The Surnames shown above appear within the following CLEMERSON Family information
and were (unintentionally) omitted from
Powditch Tree H - Norfolk, London, Derbyshire, South Wales, etc.
They, and the history of their families, are now presented here.
Generation No. 1
1. GEORGE CLEMERSON was born about 1828 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, and
died 3 November 1904 at 75 Splott Road, Splottlands, Cardiff, South Wales. He is believed
to have married twice. The name and further details of his first wife are not known, but he is
believed to have married his second wife MARY ... c1860 (and possibly in Newport,
Monmouthshire). Mary had been born about 1839 in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, although
she died on 23 June 1893 at 75 Splott Road, Splottlands, Cardiff, South Wales.
GEORGE’s wife MARY CLEMERSON had predeceased him by seven years. She had left
a Will, and Probate was granted on 21 November 1904, at Llandaff, to Helen Elizabeth
Whiston (wife of William Jennings Whiston). Her effects were valued at £414-0-0
When GEORGE CLEMERSON died in November 1904 (he had already retired) his
occupation was stated to have been that of an ‘Engine-Fitter'. He also left a Will, and
Probate was granted on 5 November 1906, at Llandaff, to John Thomas Clemerson,
greengrocer. GEORGE’s effects were valued at £163-0-0
On the 1881 Census for Glamorgan, GEORGE CLEMERSON is shown as being aged 53;
Head of the household; living at Roath (part of Cardiff); and having been born at
Loughborough in Leicestershire. His occupation was that of an “Engine Fitter”.
At home with GEORGE CLEMERSON that night, were his second wife, MARY (age 42), and
2 of his (then) youngest children, ADA A. and CHARLES H, aged 14 and 7 respectively
The (known to date) children of GEORGE CLEMERSON were:
2. i. JOHN THOMAS CLEMERSON, born about 1856 at Newport, Monmouthshire;
Date and place of his death not known.
3. ii. HENRY CLEMERSON, born about 1859 at Newport, Monmouthshire;
Date and place of his death not known.
iii. GEORGE A. CLEMERSON, born 1863 at Newport, Monmouthshire;
Date and place of his death not known.
At the time of the 1881 Census, GEORGE A. CLEMERSON was a 'Border' sic; Boarder]
at William Jones', in Cardiff, and was shown to be employed as a 'Smith's Striker'
iv. ADA A. CLEMERSON, born about 1867, Newport, Monmouthshire;
Date and place of her death not known.
v. CHARLES H. CLEMERSON, born about 1874, Newport, Monmouthshire (although
the 1881 Census shows that his birthplace had been Cardiff, Glamorgan); The date and
place of his death not known.
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN THOMAS CLEMERSON (father = GEORGE) was born about 1856 in Newport,
Monmouthshire, although the date and place of his death is not currently known. He married
ELIZABETH A. ... (surname unknown). She was born about 1856 in Bridgewater, Somerset,
although the date and place of her death is not currently known.
On the 1881 Census, JOHN THOMAS CLEMERSON (age 26) (AND AN ‘Engine Fitter’) was
shown as living in Roath (part of Cardiff), with his wife ELIZABETH A. aged 25, and one child;
JOHN HENRY CLEMERSON aged 1 year (see below)
His wife, ELIZABETH A, was shown to have been born in Bridgwater, Somerset, whilst the
couple’s son had apparently been born at ‘Calcot’. (N.B. although there are 3 Calcot’s in the
UK, it may be possible that in this instance, ‘Calcot’ could be an abbreviation for ‘Caldicot’
in Monmouthshire)
Only known child of JOHN CLEMERSON and ELIZABETH ...was:
i. JOHN HENRY CLEMERSON, born about 1880, at 'Calcot' [sic; ?Caldicott];
Date and place of his death not known.
3. HENRY CLEMERSON (father = GEORGE) was born about 1859 in Newport,
Monmouthshire, although the date and place of his death is not currently known.
