In 1911 Lawn House was occupied by:
- Charlotte Clapperton, Head, 69, Widow, Married 40 years, 10 children, 9 still living. Born Borough Fen, Northants.
- Bertram Clapperton, son, 23, single, student, born Broughton Hants.
- May Kitchener, 21, single, charwoman (servant?).
I found the Clapperton family on the 1881 Census in Broughton, Hants.
- James Clapperton 40, Physician and Surgeon. Edinburgh, General Practitioner, born in Ireland.
- Charlotte 38, from Newborough (the nearest village to Borough Fen).
- Charlotte 9, born Market Deeping
- Muriel A 8, born Market Deeping
- Thomas 5, born Market Deeping
- Emily 4, born Broughton
- Elinora 2, born Broughton
- Frances 1, born Broughton
Also in the household
- George H Fox 34, a visitor and unemployed bank clerk, born Broughton.
- Ernest Ward 17 a boarder, a medical pupil born in India.
- Caroline Cooper, 47, cook
- Charlotte E Kimber 19, housemaid
- Matilda Joyce 15, housemaid
- Setta Kochem 23, a nurse domestic servant born in Germany.
In 1891 the family were still in Broughton
The family has increased by
- Katherine 8,
- Milicent 7,
- James 5,
- Bertram 3.
James Clapperton died in Stockbridge (Broughton is in this district) Hampshire in the first quarter of 1901, age 60.
Western Gazette Friday 18th Jan 1901
DEATHS Clapperton - Jan 10, at High Street, Broughton, Hants, Dr James Clapperton, aged 60.
In the 1901 census taken on 31 March 1901, no more that 3 months after her husbands death. Charlotte is a widow and has moved to Dogsthorpe between St Pauls Rd and Newborough Rd (Welland Rd), which would fit with Lawn House.
Muriel, 28, is the only family living with her. Also in the house are Mary Flanders 18, the cook, born in Connington, Hunts, and Ellie Flanders 16, housemaid, born in Connington, Hunts.
Newspaper cutting from the Stamford Mercury 14 Oct 1904
"General Servant wanted - Address stating age, wages, and reference, to Mrs Clapperton, Lawn House, Dogsthorpe, Peterborough."
Kellys Directory 1914
Clapperton Mrs, Lawn House.
Below is the description of an item on ebay:
Interesting old vellum document of Assignment of the Interest and Goodwill in the late Dr James Clapperton's business or profession of a physician and surgeon between Charlotte Etherington Clapperton of Dogsthorpe, Peterborough and Thomas Henry Vergette of The Avenue Peterborough and Ernest Cusse of Broughton, Southampton, Surgeon. Dated April 1901, James Clapperton having died in January 1901.
It is useful in that it gives us the added name Etherington, and gives us a connection to
Thomas Henry Vergette.
A bit of searching on Ancestry shows that Charlotte E Clapperton died in Peterborough in 1923 at the age of 81.
In 1861 James Clapperton was a student of medecine in Edinburgh.
In 1871 James 30, and Charlotte 29, are married and living in Market Deeping (about 8 miles from Dogsthorpe). Living with them is Annie E Vergette 21, who is unmarried, this would suggest Charlotte Clapperton was perhaps a Vergette before she married; and would explain Thomas Henry Vergette's involvement in the document above.
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Private Francis Clapperton b 3 May 1880, enlisted in the Canadian Infantry on 15th July 1916. His mother Charlotte, living at Lawn House is next of kin.
James Hugh Clapperton, son of James and Charlotte was Born in 1886 in Broughton, Hampshire. In 1901 aged 15, he had moved to Peterborough with his mother but was a boarder at the Grammar School (Kings) in Park Road. In 1911 he is a Trainee Dentist in Louth Lincolnshire. However his career is cut short by the First World War and he reached the rank of Major. Sadly he died of his wounds on 7 May 1917 and is buried in France.
Henry Bertram Clapperton Probate Notice: Clapperton Henry Bertram of Lawn House Dogsthorpe Peterborough. Private 10th Queens Royal West Surreys. Died 14 September 1918 in France. Aged 30.
The fact that Charlotte had lost 2 sons in the First World War made me wonder what became of Thomas. He never lived in Dogsthorpe, well not at the time of a census, and in 1911 he was an assistant surgeon living in Oundle. In 1914 he married Doris Louise Berry in Market Harborough. In 1916 he joined the Cheshire Regiment aged 40, although it gives his trade as a fireman, so perhaps this is another Thomas James Clapperton? A surgeon would probably have been more useful in his peace time job. Either way he survived the war and died in Corby aged 63 in 1939.
Kathy Bews kindly posted this in the Guest Book:
Hello, I was looking through some family papers and came across a wedding announcement.
It reads; Bews-Aldridge. The wedding took place very quietly in Kingston(Ontario,Canada)on April 5th 1928 by Rev. John W. Stephen, of Beatrice A. Aldridge, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. A. Aldridge
University Ave., to Mr. James W. Bews, only son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bews, Colborne St.
The bride is a granddaughter of the late William Robson, Bank manager, Abbyleix, Ireland, and Austin C. Aldridge late S.S.P
Mrs. Bews is a full cousin of James Clapperton M.D.F.R.C.S.,and Mrs. Clapperton, Dogsthorpe House, England. Just sending if anyone is interested. Thank You.
I thought this a bit strange as by 1928 both Mr and Mrs Clapperton had died. Charlotte in 1923, and James way back in 1901. However in the
details of T H Vergette's funeral in 1926 amongst the nephews and nieces are a Dr and Mrs Clapperton, I assume this is Thomas Clapperton and his wife.
Dr Thos Clapperton of Oakham is mentioned in an inquest in Grantham Journal 21 April 1923.