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Cliff
Living in South Street, Wickersley in 1881
Thomas Cliff Head M Male aged 36 Barnby Dun, York, Quarry Labourer & Carter and his wife Ellen Cliff aged 27 Wickersley, York, Labourers Wife
Alice Cliff Dau Female aged 6 Wickersley, York, Daughter
Ann E. Cliff Dau Female aged 4 Wickersley, York, Daughter
Edith A. Cliff Dau Female aged 1 Wickersley, York, Daughter
William W. Cliff, a tailor was born in Barnby Dun in 1838. He married Emma born Bramley in 1842. William was listed in the 1862 Directory as living in Wickersley. The family moved to
Kimberworth soon after their son Edmund was born in 1869.
In 1881 William and Emma were living at 27 Sarah Street, Kimberworth with their family and a nurse:
- Horace A. born 1863 Bramley, a Labourer In Iron Works
- Edgar born 1865 Bramley, York, England Laborer In Iron Works
- Lawson born 1870 Kimberworth
- Jane E. born 1872 Kimberworth
- Henry born 1879 Kimberworth
- Walter born 1880 Kimberworth
- Fred born 1881 age 1 month, Kimberworth
- Edmund born 1869 Bramley, Laborer In Iron Works
- Ann Carr, Nurse from Ireland (Monthly Nurse)
It is interesting that Edmund is listed on the census above, almost as an addition. Looking further, he is also listed on the 1881 census as living with his grandparents at at The Travellers Rest, Bramley
Edmund like his brothers, was a labourer in the local Iron Works, until he joined the Navy at about age 18. Read More
Service Record of Edmund Cliff
from about 1886 to 1919
Ships Served on:
- Minotaur Dec 1886
- Minotaur Feb 1887 to June 1887
- Active - Oct 1887 to Nov 1887
- Duke of Wellington - Nov 1887 to April 1888
- Boadicea - April 1888 to June 1891
- Duke of Wellington - June 1891 to Sept 1891
- Excellent - Sept 1891 to Jan 1892
- Vernon - Jan 1892 to May 1892
- St. Vincent - May 1892 to March 1895
- Victory 1 - 27th March 1895 to 31st March 1895
- Excellent - April 1895 to May 1895
- Vernon - May 1895 to June 1895
- Victory - June 1895 to Sept 1895
- Comus - Oct 1895 to May 1897
- Victory 1 - May 1897 to Oct 1897
- Colossus - Oct 1897 to June 1898
- Victory 1 - 3rd June 1898 to 20th June 1898
- Excellent - June 1898 to Oct 1898
- Vernon - Oct 1898 to Feb 1899
- Victory 1 - Feb 1899 to March 1899
- Minotaur - March 1899 to May 1901
- Excellent - May 1901 to Oct 1901
- Vernon - Oct 1901 to Feb 1902
- Victoria and Albert (Royal Yacht) - Feb 1902 to July 1902
- Firequeen - July 1902 to Aug 1902
- Vernon - Aug 1902 to Oct 1904
- Firefull - Oct 1904 to Dec 1904
- Leahorse - Dec 1904 to May 1905
- Canopus - May 1905 to March 1907
- Victory - March 1907 to Feb 1909
He was Shore Pensioned in February, 1909 and recommended for the Royal Tank Regiment. He served on the following ships:
- Vernon - 2nd Aug 1914 to 6th Aug 1914
- Aquitania - 7th Aug 1914 to 31st Aug 1914
- Victory - 1st Sept 1914 to 27th Sept 1914
- Vernon - Sept 1914 to Nov 1914
- Victory Nov 1914 to Dec 1914
- Hermione - Jan 1915 to March 1915
- Magpie - 1st April 1915 to April 1916
- Victory II - April 1916 to July 1916
- Magpie - July 1916 to Sept 1916
- Victory II - Sept 1916 to June 1917
- Victory II - July 1917 to Feb 1919
Ratings - Ordinary Seaman, Able Seaman, Petty Officer 2nd Class, Petty Officer 1st Class. He received a Medal on the 29th of January 1902.
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