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Hi all, Got the 1880 for Christmas - totally thrilled - will now look for
your Cliftons - need a state and an approximate date of birth. Will post
answers to the list. Faith
keahey(a)fiberpipe.net
What was the age of James when you first found him - or how old was he when
he died
Lorraine
franzipan27(a)hotmail.com
researching ALLEN,BARNES,BROWN,CARTER,CLIFTON,COLEMAN,COLES,COLLEDGE,GOODE,
MILLWARD,READER,ROLLASON,STRIDE,TIDMARSH,WHITE,WIMBLET,
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Hi,
James Clifton first appears in Barrow in Furness where he and his wife, Ann
nee Burnett, have four children: Margaret Constance Clifton (b.1875), James
Burnett Clifton (b.1876), Anne Clifton (b.1877), Thomas Clifton (b.1879).
By 1881, the family is in Liverpool. He is an Assistant Superintendent with
Pearl Assurance, he is 40 years of age and his place of birth is given as
London. They had another son, Henry, born here in 1881.
In the mid 1880s, he is in Aston, Birmingham but has become a herbalist.
In 1888, the family have moved to Dudley and James has changed his name to
Thomas Johnson, now a botanist. Yet another son, Thomas Sylvester Johnson
is born here in 1888.
(Thomas Johnson was an important botanist in the 17th century)
By the 1891 census the family have moved again, this time to Lower Gornal in
Staffordshire. James/Thomas is described as a medical herbalist, is 51
years of age and his place of birth is given as St. George in the East,
London. Another daughter, Maud Victoria Johnson is born in 1890.
We have found nothing about James Clifton prior to 1875.
He presumably married Ann Burnett somewhere/sometime. She was born in
Flimby, Cumberland in 1849 and is still there in 1861, and present at her
mother's death there in 1868.
So where was James Clifton born/baptised? Where was Ann in 1871? When and
where did James and Ann marry ?
If anyone has information on James and/or Ann, I would be very pleased to
hear.
Best wishes
Brian Wollaston
in Gloucestershire.