable appendages, and other property whatsoever that may be in or about or ordered for any house I occupy" plus she was to inherit, along with the other executors, most of his remaining land holdings in Australia and New Zealand.¹⁸

She was widowed at age 85 on the death of her husband Thomas on 29 November 1898.^19,1,20

Elizabeth Mary Clements, Thomas Morell Macdonald and Walter Forsaith Lawry were appointed executors of Thomas Spencer Forsaith's estate in Sydney, New South Wales, on 22 December 1898.²¹

Elizabeth died on 27 January 1900 in Parramatta, New South Wales, at age 86.^22,23,24 She was buried on 29 January 1900 at the Rookwood Cemetery in Rookwood.^22,25,26

Her will was probated in Sydney, New South Wales, on 15 June 1900 with administration granted to David Smart Walker (being one of the Sydney based executors of her husband's will), as her husband had pre-deceased her. The estate was sworn at under £82 nett.²⁷

Robert Clements was born in Stepney, London, Middlesex, on 9 January 1761. His father William was a gilder.¹ He was baptised on 11 January 1761 at Stepney, London, Middlesex.¹

He married Mary (---?---) in England circa 1798. This assumption is based on the children born to Robert and Mary and also baptised in the same place as Elizabeth Mary (Spitalfields Christ Church), being Joshiah Frederick (b.14 Mar 1800), Charlotte (b. 11 Oct 1801), Sarah (b. 12 Dec 1803), William (b. 14 Dec 1805), Squire Caleb (b. 11 Nov 1811) and Edmund (b. 25 Jun 1815).²

He was a witness for the prosecution at Benjamin Wolfe's trial at The Old Bailey on 2 December 1801for the theft, on 16 January, of a mahogany dressing-case, value 20 shillings from Robert's show-room. Due to the conflicting evidence, Wolfe was judged not guilty, and it appears Robert did not get the dressing-case returned.³

He signed a will dated 1837 in Hoxton, Middlesex.⁴

Robert's death was registered in January 1838 at Gt James St in Hoxton, East London, Middlesex.^5,6 He was buried on 4 January 1838 at the Bunhill Fields Dissenter's Cemetery.⁵

He married Elizabeth (---?---).¹

She married Robert Marshall in Lanchester, Durham, on 29 December 1811.²

Nellie Lora Clifford was born in Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire, on 20 November 1911.^3,4

Robert Rowntree Clifford was born in Medway, Kent, on 24 July 1907.^2,3
He was listed in the 1921 census at 45 Park Ave in Gillingham, Kent, with his father Alfred (an auctioneer and surveyor), mother Amy, siblings Maurice (10), Derek (5), Sylvia (3 mths), Amy's mother Alice and two servants.⁴

Robert's marriage to Edith Mary Joan Barnard, daughter of Howard Clive Barnard and Edith Gwendoline Wish, was registered between July 1937 and September 1937 in Medway, Kent.¹

He was listed in the 1939 Register at 17 The Grove, Bearsted in Maidstone, Kent; he was a schoolmaster.³

Robert died on 11 May 1978 in Shamley Green, Surrey, at age 70.^5,6

His will was probated in Brighton on 27 July 1978 with effects of £61784.⁶