Clara HARRISON [1535]
- Born: 3 Jul 1864, Rochdale Lancashire Eng.
- Marriage (1): Dr William Evelyn ALSTON B A M B. [1534] on 1 Nov 1893 in St Marys Durham
- Marriage (2): James Daly MURRAY [4850] on 5 Sep 1927 in Registry Office Newcastle On Tyne.
- Died: 21 Sep 1931, Folkstone, KEN aged 67
- Buried: 25 Sep 1931, St.Martin's, Shorncliffe, Kent
 General Notes:
Clara moved to Durham, co, Durham where her father opened the Organ Works, Harrison and Harrison. Schooled in Durham she trained as a nurse at Guy's Hospital in London.
She divorced William Alston in 1918 and went to live in London where she opened a Nursing Home in Denmark Hill - Fitzroy House - London.
PRO Reference:J 77/1346/1200
Divorce Court File: 1200. Appellant: Clara Alston. Respondent: William Evelyn Alston.
Wife's petition for...
Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, later Supreme Court of Judicature: Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Files. 1917-1920 Series. Divorce and matrimonial cause files, described at... Divorce Court File: 1200. Appellant: Clara Alston. Respondent: William Evelyn Alston. Type: Wife's petition for restitution of conjugal rights [wrcr].
Held by:The National Archives - Supreme Court of Judicature
Date:1918
After closing the Nursing Home, where James Daly Murray had been a patient, she went to live in Folkstone, Kent.
When her son, Basil Evelyn Alston went to work in Newcastle-on-Tyne, she moved to Gosforth and from there she married Daly Murray in the Registry Office in Newcastle-on-Tyne on 5th September 1927.
After his death, in Gosforth, she returned to live in Folkstone, where she died.
She was cremated at Charing and her ashes buried at St.Martin's, Shorncliffe in the grave with James Daly Murray.
Marriage Ref: 1893 no. 367 Durham marriages
Other Records
1. Census: England, 3 Apr 1881, Dunston Hse Crossgate Durham. Clara is recorded as a daughter unmarried aged 16 born Rochdale LAN
Clara married Dr William Evelyn ALSTON B A M B. [1534] [MRIN: 499], son of Surgeon Major William Evelyn ALSTON [75] and Elizabeth Rouse FITZGERALD [76], on 1 Nov 1893 in St Marys Durham. (Dr William Evelyn ALSTON B A M B. [1534] was born on 15 Feb 1868 in Sydney NSW Australia, baptised on 14 Mar 1868 in Holy Trinity Sydney, died on 13 Apr 1958 in Pembury Hospital KEN and was buried in Apr 1958 in Charing, London.)
Clara next married James Daly MURRAY [4850] [MRIN: 1660], son of Maurice MURRAY [11365] and Margaret Mary KELLY [11366], on 5 Sep 1927 in Registry Office Newcastle On Tyne. (James Daly MURRAY [4850] was born in 1858 in Beech Hill Cork IRL, died on 5 Dec 1927 in Gosforth NBL and was buried in St Martins Shorncliffe KEN.)
Marriage Notes:
Marriage Ref: 1927 - No 83 Marriages Castle Ward Northumberland.
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