Clara Williamson (née Clara Ashforth 1895-1932)
Clara Williamson (née Clara ASHFORTH 1895-1932) was my great great aunt, the youngest child of William Henry ASHFORTH 1851-1899 and Ellen ASHFORTH (née Ellen TOMLINSON 1855-1943).
On the reverse of this photograph written in ink is this citation:
"With love from Clara to William"
William Henry ASHFORTH 1851-1899, Clara's father, died about 4 years after her birth, so this is most likely a reference to either her brother (my great grandfather) William Henry ASHFORTH 1873-1926 or her nephew (my great uncle) William Henry ASHFORTH 1896-1916. Her nephew William Henry ASHFORTH 1896-1916 would have been only a year or two younger than Clara; he died in action at the Somme, France on the 10th of July 1916.
Written in pencil on the reverse of the photograph is a date, though only 'June 10.....' is legible.
Updates:
2012-01-27 In earlier research I recorded Ellen ASHFORTH (née Ellen PASLEY) to be the wife of William Henry ASHFORTH 1851-1899 when in fact later research showed it to be Ellen ASHFORTH (née Ellen TOMLINSON 1855-1943). I have edited this article to reflect the change.
My name is steven Hollis . I am a relative although distant , I have been at wards end cemetery today and been looking at graves from the Ashforth family , my own family grave is a few metres away from one of the Ashforth graves , Ben and Florance, they had a daughter who died at age 7 who is buried in wards end ,
If anyone would like to chat my email address is [email protected].
I hope to hear from some of my distant family.
Steve .