Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameLeonard James CLAXTON, 3C2R
Birth16 Aug 1900, Bermondsey, Surrey, England
Death1956
Burial9 Mar 1956, Nunhead Cemetery, Southwark, Surrey.
FatherGeorge Edmund CLAXTON (~1869-)
MotherMary Grace MOODY (1870-1949)
Spouses
Birth14 Dec 1899
Death21 Sep 1940, Bermondsey, Surrey, England
Burial30 Sep 1940
Marriage25 Dec 1929
ChildrenLeonard William (1932-1940)
Notes for Leonard James CLAXTON
In the July to September 1900 birth index Leonard James Clapton, St. Olave, Southwark, London, volume 1d, page 259.

In the 1901 census 131 Abbey Street, Bermondsey, Southwark, London
Head George Edmund Claxton, age 32, steamship stoker, worker, born Bermondsey
Wife Mary Grace Claxton, age 30, born Bermondsey
Son Arthur Edmund Claxton, age 6, born Bermondsey
Son George Robert Claxton, age 4, born Bermondsey
Daughter Daisy Ethel Claxton, age 2, born Bermondsey
Son Leonard James Claxton, age 8 months, born Bermondsey

In the 1911 census 6 F Peabody Buildings, East Lane, Bermondsey, London
Wife Mary Grace Claxton, age 40, married 14 years, 5 children born alive, all still living, born Bermondsey
Son Arthur Claxton, age 16, single, layer on a ruling machine for a printer, worker, born London
Son George Claxton, age 14, errand boy for a printer, born London
Son Leonard Claxton, age 10, school, born London
Son James Claxton, age 8, school, born London
Daughter Daisy Claxton, age 12, school, born London

Parish Records St. James, Bermondsey, Southwark, London
Marriage December 25 1929
Leonard James Claxton, age 29, bachelor, carpenter, of 6F Block Peabody Buildings Last Lane,,father George Edmund Claxton (deceased), engineer and
Lilian Alice Clayton, age 29, spinster, of 112 Lucy Road, father William Alfred Clayton, rivetter
after banns
In the presence of G. R. Claxton and D. G. Claxton

London Electoral Registers 1933
9F Block Peabody Buildings, East Lane, Bermondsey, Southwark
Leonard James Claxton
Lilian Alice Claxton

1939 England and Wales Register
12C Peabody Buildings, Bermondsey, London
1. Leonard J. Claxton, born August 16 1900, married, builder’s labourer, Air Raid Precautions service Hays Wharf
2. Lilian A. Claxton, born December 14 1899, married, unpaid domestic duties
3. Leonard W. Claxton, born February 19 1932, single, at school

In the January to March 1956 death index Leonard J. Claxton, died age 55, Deptford district, London, volume 5c, page 565.

UK Burial and Cremation Index Leonard James Claxton buried March 9 1956, Southwark, London
Notes for Lilian Alice (Spouse 1)
Findagrave.com
Lilian Alice Clayton Claxton
Birth 14 Dec 1899, England
Death 21 Sep 1940 (aged 40), England
Burial Nunhead Cemetery
Nunhead, London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England
Plot Square 45 Grave 40437
Memorial ID 24604594
Lilian Alice Claxton was a civilian casualty of WW2
Lilian was born to the parents of William Alfred Clayton and Alice Jane Clayton,(nee Mitchell)and she was a brother to William. In 1911 she was living with her grandparents and in 1929 she married William James Claxton in Southwark and Lilian and William had one son Leonard William Clayton.
Sadly Lilian and her son Leonard of Peabody Buildings Bermondsey perished as a result of an enemy air attack at nearby Llewellyn Street and were laid to rest at NUNHEAD CEMETERY on the 30th September 1940. Her husband Leonard James was also interred there in March 1956.
At the time of her passing Lilian was 40 years of age.
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