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TOMLIN, Clara
1882 - 1967 (84 years) Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1837 - 1905 (69 years)-
Name TOMLIN, Clara Birth 15 Mar 1882 Leicester, Leicestershire 
Gender Female Death 1967 Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire Person ID I4992 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father TOMLIN, Richard, b. Between 1836 and 1837, Bradford, Yorkshire, England d. 1905, Billesdon Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 69 years) Relationship natural Mother DODD, Elizabeth, b. 1837, Long Buckley, Northamptonshire, London, England d. 1915, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 78 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1858 Daventry , Northamptonshire, England Family ID F2082 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 BARSTON, George, b. 18 Feb 1869, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England d. 1945, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 75 years) Marriage 1929 Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire Family ID F78 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 BAKER, James Edgoose, b. 1874, Leicester, Leicestershire d. 14 Jul 1925, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 51 years) Marriage 1905 Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire Family ID F2081 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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CLARA TOMALIN or TOMLIN 1882-1967
The birth of Clara TOMALIN (sic) was registered in 1882. According to the 1939 Register, she was born on 15 March 1869.
(GRO June Q 1882 Leicester 7a 270)
The 1901 census of 23 Rutland Street, Leicester St. Margarets, Leicestershire:
Richard TOMLIN, head, aged 64, cordwainer and boot repairer on own account at home, born Bradford, Yorkshire;
Betsy TOMLIN, wife, aged 63, born at Long Buckley, Northamptonshire:
*Clara TOMLIN, daughter, aged 19, hosiery h.... seamer, born in Leicester.
(RG13/3006/63/1)
The marriage between James Edgoose BAKER and Clara TOMLIN was registered in 1905.
(GRO September Q 1905 Leicester 7a 363)
The 1911 census of 23 Rutland Street, Leicester, Leicestershire:
James Edgoose BAKER, head, aged 37, postman, born at Leicester, Leicestershire;
*Clara BAKER, wife, aged 29, married 5 years, born at Leicester, Leicestershire;
Elizabeth TOMLIN, mother, aged 73, widow, born at Long Brickby, Northamptonshire.
(RG14PN19225/RG78PN1151/RD407/SD2/ED8/SN1)
Her husband James Edgoose BAKER died in 1925 aged 51.
(GRO June Q 1925 Leicester 7a 278)
Clara BAKER remarried to George BARSTON in 1929.
(GRO June Q 1929 Leicester 7a 483)
From the 1939 Register of 28 Weymouth Street, Leicester C.B., Leicestershire:
George BARSTON, born 18 February 1869, police constable (retired), married;
*Clara BARSTON, born 15 March 1882, unpaid domestic duties, married.
(RG101/6002C/01729 RECE)
Her second husband George BARSTON died aged 76 in 1945.
(GRO June Q 1945 Leicester 7a 153)
The death of Clara BARSTON aged 85 was registered in 1967.
(GRO September Q 1967 Leicester 3a 529)
(revised 15.07.2017)