FAMILY OF HENRY CLAY/BETSY FOSTER
Sources: Birth, marriage and death certificates; Barwell Cemetery Records; Leicester (St Mary de Castro) Parish Register; 1901 Census (Leicester)
| FATHER | ||
| Henry Barton CLAY (Occupation = Shoemaker) |
b. 1/5/1862 | Derby |
| bp. 25/10/1865 | Leicester St Mary's | |
| m. Betsy FOSTER 21/12/1895 | Leicester St Peter's | |
| d. 25/5/1929 | Barwell, Leics | |
| MOTHER | ||
| Betsy FOSTER | b. (1860) | Northampton |
| bp. not known | ||
| m. Henry Barton CLAY 21/12/1895 | Leicester St Peter's | |
| d. 15/3/1946 | Barwell, Leics | |
| CHILDREN | ||
| Joseph Henry Mason CLAY (Occupation = Customs & Excise Officer) |
b. 10/6/1898 | Leicester |
| bp. not known | ||
| m. Hilda Beatrice HULBERT 4/8/1924 | Barwell, Leics | |
| d. 26/3/1961 | Manchester | |
Additional Information: Joseph Henry Mason Clay and his wife had 3 children. The eldest, Joseph, died in infancy, but the other two (a girl and a boy) are still alive. Joseph's wife died in 1940 and he remarried, but had no more children. The family lived in Hull, then moved to Colne in Lancashire, then finally to Scotland. Joe died whilst staying with his daughter in Manchester.