Person:Maud Clifton (2)

Maud Ethel Clifton was born in 1888 in Markyate, Hertfordshire. She was the daughter of Jane Clifton formerly Bandy and her husband Walter Clifton. Jane and Walter had married in October 1887, a few months before Maud's birth. Jane died soon after giving birth to Maud - Maud's birth and Jane's death were both registered in the January to March quarter of 1888. Jane was only 18 when she died. Maud was baptised at Markyate when she was about a year old, on 3rd March 1889.

Maud's father, Walter, remarried on Christmas Day 1889 to an Ellen Sinfield. Maud was not brought up by her father and stepmother. Instead, she went to live with her father's sister Elizabeth and Elizabeth's husband Abel Mann. Elizabeth and Abel appear not to have had any children together, although Elizabeth did have a daughter Alice from before her marriage. Maud appears living with her aunt Elizabeth in each census from 1891 to 1911, being decribed variously as daughter, niece and adopted daughter.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Maud Ethel CLIFTON, March Quarter 1888, Hemel Hempstead Registration District, Vol. 3a, page 603

2. ↑ England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast).

   ch. 3 Mar 1889, Market Street [i.e. Markyate], Hertfordshire, England: Maud Ethel, daughter of Walter & Jane Clifton

3. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 1125; Folio 61; Page 4, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: London Road, Markyate, Flamstead, Hertfordshire
   Four rooms occupied
   Abel Mann, head, married, male, 43 [1847/8], Farm Labourer, employed, b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire
   Elizabeth Mann, wife, married, female, 36 [1854/5], Straw worker, employed, b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire
   Alice Clifton, daughter, single, female, 17 [1873/4], Straw worker, employed, b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire
   Maud Clifton, daughter, female, 3 [1887/8], b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire
   Eliza Stevens, boarder, female, 10 [1880/1], Scholar, b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire

4. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 1327; Folio 59; Page 3, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: London Road, Markyate, Hertfordshire
   Four rooms occupied
   Elizabeth Mann, wife, married, female, 47 [1853/4], Straw hat sewer, worker - at home, b. Markyate, Hertfordshire
   Maud Clifton, niece, single, female, 13 [1887/8], Straw hat sewer, worker, b. Markyate, Hertfordshire

5. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   RG14PN7766 RG78PN384 RD141 SD2 ED7 SN131, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 22 High Street, Markyate, Hertfordshire
   Ten rooms occupied
   John Hobbs, head, male, 37 [1873/4], married, Roadman for H.C.C. - County Council, b. Markyate, Hertfordshire
   Alice Hobbs, wife, female, 37 [1873/4], married 17 years, 7 children born alive, 7 still living, Straw hat machinist, working at home, b. Markyate, Hertfordshire
   Archibald Hobbs, son, male, 17 [1893/4], single, Roadman for H.C.C. - County Council, b. Markyate, Hertfordshire
   Violet Nellie D. Hobbs, daughter, female, 13 [1897/8], School, b. Markyate, Hertfordshire
   William Hobbs, son, male, 12 [1898/9], School, b. Markyate, Hertfordshire
   Daisy Hobbs, daughter, female, 10 [1900/1], School, b. Markyate, Hertfordshire
   Lizzie May Hobbs, daughter, female, 8 [1902/3], School, b. Markyate, Hertfordshire
   Frances Ivy Hobbs, daughter, female, 2 [1908/9], b. Markyate, Hertfordshire
   Elsie Lilian Hobbs, daughter, female, 1 [1909/10], b. Markyate, Hertfordshire
   Abel Mann, father, male, 62 [1848/9], married 37 years, Relief of the Parish [crossed out], b. Markyate, Hertfordshire
   Elizabeth Mann, mother, female, 58 [1852/3], married, b. Markyate, Hertfordshire
   Maud E. Clifton, sister-in-law (adopted daughter of Abel Mann), female, 23 [1887/8], Single, Straw Hat Machinist, b. Markyate, Hertfordshire