Clara Russell (buried 1925)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Russell
First name: 
Clara
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Unknown
Burial number: 
1214
Born: 
1/12/1858
Died: 
18/12/1925
Buried: 
21/12/1925
Occupation: 
Private means.
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Image of headstone for Clara Russell
Cemetery area: 
SWS
Cemetery row: 
9
Cemetery plot: 
6
what3words location: 
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Clara Russell who died 18th December 1925. Also of Louisa Russell sister of the above who died 6th February 1933
Grave location map

Life story

Life story

Clara was born in Birmingham, the daughter of William and Elizabeth. She was baptised at St Editha's Church, Tamworth on 17th April 1874. Her father was a jeweller working in Birmingham. Clara was sent to school in Tamworth along with her sister Alice. Their sister Martha was a pupil teacher at the school. Four of the sisters, Clara, Alice, Eliza and Louisa were close and eventually moved to Worthing. Clara seems to have suffered from ill health most of her life. By 1891, she was living in a doctor's house in Shropshire and may have been sent abroad in the early 1900's. By 1911, Clara was a patient in a nursing home in Shelley Road Worthing. After leaving there, she lived at 26 Winchester Road with the nurse who ran the nursing home. Clara died at Groombridge Nursing Home, Chaucer Road on 18th December 1925. Probate was granted on 21st April 1926 to Eliza Elizabeth Russell spinster. Effects £12936 16s 7d. Her sister Louisa was buried beside her when she died in 1933. The two other sisters Eliza and Alice were buried at Durrington Cemetery, Worthing.

Burial researcher: 
Carol Sullivan

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
01/12/1858

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
18/12/1925
Age (at time of death): 
67
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Groombridge Nursing Home, Chaucer Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Usual address at death: 
26 Winchester Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Probate pounds: 
£12,936

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1861 census: 

8 Northampton Street, Birmingham.

William aged 34, jeweller employing 3 men and 3 boys. Elizabeth aged 28. Martha aged 7. Eliza aged 5. Clara aged 2. Alice aged 4 months.

1871 census: 

Ladybridge Bank, Tamworth, Staffs.

Clara aged 12, pupil. Alice aged 9, pupil. Martha aged 18, pupil teacher. At school run by Harriet Gilman.

1881 census: 

"Sunnyside" Poplar Avenue, Edgbaston, Warwickshire.

William aged 48, widower, jeweller. Martha aged 26. Eliza aged 25. Clara aged 22. Alice aged 20. Louisa aged 15.

1891 census: 

Brook House, Westbury, Shropshire.

Clara aged 32, boarder in house of Alexander Howie, medical practitioner and family.

1901 census: 

unable to trace.

1911 census: 

Nightingale Lodge, Shelley Road, Worthing.

Clara aged 51, patient in nursing home run by Charlotte Maginn.