Two Clayton sisters mystery

[corblimey]

I am looking for information on two Clayton sisters who mysteriously disappear after a certain date.  One was born Marian Martha Clayton who had a son, Francis Charles Clayton in 1878 in Chelsea, London and who married Claude Aislabe Vign Gibson in 1881 under the name of Edith Marion Clayton.  Parents were Thomas Clayton, tailor and Ellen Baglin.  After her marriage to Claude (which I suspect was imposed upon him to legitimise his son Francis), she disappears.  I cannot find death, remarriage, emigration records for her after 1881.  Her youngest sister, Elizabeth Ann Clayton also disappears.  She married George Parker in 1889/90 in Middlesex, has two children who die as infants, emigrates to the US (New York), pregnant with her third child and without her husband at the age of about 18-19 (he follows later).  She is found on the 1900 US Census living with the Harell family under the name Annie Clayton, her husband divorces her soon after she has given birth to her fifth child, Constance born c 1897-8 (who dies at around 2-3 years of age) then remarries and starts a new family.  I can find no trace of Elizabeth Ann "Annie" Clayton Parker after the 1900 census.  Did she remarry, emigrate elsewhere, return to England?  Any help in solving the mystery of the two sisters would be much appreciated.

[mckha489]

Elizabeth Ann remarried in 1904 to John Kettleson

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CV-LC88

[sparrett]

I don't know if you have read this, but if not, it may offer some hints. Probables and Possibles

Marian Martha AKA Edith Marion's husband, Claude, remarried in 1903 in Ceylon in 1903.
 
https://mprobb.wordpress.com/2014/10/12/thomas-wheatley-gibson-1823-1884/

Sue

[amondg]

The illegitimate child mentioned as Francis Charles Clayton was registered as Charles Frank Clayton

registered Chelsea 1878 June quarter Vol. 01A page 315

[corblimey]

Thank you, everyone, so much for sending me this information in your separate replies.

I did know that Francis Charles Gibson was born Charles F Clayton and initially raised by his grandparents, Thomas and Ellen Clayton.  I was also aware that his father, Claude Gibson, remarried in Ceylon and died there in the 1940s, I think it was.  I do not have any further information on Martha Marian/Edith Marion Clayton, his first wife. They do not seem to have had a married life and seem to have married solely to give their son a name.  Her whereabouts after their marriage remain a mystery.  He went to Australia soon after his marriage to visit his brother, in Melbourne.

Thank you also for the information on Elizabeth Ann Clayton's remarriage to John Kettelson.  I can now complete her family tree. 

[jorose]

Claude Gibson appears to have been in South Africa by 1887 , when he signed up for military service.  He may have been resident there earlier - did Marion/Edith go with him, or were they split up by then?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSX6-D3C2-S?view=fullText&keywords=Claude%20Aislabie&groupId=M99M-P6B

It looks like he served with the Boers in the war, was captured, and sent to Ceylon, where his second marriage occurred.

https://www.angloboerwar.com/name-search - search for Claude Gibson here

https://www.angloboerwar.com/other-information/89-prisoner-of-war-camps/1839-camp-for-boers-ceylon-sri-lanka


Side question - who is the "William Marchant" who is listed as a grandson to Ellen Clayton in 1891? Has he been attached to any of the known Clayton sisters?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:358J-3T2

[corblimey]

Thank you, jorose, I didn't have that information about Claude Gibson.  I know that his father and brother were in South Africa and both died there in the early to mid 1890s but I didn't know that Claude went there as well.  I don't know whether Marian Martha/Edith Marion went with him but she is not on the 1891 English census but her son, Francis Charles Gibson is, living with his grandparents, Thomas and Ellen Clayton.  She may have died?  I would think if she went to South Africa with Claude she would take their son with her?  I will have a look at the links that you have sent me about Claude. 

As for William Marchant, he is another illegitimate son of the Clayton family.  He was the son of Thomas and Ellen's daughter, Isobel Edith Clayton (father someone called Marchant?).  She married a few years after his birth, a William Tompkins, and William adopted Isobel's son and changed his name to William Tompkins.

[amondg]

Isabella Edith Clayton - registered 1871 Westminster, June quarter vol 01A page 407.

No mother's name listed - Illegitimate?

A copy of the birth certificate would clarify if she is their daughter.

[corblimey]

Hello amondg,

Thank you for finding this record.  She is indeed Thomas and Ellen Clayton's daughter.  She was baptised in 1873 with her two older brothers, and younger sister, Elizabeth Ann.  I don't know why  her mother's name was not included on her birth record.