Ray Taylor's - Family History - 1860_Clare

Clare Fisher
1860 -

Some of the information on this page was supplied by
Mike Fisher

Husband:

Clare Fisher

Born:	1860	Mitford - (Jun quarter 4b 262)
Died:
Buried:

Parents

Clare Fisher (1832)

Mary Ann White

Wife: 1

Francis Bayfield

Born:	Abt 1863 (no record found)	Rackheath
Died:	1889	Mitford - Mar quarter (4b 187) age 26
Buried:

Parents

John Brayfied

Hannah unknown

Married:

1882

Mattishall

Children with Francis:

Name:	Date of birth:	Birth Place:
Clare William Fisher	1883	Mattishall, Mitford - Sep quarter (4b 255)
George Harden Fisher	1887	Mattishall, Mitford - Sep quarter (4b 264)
Herbert John Fisher	1889	Mattishall, Mitford - Mar quarter (4b 267)

Wife: 2

Harriet Bales Harris (formerly) Watling

Born:	1860	Weston, Norfolk
Died:
Buried:

Parents

Married:

1899

Mitford - (Dec quarter 4b 733)

Harriet Bales Watling first married Jabez Harris from Lyng, Norfolk in December 1883 - Jabez died in September 1888
They had a daughter - Ann Elizabeth Harris born about 1885

File Information:

Clare Fisher – born 1860 in Mattishall, Norfolk

1881: Census - The Heath, Hockering Norfolk
Clare Fisher - Head - Married - age 48 (1833) - Farmer 74 Acres Employ 2 Men & P M Local Preacher - born Mattishall, Norfolk
Mary Fisher - Wife - age 52 (1829) - Farmers Wife - born Mattishall Burgh, Norfolk
Ann E Fisher - Daughter - Single - age 23 (1858) - born Mattishall, Norfolk
Clare Fisher - Son - Single - age 20 (1861) - Farmers Son & P M Local Preacher - born Mattishall, Norfolk
Thomas Fisher - Son - Single - age 19 (1862) - Carpenter & P M Local Preacher - born Mattishall, Norfolk
Charles Fisher - Son - Single - age 17 (1864) - born Mattishall, Norfolk
Isaac Fisher - Son - Single - age 15 (1866) - born Mattishall, Norfolk
George Fisher - Son - age 11 (1870) - Scholar - born Mattishall, Norfolk
Emma Fisher - Daughter - age 9 (1872) - Scholar - born Mattishall, Norfolk
Thomas Sheringham - Nephew age 8 (1873) - Scholar - Mattishall, Norfolk

1901: Census - address...Rock Mount, Nether Hoyland, Yorkshire;.
Clare Fisher...Head; age 40years....Joiner/Carpenter with own account; works at home. birthplace...Mattishall
Harriet Fisher...Wife; age 41years; birthplace...Weston, Norfolk.
Clare Wiliam Fisher...Son; age 17years; Builder's carter; birthplace...Mattishall.
George Harden Fisher...Son; age 14years; birthplace...Mattishall.
Herbert John Fisher...Son; age 12years; birthplace...Mattishall.
Margaret Watling...Sister in law; single; age 26years; Cook/Domestic; birthplace...Lynn, Norfolk.

1911: Census - Mill House Elsecar Near Barnsley Yorkshire (West riding)
Clare Fisher - Head - Married - age 51 (1860) - Wheelwright - born Mattishall Norfolk
Harriet B Fisher - Wife - married 21 years - age 51 (1860) - born Weston Norfolk
Herbert J Fisher - Son - Single - age 22 (1889) - Miner Trammer - born Mattishall
James R Butler - Boarder - Single - age 25 (1886) - Colliery Labourer Under Ground - born Bicester Oxford

Clare Fisher was married twice, the three boy's belonging to that marriage.
The third boy Herbert John Fisher was born in March 1889 and his mother died the same month so possibly her death was childbirth related.
Her name was Francis Bayfield and Clare Fisher and she married in 1882.
She was 26years old at the time of her death.
She came from Mattishall and died in March 1889.

Clare then remarried a widow named Harriet Bales Harris in December of that same year.
Harriet Bales Harris was born 1860 in Weston, Norfolk, her maiden name was Watling she was the widow of Jabez Harris, they were married in December 1883, Jabez was a carpenter born in Lyng, Norfolk. Together they had a girl Ann Elizabeth Harris about 1885. Jabez died at age 28years in September 1888.

Clare and Harriet are found on the 1891 census living in Thelmthorpe, Norfolk.
on this census it shows a daughter of Harriet's...Ann Elizabeth Harris; age 6years.
Clare's brother George was living with them at this time also.