The Orys and Cook Family Tree » William Silas Clifton (1866-1948)

Personal data William Silas Clifton 

  • He was born on January 27, 1866 in Sevenoaks, Kent. England.Source 1
    Name: William S Clifton Year of Registration: 1866 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Sevenoaks County: Kent Volume: 2a Page: 489

    First name(s) WILLIAM S
    Last name CLIFTON
    Birth year 1866
    Birth quarter 1
    Registration month -
    Mother's last name -
    District Sevenoaks
    County Kent
    Country England
    Volume 2A
    Page 489
  • Profession: in the year 1901 Ordinary Agricultural Labourer.Source 1
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1871: Riverhill Cottages, Sevenoaks, Kent.Sources 2, 3
      Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 923; Folio: 8; Page: 7; GSU roll: 823499
      Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 674; Folio 10; Page 15; GSU roll: 6095784.

      1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Tonbridge To London Riverhill Cottages, Sevenoaks, Kent, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Thomas Clifton Head - Male 33 1838 - Kent, England
      Jane Clifton Wife - Female 33 1838 - Kent, England
      George Frederick Clifton Son - Male 10 1861 - Kent, England
      Albert Thomas Clifton Son - Male 8 1863 - Kent, England
      William Silas Clifton Son - Male 5 1866 - Kent, England
      Henry Clifton Son - Male 2 1869 - Kent, England
      Katherine Jane Clifton Daughter - Female 0 1871 - Kent, England
    • in the year 1881: Tonbridge Road, Sevenoaks, Kent.
      1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Tonbridge Road Riverhill, Sevenoaks, Kent, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Thomas Clifton Lodger Head Married Male 43 1838 Agricultural Laborer Seal, Kent, England
      Jane Clifton Wife Married Female 43 1838 Agricultural Laborer Wife Seal, Kent, England
      Frederick Clifton Son Single Male 21 1860 Agricultural Laborer Seal, Kent, England
      Thomas Clifton Son Single Male 19 1862 Agricultural Laborer Seal, Kent, England
      Silas Clifton Son Single Male 15 1866 Agricultural Laborer Sevenoaks, Kent, England
      Henry Clifton Son Single Male 12 1869 - Sevenoaks, Kent, England
      Kate Clifton Daughter Single Female 10 1871 Scholar Sevenoaks, Kent, England
      Annie Clifton Daughter Single Female 7 1874 Scholar Sevenoaks, Kent, England
      Rosia Clifton Daughter Single Female 4 1877 - Sevenoaks, Kent, England
      Clara Clifton Daughter Single Female 2 1879 - Sevenoaks, Kent, England
      Florence Clifton Daughter Single Female 1 1880 - Sevenoaks, Kent, England
      William Crowder ((Clifton)) Nephew Single Male 21 1860 Agricultural Laborer Seal, Kent, England
    • in the year 1891: Tonbridge Road, Sevenoaks, Kent.
      1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Tonbridge Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Thomas Clifton Head Married Male 53 1838 General Labourer Seal, Kent, England
      Jane Clifton Wife Married Female 53 1838 - Seal, Kent, England
      Annie Clifton Daughter Single Female 16 1875 In Service Sevenoaks, Kent, England
      William S Clifton Son Single Male 25 1866 General Labourer Sevenoaks, Kent, England
      Henry Clifton Son Single Male 23 1868 General Labourer Sevenoaks, Kent, England
      Rosa Clifton Daughter Single Female 14 1877 Scholar Sevenoaks, Kent, England
      Clara Clifton Daughter Single Female 13 1878 Scholar Sevenoaks, Kent, England
      Flora Clifton Daughter - Female 11 1880 Scholar Sevenoaks, Kent, England
      Leonard Clifton Son - Male 9 1882 Scholar Sevenoaks, Kent, England
    • in the year 1901: Foot of Riverhill, Tonbridge Road, Sevenoaks, Kent.Source 1
      Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 748; Folio: 19; Page: 9.

      1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Fott of Riverhill, Tonbridge Road, Sevenoaks Weald, Sevenoaks, Kent, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Silas Clifton Head Married Male 34 1867 Ordinary Agricultural Labourer Sevenoaks, Kent, England
      Rose Clifton Wife Married Female 24 1877 - Sevenoaks, Kent, England
    • in the year 1911: Lower Riverhill Cottage, Weald, Sevenoaks, Kent.Source 4
      RG14PN4014 RG78PN154 RD49 SD2 ED7 SN41)

      1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Lower Riverhill Cottage Weald, Sevenoaks Weald, Kent, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
      Silas Clifton Head Married Male Carter On Farm 44 1867 Sevenoaks Kent
      Rose Clifton Wife Married Female - 34 1877 Sevenoaks Kent
    • from 1939 till 1948: 4 Victoria Cottages, Morley Road, Sevenoaks, Kent.
      Clifton Household (3 People) 4 Victoria Cottages Morley Road , Sevenoaks R.D., Kent, England

      First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Occupation
      Amelia R Clifton 28 Jan 1877 Unpaid Domestic
      William S Clifton 27 Jan 1866 Retired (Munition Works)
      Eva Paige (Quinnett) 17 Jul 1908 Daily Domestic
  • He died on October 16, 1948 in Tonbridge, Kent. England, he was 82 years old.
    First name(s) WILLIAM S
    Last name CLIFTON
    Gender Male
    Birth day -
    Birth month -
    Birth year 1866
    Age 82
    Death quarter 4
    Death year 1948
    District Tonbridge
    County Kent
    Volume 5B
    Page 807
    Country England
  • Probate on November 26, 1948 naar London, England.
    Name: William Silas Clifton
    Death Date: 16 Oct 1948
    Death Place: Kent, England
    Probate Date: 26 Nov 1948
    Probate Registry: London, England
    Effects ¹430-0s-2d
  • This information was last updated on September 27, 2021.

Household of William Silas Clifton

He is married to Rose Amelia Quinnell.

They got married on 1ST Q 1898 at Sevenoaks, Kent. England, he was 31 years old.

Name: Rose Amelia Quinnell Year of Registration: 1898 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Sevenoaks County: Kent Volume: 2a Page: 921

First name(s) ROSE AMELIA
Last name QUINNELL
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1898
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ ROSE AMELIA QUINNELL married one of these people
William Silas Clifton, Robert Burgess
District Sevenoaks
District number -
County Kent
Country England
Volume 2A
Page 921

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Sources

  1. 1901 Census England
  2. 1871 Census England 2nd April 1871
  3. 1891 Census England, 5th April 1891
  4. 1911 Census England, 2nd April 1911

Historical events

Birthday January 27, 1866

  • The temperature on January 27, 1866 was about 2.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 21 » Lucy Hobbs Taylor becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school.
    • May 1 » The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
    • May 22 » Oliver Winchester founded the Winchester Repeating Arms
    • July 3 » Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
    • July 25 » The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to be promoted to this rank.
    • August 20 » President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.

Day of death October 16, 1948

  • The temperature on October 16, 1948 was between 7.2 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
    • January 29 » The Pakistan Socialist Party is founded in Karachi.
    • March 18 » Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of the Tito–Stalin Split.
    • April 13 » In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
    • August 15 » The Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established south of the 38th parallel north.
    • September 4 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
    • September 13 » Margaret Chase Smith is elected United States senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.


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