Biography:
Joseph Cleaver Day (951)
1868 –02/01/1932
Joseph Cleaver Day (951)
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Plot 951 Joseph Cleaver Day (1868-1932)
Joseph was born in Long Lawford, Warwickshire in 1868. His father was William, an agricultural labourer, and his mother Sarah (née Cleaver). He was to be the first of their eleven children.
In the 1871 census Joseph, aged 3 and his baby brother Isaac, were living in the village of Stanford in Northamptonshire with his widowed maternal grandfather James Cleaver, a shepherd, and his aunt and uncle. His parents meanwhile were still in Long Lawford – possibly his mother was unwell after Isaac’s birth.
In 1881 the family, now including 5 children, were all together in Long Lawford and 13 year old Joseph had left school and was working as an errand boy.
Ten years later he was still living with his parents at 2, Burnham Cottages in Long Lawford and was employed as a railway porter. Long Lawford is very close to Rugby, so he may have been employed there or, as the railway runs through the village, there might have been a railway station. Three of his younger brothers and one of his little sisters were at home.
On 23 August 1892 Joseph married Martha Pitts, a labourer’s daughter, in St Matthew’s, Rugby. Martha had been a servant at Uppingham School in Rutland, working alongside Joseph’s sister Ruth, which must have been how they met.
Their first child, Ethel, was born in the village of Whilton, Northamptonshire in 1893 and they were still living there when Albert Thomas was born in 1895. Joseph was by then a signalman. By 1899 when Florence was born they had moved to Berkhamsted and were living at 58, Kittsbury Road. Joseph was employed as a railway signalman by the London and North West Railway. They were still at the same address in 1911, with only Florence still at home. They also had a schoolteacher as a boarder. Ethel was employed as a general domestic servant by the Hudson family at Hill Brow. (She married Morris George Sturman in 1920 and moved to Northamptonshire.) Albert had left home and became a police constable.
In June 1921 Joseph and Martha were living at “Newnham”, 6, Queen’s Road. Joseph was still employed as a signalman. Also at home was Florence, now a clerk at John Dickinson’s Ltd in Apsley Mills, and a police constable lodger.
Joseph died 2 January 1932 at the Queen’s Road address, aged 64
He was buried 6 January.
Martha survived him until 14 January 1951 and lies here with him.
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Plot 951 Joseph Cleaver Day (1868-1932)
Joseph was born in Long Lawford, Warwickshire in 1868. His father was William, an agricultural labourer, and his mother Sarah (née Cleaver). He was to be the first of their eleven children.
In the 1871 census Joseph, aged 3 and his baby brother Isaac, were living in the village of Stanford in Northamptonshire with his widowed maternal grandfather James Cleaver, a shepherd, and his aunt and uncle. His parents meanwhile were still in Long Lawford – possibly his mother was unwell after Isaac’s birth.
In 1881 the family, now including 5 children, were all together in Long Lawford and 13 year old Joseph had left school and was working as an errand boy.
Ten years later he was still living with his parents at 2, Burnham Cottages in Long Lawford and was employed as a railway porter. Long Lawford is very close to Rugby, so he may have been employed there or, as the railway runs through the village, there might have been a railway station. Three of his younger brothers and one of his little sisters were at home.
On 23 August 1892 Joseph married Martha Pitts, a labourer’s daughter, in St Matthew’s, Rugby. Martha had been a servant at Uppingham School in Rutland, working alongside Joseph’s sister Ruth, which must have been how they met.
Their first child, Ethel, was born in the village of Whilton, Northamptonshire in 1893 and they were still living there when Albert Thomas was born in 1895. Joseph was by then a signalman. By 1899 when Florence was born they had moved to Berkhamsted and were living at 58, Kittsbury Road. Joseph was employed as a railway signalman by the London and North West Railway. They were still at the same address in 1911, with only Florence still at home. They also had a schoolteacher as a boarder. Ethel was employed as a general domestic servant by the Hudson family at Hill Brow. (She married Morris George Sturman in 1920 and moved to Northamptonshire.) Albert had left home and became a police constable.
In June 1921 Joseph and Martha were living at “Newnham”, 6, Queen’s Road. Joseph was still employed as a signalman. Also at home was Florence, now a clerk at John Dickinson’s Ltd in Apsley Mills, and a police constable lodger.
Joseph died 2 January 1932 at the Queen’s Road address, aged 64
He was buried 6 January.
Martha survived him until 14 January 1951 and lies here with him.
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