William Claypole

William was the son of George Thomas and Sarah Ann Claypole (née Horry). His father George Thomas was born in Great Easton, Leics/Northants, in 1866, the son of Joseph and Jane Claypole. He was baptised at Medbourne cum Holt parish church, Leicestershire, on 25 March 1866. In 1891 George, an engine driver (stationary) was in lodgings in Nottingham. His mother Sarah Ann Horry was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, in 1867. In 1881 she and four siblings were living on Dickinson Street, Nottingham, with their widowed mother Eliza, a tailoress. Sarah was living in Ansley, Warwickshire, by the time of her marriage to George at Ansley parish church on 31 July 1892. She and George had two sons, William b. 28 February 1894 bap. Nottingham St Ann 30 November 1896, and Arthur Bernard b. 6 March 1898 bap. St Ann 23 October 1899. George and Sarah were living at 5 Manning Terrace when William was baptised in 1896. They and their two sons were still at the same address in 1901; also in the home on the night of the census was a boarder, Sarah's older brother Alfred Horry. The younger son, Arthur Bernard, died on 17 February 1905 aged six. By 1911 George, Sarah and William were living at 3 Bloomfield, Dame Agnes Street, Nottingham. This was still his parents' address when the later CWGC record was compiled. George Claypole died on 18 February 1930. In 1939 when the England & Wales Register was compiled his widow Sarah was living at 22 Northville Street, Nottingham. She died in 1948.