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    by Janet McNeilly  © 2002

24 August 2008

George Clement

George Clement ( my 3 x Great Grandfather) was born about 1826 in East Layton. Baptised at Stanwick St John on the 4th of June 1826, the son of William, a labourer of Aldbrough and Margaret nee Brown.  

  George married Elizabeth Hall  on the 10th of May 1851 at Wycliffe. George was listed as a countryman. Witnesses to the marriage were Margaret Clement and Ralph Hall. 
George was an agricultural labourer in 1859 according to daughter Teresa Mary's birth certificate.


In 1861 he was living with his wife Elizabeth and 2 daughters at Hutton Village.
According to the 1871 census George was employed as a farm labourer at Hutton Village and is listed as being born in East Layton, Yks.

1881 census shows - 

Hutton Fields
Census Place: Hutton Magna, York, England
Source: FHL Film 1342186 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 4934 Folio 30 Page 8
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
George CLEMENT M 56 M Whorlton, Durham, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Ag Lab
Elizabeth CLEMENT M 56 F Hutton Magna, York, England
Rel: Wife
Teresa M. CLEMENT U 21 F Hutton Magna, York, England
Rel: Daur
Occ: Dom Serv
Robert H. GOFTON 1 M Hutton Magna, York, England
Rel: Visitor   (was actually George and Elizabeth's grandson)

The 1891 census shows George, employed as a labourer, living at Hutton Village with his wife and 4 Grandchildren, daughter Teresa Mary's children. The census gives George's place of birth as Hutton Village, not East Layton.

George  died at Hutton Magna on the 24th of September 1899, aged 76. The cause of death was ' carcinoma of prostate and rectum 8 months (detected) and asthenia'. George's brother in law, Henry Hall, of Hutton Magna, was present at the death. Buried at Hutton Magna on the 27th of September 1899, certified to A Wm. Close by John Jackson - Burials Act 1880.

George and Elizabeth had at least 3 children:-
bulletMary Clement born c1854 in Cockerton, Darlington. Click for more.
bulletTeresa Mary Clement born 1855. Died on the 15th of August 1856, aged 11 months as the result of `effusion on the brain'. Her father, George Clement, an ag. lab of Bondgate, Darlington was present at the death.
bulletTeresa Mary Clement ( my Great Great Grandmother) born 1859 born in Hutton Magna. Click on her name to find out more.

 

 

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