Born 1849 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Clayton, who were born in Ovenden and in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, according to the 1851 census of Ovenden Near Halifax, Yorkshire (West Riding), England, where Tom age one year, is enumerated with them.
(Note: his English birth is registered in Halifax District, 3rd Quarter, Vol. 22, p. 212.)
He appears with his parents in the 1851, 1861, and 1871 census enumerations in Ovenden, Near Halifax, West Yorkshire.
After 1871, his mother died, and Jeremiah remarried Martha (Rawcliffe) Gibson, a widow, in Feb 1875. His father died in 1884, in Halifax, England.
12 June 1875, in the parish of Halifax, St. John the Baptist, West Yorkshire, England, Tom Clayton, 24, batchelor, dyer, son of Jeremiah Clayton, joiner, married Rebecca Ann Watson, 20, spinster, daughter of Thomas and Jane Watson.
In the spring of 1881, Tom, a dyer's laborer, Rebecca and their daughter, Hannah, were enumerated in the English census in Northowram, Yorkshire, England.
They emmigrated to America in 1881 (per 1900 & 1920 census), and he was naturalized in 1886. By 1900, they had had four children and one was still living. They are enumerated in Worcester, MA.
In 1914, his unmarried sister, Ellen (b. ca 1876), joined them in America. She was enumerated with Tom in 1920.
John Clayton, Tom's only surviving son, was b. Nov 1885 in Philadelphia.
In 1930, Tom lived with his son John Clayton and John's wife, Mildred, in West Boyleston.
(Note: some have suggested that this man served in the U. S. Civil War. This is not so. He is too young to have participated, and he was not present in the U. S. 1861 - 1865.)
(Note: his English birth is registered in Halifax District, 3rd Quarter, Vol. 22, p. 212.)
He appears with his parents in the 1851, 1861, and 1871 census enumerations in Ovenden, Near Halifax, West Yorkshire.
After 1871, his mother died, and Jeremiah remarried Martha (Rawcliffe) Gibson, a widow, in Feb 1875. His father died in 1884, in Halifax, England.
12 June 1875, in the parish of Halifax, St. John the Baptist, West Yorkshire, England, Tom Clayton, 24, batchelor, dyer, son of Jeremiah Clayton, joiner, married Rebecca Ann Watson, 20, spinster, daughter of Thomas and Jane Watson.
In the spring of 1881, Tom, a dyer's laborer, Rebecca and their daughter, Hannah, were enumerated in the English census in Northowram, Yorkshire, England.
They emmigrated to America in 1881 (per 1900 & 1920 census), and he was naturalized in 1886. By 1900, they had had four children and one was still living. They are enumerated in Worcester, MA.
In 1914, his unmarried sister, Ellen (b. ca 1876), joined them in America. She was enumerated with Tom in 1920.
John Clayton, Tom's only surviving son, was b. Nov 1885 in Philadelphia.
In 1930, Tom lived with his son John Clayton and John's wife, Mildred, in West Boyleston.
(Note: some have suggested that this man served in the U. S. Civil War. This is not so. He is too young to have participated, and he was not present in the U. S. 1861 - 1865.)
Born 1849 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Clayton, who were born in Ovenden and in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, according to the 1851 census of Ovenden Near Halifax, Yorkshire (West Riding), England, where Tom age one year, is enumerated with them.
(Note: his English birth is registered in Halifax District, 3rd Quarter, Vol. 22, p. 212.)
He appears with his parents in the 1851, 1861, and 1871 census enumerations in Ovenden, Near Halifax, West Yorkshire.
After 1871, his mother died, and Jeremiah remarried Martha (Rawcliffe) Gibson, a widow, in Feb 1875. His father died in 1884, in Halifax, England.
12 June 1875, in the parish of Halifax, St. John the Baptist, West Yorkshire, England, Tom Clayton, 24, batchelor, dyer, son of Jeremiah Clayton, joiner, married Rebecca Ann Watson, 20, spinster, daughter of Thomas and Jane Watson.
In the spring of 1881, Tom, a dyer's laborer, Rebecca and their daughter, Hannah, were enumerated in the English census in Northowram, Yorkshire, England.
They emmigrated to America in 1881 (per 1900 & 1920 census), and he was naturalized in 1886. By 1900, they had had four children and one was still living. They are enumerated in Worcester, MA.
In 1914, his unmarried sister, Ellen (b. ca 1876), joined them in America. She was enumerated with Tom in 1920.
John Clayton, Tom's only surviving son, was b. Nov 1885 in Philadelphia.
In 1930, Tom lived with his son John Clayton and John's wife, Mildred, in West Boyleston.
(Note: some have suggested that this man served in the U. S. Civil War. This is not so. He is too young to have participated, and he was not present in the U. S. 1861 - 1865.)
(Note: his English birth is registered in Halifax District, 3rd Quarter, Vol. 22, p. 212.)
He appears with his parents in the 1851, 1861, and 1871 census enumerations in Ovenden, Near Halifax, West Yorkshire.
After 1871, his mother died, and Jeremiah remarried Martha (Rawcliffe) Gibson, a widow, in Feb 1875. His father died in 1884, in Halifax, England.
12 June 1875, in the parish of Halifax, St. John the Baptist, West Yorkshire, England, Tom Clayton, 24, batchelor, dyer, son of Jeremiah Clayton, joiner, married Rebecca Ann Watson, 20, spinster, daughter of Thomas and Jane Watson.
In the spring of 1881, Tom, a dyer's laborer, Rebecca and their daughter, Hannah, were enumerated in the English census in Northowram, Yorkshire, England.
They emmigrated to America in 1881 (per 1900 & 1920 census), and he was naturalized in 1886. By 1900, they had had four children and one was still living. They are enumerated in Worcester, MA.
In 1914, his unmarried sister, Ellen (b. ca 1876), joined them in America. She was enumerated with Tom in 1920.
John Clayton, Tom's only surviving son, was b. Nov 1885 in Philadelphia.
In 1930, Tom lived with his son John Clayton and John's wife, Mildred, in West Boyleston.
(Note: some have suggested that this man served in the U. S. Civil War. This is not so. He is too young to have participated, and he was not present in the U. S. 1861 - 1865.)
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