He married (1) MARY ELIZABETH HEARD. He married (2) MARY ANN ... (surname
unknown). She was born about 1859 in Faringdon, Berkshire, although the date and
place of her death is not currently known.
On the 1881 Census, HENRY CLEMERSON (age 22) is shown as living in Roath (part
of Cardiff), with his wife MARY ANN. aged 22, and their two children;ADA S. CLEMERSON
aged 1, and AMY CLEMERSON aged just 2 months. HENRY‘s state occupation was that
of a ‘Boiler Maker’
Family tradition is that HENRY CLEMERSON had been born in Cardiff of a Scottish father,
and that HENRY’s wife (MARY ANN) had ‘come from Swindon when she was very young’.
Within the family, someone many years ago had recounted to me that “HENRY
(CLEMERSON), who was AMY’s father, had married a young girl after his first wife died,
and he then started a new family, - of which there were twin boys ; one of which became
an accountant and went to live ‘up north’ (which could have been anywhere north of Cardiff),
and the other (the ‘youngest’) went to live in Bristol. HENRY (CLEMERSON) was a
Boiler-Maker and apparently during WW1 he made boilers and/or repaired them and he
made a lot of money doing so”.
In all, HENRY CLEMERSON and his second wife, MARY ANN, had ?four children, comprising
of the two mentioned above, plus FRANK CLEMERSON and IVOR CLEMERSON.
According to Aunt Sylv' [Sylvia Evans nee Smith]’s family memories as recounted to
John C. Algar on 15 August 1996, HENRY CLEMERSON and his wives (alledgedly)
"had 22-24 children".
Known children (to date) of HENRY CLEMERSON and MARY HEARD were as follows;
i. CHARLES CLEMERSON, born 1908.
ii. PHYLLIS CLEMERSON, born 1908.
4. iii. ERIC JAMES CLEMERSON, born 1910.
iv. ADA S. CLEMERSON, born about 1880, Carfiff, South Wales;
Date and place of her death not known.
SYLVIA EVANS (nee SMITH) “doesn’t remember anyone called Ada” She says that she has
never heard of Ada who was supposed to be Amy’s sister, but that there were 22 children in
the family, and that (according to her mother, AMY) one baby had been born and died every
year ”.
5. v. AMY CLEMERSON, born about 1881, Cardiff, South Wales; Died on 4 July 1952.
(Refer below for further information re AMY and her family)
vi. ALBERT CLEMERSON, born after 1881.
“Uncle ALBERT (CLEMERSON) went to Canada for 4 to 5 yrs, and had a son named FRED
(CLEMERSON), who was nicknamed Sitting Bull. FRED used to sit up straight - that is why
he was called Sitting Bull (this being typical CLEMERSON humour).
FRED worked for GOSLING’S (in Cardiff) and used to deliver bread both to SYLVIA EVANS
(nee SMITH) and PHYLLIS SMITH (nee POWDITCH) and he used to come in for a cup of tea
with them. Uncle ALBERT (CLEMERSON) also had 2 daughters; one was called QUEENIE,
and she was aged about 2 yrs older than SYLVIA EVANS (nee SMITH).
QUEENIE got married about a year before SYLVIA, and SYLVIA and QUEENIE were very
friendly. Uncle ALBERT (CLEMERSON)’s other daughter was 14 yrs younger. SYLVIA
EVANS (nee SMITH) thinks that her name was ALMA, but she isn’t very sure about that”.
vii. IVOR THOMAS CLEMERSON, born after 1881; Date and place of death not known.
According to Aunt Sylv' [Sylvia Evans nee Smith]’s family memories as recounted to
John C. Algar on 18 August 1996, IVOR THOMAS CLEMERSON “had been out of work
(after leaving the ?navy) and had gone to see Aunt Sylv's father, who had sent him down to
Sydney Arthur Smith's Works (wagons), where he was then employed"
Ivor (Clemerson) - according to PHYLLIS SMITH, nee POWDITCH - was a lovely man, a
real gentleman, and his wife (Gertie nee DOWNING) was ‘a very lady-like woman’, and
‘very elegant’. The couple who lived out Whitchurch (Cardiff) way, had two lovely boys (names
not remembered) who went out to New Zealand to live. After Ivor retired, he and Gertie went
to live in one of the cottages especially constructed for ex-seamen by the ?Seagar Shipping
Company (of Cardiff). The cottages (which PHYLLIS SMITH believes are still there) were built
on the common going out to Rhymney (in/on Newport Road).
