Name: Clarissa Burleigh
Burial Number: 1013
Gender: Female
Born: 00/9/1827
Died: 00/12/1920
Buried: 23/11/1920
Story
Clarissa Ann Ackland was born in Bristol to Richard Ackland, Mariner, 32yrs, and Sarah, 27yrs, nee Morgan. She was baptised on 23rd September 1827 at St. Augustine the Less; she had a brother, John Richard, born in 1831.
She married John Parson Burleigh, 25yrs, on 29th September 1869, he was born in Essex and was an Ironmonger. They married at St. Stephen’s, Hammersmith, she gave her age as 35yrs, but she was actually 42yrs, 16yrs older than her husband.
Clarissa and John lived at 25, Queen’s Terrace, St. John’s Wood, and they continued to live at this address for the next 20yrs. Between 1891 and 1901 John retired from his Ironmongery business and they moved to a property named Broadclyst, in Manor Road, Worthing, where they stayed for the next 20yrs. Their marriage was childless.
Clarissa Ann Burleigh died in December 1920, aged 93yrs.
Researcher: Unknown
The Grave
Location in Cemetery
Area: NES Row: 3 Plot: 12
Exact Location (what3words): upon.indeed.cargo
Ashes or Urn: Unknown
Headstone
Description:
None Found - Listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves
Inscription:
None Found - Listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves
Further Information
Birth
Name: Clarissa Ann Burleigh
Gender: Female
Born: 00/9/1827
Town: Bristol
County: Unknown
Country: England
Marriage
Maiden Name:Ackland
Marriage Date: 29/9/1869
Spouse First Name: John
Spouse Second Name: Parson
Spouse Last Name: Burleigh
Town of Marriage: Hammersmith
County of Marriage: London
Country of Marriage: England
Information at Death
Date of Death: 00/12/1920
Cause of death: Unknown
Address line 1: Broadclyst
Address line 3: MAnor Road
Town: Worthing
County: Sussex
Country: England
Obituary
No obituary has been entered.
Personal Effects
Money left to others: No value recorded
Current value of effects: Not calculated
Census Information
1851
Living at 9, Saville Place, Clifton, Gloucester. Joseph H. Nash, 35yrs, Merchant, wife, Margaret, 31yrs, 2 children, Joseph, 2yrs, Elizabeth, 10months. Clarissa Ackland, 23yrs, Housemaid, plus 3 domestic servants.
1861
Living at Northcote House, Clifton, Gloucester. William Wright, 52yrs, Wine Merchant, wife, Hannah, 53yrs, 5 children, William 22, Wine Merchant, Henry 17, Harriette 14, Edith 11, Ernest 9, Clarissa Ackland, 32yrs, Nurse, plus 5 domestic servants.
1871
Living at 25, Queen’s Terrace, St. John’s Wood, London. John Burleigh, 36yrs, Furnishing Ironmonger, wife, Clarissa, 36yrs, plus 1 domestic servant.
1881
Living at 25, Queen’s Terrace, St. John’s Wood, London. John Burleigh, 46yrs, Ironmonger, wife, Clarissa, 45yrs
1901
Living at Broadclyst, Manor Road, Worthing, Sussex. John Burleigh, 57yrs, Retired Ironmonger, wife, Clarissa, 56yrs.
1911
Living at Broadclyst, Manor Road, Worthing, Sussex. John Burleigh, 68yrs, Retired Ironmonger, wife, Clarissa, 67yrs, plus 1 domestic servant.
