Ralph Clay                         1782 - 1862 (79)

 bap.     26 Dec 1782              Liverpool

 bur.      21 Feb 1862              Walton, Lpl

                m.   8 Nov 1810

                     (licence)

          Witton-cum-Twambrooks

 Margaret Weston                       1787 – 1853 (66)

 b.        25 Jan 1787           Witton-cum-Twambrooks

 bap.     7 Mar 1787

 bur.     12 May 1853            Walton, Liverpool

  Marriage

       Name / Age / Residence

      Status / Occupation

                  Witness

 8 Nov 1810

  Ralph Clay / 27 / Liverpool

  Bachelor / Iron Monger

  ?John Barker?

  William Swindall

 Witton-cum- Twambrooks

  Margaret Weston / 23 / Witton

  Spinster

  Licence bondsman – Robert Weston, Glazier

  Children                      The baptism records for the last five children give more details   -

                   Father, Iron Monger - addresses all in Toxteth Park – William, Mill St   -   others, Stanhope St.

 

  1813         Thomas Weston Clay                                      bap.    4 Oct 1813

  1814         George Clay                                                     bap.   27 Dec 1814

  1816         Ralph Lowe Clay                                              bap.   25 Apr 1816

  1819         Elizabeth Clay                                                  bap.   15 Jan 1821       (b.   1819)

  1824         William Clay                                                     bap.     5 Jan 1824

  1825      **Margaret Clay                                                   bap.   30 Jun 1825            

  1827      **Margaret and Mary Clay                                  bap.   27 Jun 1827                                                                       **Note

  1828         John Clay                                                         bap.    1 May 1828

 C1841     Ralph Clay (55, chain manufacturer) and Margaret (50) with children George (25, iron manuf.), Elizabeth (20), William (15), Margaret (15) and Mary (13) and two servants living at   Elm Bank, Town Head, Workington.

 C1851     Ralph Clay (68, agent for chain & anchor) and wife   Margaret (64) with children Ralph Lowe (35, iron merchant), Mary (24) and John (23, bankers clerk) and two servants living at Jubilee St, Everton, Liverpool.

 1853          Death of Margaret Clay (66y)   of Everton   -     bur   12 May 1853 at   Walton on the Hill, Liverpool.

 C1861     Ralph Clay (78, widower, cashier Ins Off),   daughter Margaret (35), two grandsons (sons of George Clay) Robert A Clay (12) and George Clay (11), visitor Victoria L Clay (23) and two servants living at   10 Huskisson St, Liverpool.

 1862          Death of Ralph Clay   (79y)     -   bur     21 Feb 1862   at Walton on the Hill, Liverpool.