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I am having difficulty finding any information about my maternal great grandmother Clara Rose Mann. She would have been born in the 1860's and married Thomas Lees. Any help greatfully received!
There is a Clara R Lees (29) married to a Thomas R Lees (31) stationary engine stoker in the 1891 census at 20 Bowling green lane (Warwickshire > Aston > Deritend > District 78 > Page 15) They are living with Mary A Lees (19), sister ; Violet M Lees (6) daughter; and Fanny Lees (7 months) niece. All were born in Birmingham Mike
The only entry I can find in 1871 is at 10 ~Ryland St northWarwickshire > Birmingham > Lady Wood > District 12 > Page 31 ) Charles Mann head 41 wine merchants clerk born Sutton Coldfield Jane Mann wife 48 born Dawley, Salop Elizabeth Mann daughter 19 Born birmingham Clara Mann daughter 9 scholar Born birmingham Charles H Mann son 5 scholar Born birmingham Mike
1911 census
Clara Rose Lees born 1860 bham - head - widow - press worker in brassfoundry
married 32 years - 6 children born - 4 still living
Violet May Lees borne 1886 bham - daughter - single - press worker in brass foundry
Fanny Lees - born 1891 bham - neice - single - press worker in brass foundry
Lily Lees born 1893 - daughter - single - warehouse - in brass foundry
Kate Lees . born 1897 - daughter - pressworker in brass foundry
Thomas Charles born 1903 bham - son
Living at 2 Lorne Terrace, Bordesley Park Rd, Aston
From the electoral rolls: 1920 at 15 bowling green road, bowling green road Lees, Clara Rose 1925 at 15 bowling green road Lees, Clara Rose Lees, Thomas Henry Leverington, Harold George At no 11 bowling green road there was: Leverington, Ernest Henry Leverington, Emily Leverington, Victor Leverington, Albert 1930, 1935 and 1939 at 263 Sommerville Road Leverington, Harold George Frederick Leverington, Kate Lees, Clara Rose
1901 census 20 Bowling Green Terrace
Thomas R Lees B1860 Bham Stationery Engine Driver? (this occupation was entered against Rose's name and likewise for Laundress against Violet and Press worker for Elizabeth so the occupations need to go up a line ie Rose was probably the laundress, and Violet the pressworker)
Rose Lees - Wife - B1859 Bham
Violet M Lees - Daughter - B1886 Bham - Laundress
Elizabeth Lees - Daughter B1891 Bham - Pressworker
Lily Lees - Daughter B1893 Bham
Kate Lees - Daughter B1897 Bham
Interestingly at Number 19 Bowling Green Terrace
Charles W Lees - Head - B1865 Bham - Printer Letterpress machinman
Ada Lees - Wife - B1870 Bham
Ethel Lees - daughter-born 1894 bham
and at 21 Bowling Green Terrace
Albert J Lees - Head - B1868 Bham - Barman
Emily Lees - Wife - B1870 Bham
Albert G Lees - Son -b1893 Bham
Henry H Lees - Son B1895 bham
Emma E Lees - Daughter B1898 bham
There is also the 1881 census
address 19 Bowling Green Terrace, Coventry Road, Aston, Warwick, England
Robert Lees Head 54 Gold Cutter Born Aston,
Mary A Lees Wife 47 "
Thomas Lees Son 21 Printers Roll Caster "
Charles Lees Son 16 Printer "
Kate Lees Dau 13 Scholar "
Mary A. Lees Dau 11 Scholar "