Gertie died at the cottage, following which (around ?1948-1949) IVOR talked about going out
to be with the boys in New Zealand (he had all his clothes, etc packed for the journey).
PHYLLIS doesn’t know whether Ivor actually went, or what happened to him afterwards, as it
was about that period that she and Sid (her husband) moved from Cardiff down to
Swansea, following which, both families lost touch with each other.
Both IVOR and FRANK CLEMERSON were ‘mechanics at sea’. “IVOR was in the
Navy, and had been a Petty Officer on HMS Lion and he had fought in the Battle of Jutland
(WW1), where he performed bravely when the ship was sinking (?went back downstairs
to.......)”. IVOR was also a ‘volunteer with “Potato Jones” and went out to Spain to fight in
the Spanish Civil War’.
viii. JACK CLEMERSON, born after 1881. (“Aunt Sylvia doesn’t remember anyone
called Jack”)
ix. STANLEY ARTHUR CLEMERSON, born after 1881.
“STANLEY ARTHUR CLEMERSON had been in the Welch regiment during (WW1).
He had had diphtheria as a child and because he couldn’t breathe he had had an operation
on his throat and as they were doing it they apparently touched a nerve in his neck, which
made him shake. He went to live with his sister AMY.
STANLEY ARTHUR was only aged 16 when killed in the battle (WW1), but he had given
a different age when he signed up”
Information gathered re STANLEY ARTHUR CLEMERSON’S death and place of burial is
as follows;-
x. FRANK CLEMERSON, born after 1881; Date and place of death not known.
Both FRANK and IVOR CLEMERSON were ‘mechanics at sea’
“Uncle Frank was in WW1. He joined the Flying Cadets but he left those and his niece
(SYLVIA EVANS nee SMITH) doesn’t know much about that, but afterwards Frank joined
the Merchant Navy. After the war he got engaged and decided to go around the world in
order to save money in order to get married., but when he came back he decided not to
marry!
FRANK CLEMERSON in later years apparently went to live in (?Edinburgh) Scotland. (He
looked a bit like a Scotsman, as, apparently did his father). Frank didn’t marry (see above)
although he did live with his partner in ?Edinburgh (he apparently used to work at sea, and
went back and fore from South Wales to Edinburgh by ship). After she died, he went to live
for about 1 year with his niece (Sylvia Evans, nee Smith) and her husband, in Eastbourne,
Sussex, following which, he returned to Scotland, where he died.
Generation No. 3
4. ERIC JAMES CLEMERSON (father = HENRY, grandfather = GEORGE) was born in
1910. Name and other details of ERIC JAMES3 CLEMERSON’s wife, are not currently
known.
Only known child of ERIC JAMES CLEMERSON was:
i. PETER4 CLEMERSON, born 1940.
5. AMY CLEMERSON (father = HENRY, grandfather = GEORGE) was born about 1881 in
Cardiff, South Wales, and died 4 July 1952. She married ARTHUR SMITH about September
1905 in St. Germans Church, Cardiff, son of WILLIAM SMITH and SYLVIA PEMBER. He was
born 25 September 1880 in 28 Tenby Street, Cardiff, South Wales, and died about 1961.
According to SYLVIA EVANS (nee SMITH) her Mother was named AMY, and AMY’s mother
was called MARY, but SYLVIA doesn’t know what MARY’s surname was. MARY died when
aged 42 years old, and then her husband (Henry) married again”.
AMY SMITH (nee CLEMERSON) was 71 years old when she died, and she was buried (in
1952) at St. Augustine's (Rumney Village) Churchyard, Rumney, Monmouthshire (now part
of Cardiff)
According to family tradition, AMY had had a brother whose name was (or who was known as)
SYDNEY CLEMERSON. When he was aged ‘about 12 - 14 years old’ he had ‘drowned at
Barry Island’, following which, her hair had ‘gone white overnight’.
“SYDNEY was aged about 14 when he died. The story goes that there was a rock at Barry
Island where boys used to swim out to (at Barry Island) and it wasn’t until everyone was back
home that they discovered he (i.e. Sydney) wasn’t with them. His body wasn’t found for ages,
and his father and mother searched up and down the Bristol Channel looking for him and
having to identify bodies; and that is (apparently) when Amy’s hair went white”
Because of her fondness for her brother, AMY had apparently named her son after him
(i.e. SYDNEY; see below).
According to his granddaughter (Sylvia Evans nee Smith’s family memories as recounted to
John C. Algar on 15 August 1996) ARTHUR SMITH was "aged about 2 years old when
either Jim or George (his brothers) was married". "In the church, Arthur was given a bunch
of keys to play with, and [he] also had a 'fill' of confetti. When 'the moment' came, he threw
the keys at the bride and bridegroom instead of the confetti!"
(Arthur's) "parents used to have a shop in Grangetown, Cardiff" [and] "his father (William)
used to take the cows from ?Grangetown to Red Lava Street in which there was a stable,
in which they were milked". (Arthur) "used to take the cows out when he was a boy". [he]
"worked for his Father and Mother at first, then went on to D. Davies and Sons (at their
Cardiff Office); then at/for Coed Ely Colliery; then at Tonyrefail Colliery where he was a
Traffic Manager, and at Tonyrefail where he was a Wagon Inspector"
ARTHUR SMITH "Had an Uncle named Barnabas Pember, known as/called 'Uncle
Pember'" [he also] "Had a cousin, John Pember (lived in or off City Road, Cardiff) who
worked for Cardiff Council in 'something responsible' - sometime about 1948-1950
(a 'wealthy' Pember)"
According to other family memories (on 25 August 1996), "Arthur was a tee-totaller all
of his life"
ARTHUR SMITH, who outlived his wife, was 82 yrs old when he died, following which, he
was cremated (about 1961) at Eastbourne Crematorium, The Avenue, Eastbourne,
Sussex. During his lifetime, he had been the Traffic Manager in a Colliery.
When ARTHUR SMITH was born, the 'Informant' who provided details of his birth (on
25 September 1880) to the Registrar, was Ann Pember, who had been present at the birth.
She made her mark (X). Her address was 8 Maud Street, Roath, Cardiff.
The 3 children of AMY CLEMERSON and ARTHUR SMITH were:
OTHER CLEMERSON INFORMATION OF INTEREST
(not all of which is connected to the above families)
1881 Census for Monmouthshire.
Ellen Clemerson 10 F Niece St Woollos Scholar Henry Williams MNM Christ-Church
1881 Census for Worcestershire, Shropshire, Gloucestershire, Surrey, Breconshire,
Herefordshire
Clemerson............(none)
Somerset House Will & Admon Indexes (all items relate to Clemerson)
IGI (1992 Version) (all items relate to Clemerson)
Warwickshire; (N.B. Clemerson found under Clementson)
Elizabeth James Tomlinson W. M. 11 Feb 1748 Deritend and Bordesley St John MO69811/0086
George Mary Jones H. M. 5 Feb 1816 Coventry, Holy Trinity
7734144/93
IGI (1992 Version) (all items relate to Clemerson)
all following items are on page 4638, A2304
Clemason, Daniel
Clemerson, John
Clemerson, John
Clemison, Nicholas
Camp, A J., P.C.C. Will Index 1750 - 1800; Vol 5 – Sh (SoG, London, 1991)
CLEMESON
1750 William Middx Dec 382
Details on www
Loughborough Boat Club.
Club Records 1960; Regattas
M4+ Loughborough (Clemerson Challenge Vase)
Although not directly part of the above CLEMERSON family, I believe that the following should be
included.
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