Family of Ernest Roland GOLDSMITH and Clara AZZARO

Husband:	Ernest Roland GOLDSMITH (1883- )
Wife:	Clara AZZARO (1889-1973)
Marriage	1 Mar 1919	St John the Baptist, Bristol Road, Brighton

Husband: Ernest Roland GOLDSMITH

Name:	Ernest Roland GOLDSMITH
Sex:	Male
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	1883

Wife: Clara AZZARO

Note on Husband: Ernest Roland GOLDSMITH - shared note

1. All the information shown comes from the certificate for his marriage to Clara Azzaro. His profession is a Farrier, as is that of his father George (deceased).

Note on Wife: Clara AZZARO - shared note

1. Born in Chesterfield Street Brighton in 1889. A transcription of her birth certificate can be seen at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/BthCA_01.htm

 

2. Clara is referred to in Emanuele Azzaro's will of 1900. She appears to be the favourite daughter in that she is left the freehold house at 17 John Street where Emanuele was living at the time. So if there is any tangible memento of Emanuele anywhere, it seems most likely to be in Clara's family.

 

3. I have the marriage certificate for her marriage to John Henry Jeffery in Brighton in 1909. Her sister Rose is one of the witnesses. A transcription of the certificate can be seen at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/MarJA_01.htm

 

4. I have searched the PRO index for 'Jeffery' children. Searched from 3rd Qtr 1911 (which is when they start showing the mother's maiden name) to 4th Qtr 1923 inclusive. This shows three children : Clara V born 4th Qtr 1911, Norah T born 3rd Qtr 1913 and George H born 4th Qtr 1915. Then looking back between 1909 and 1911, there is a John Emmanuel Jeffery born 3rd Qtr 1910 (Ref Vol 2b, page 180). The names and date make it look highly probably that John Emmanuel is also one of Clara's children.

 

5. There are no children after 1915 and we have the death of a John ? Jeffery aged 28 from Brighton in September 1917. [The middle initial is unclear - might be H or E.] So it looks a though her husband was killed in WWI.

 

6. I have the marriage certificate of Clara Jeffery to Ernest Goldsmith in Brighton in March 1919. Her father's name is given as Emmanuel Azzaro, so there is no doubt that it is her. Both Clara and Ernest are living at 17, John Street at the time of the marriage; Ernest is a batchelor aged 36. The witnesses are Antonio Azzaro and L (?) Azzaro, so she is still close to the Azzaro family at that time. A transcription of the certificate for this second marriage can be seen at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/MarGJ_01.htm

 

7. From the 1921 census and other searches of FreeBMD it looks unlikely that Clara had any children from her second marriage.

 

8. In the 1921 census she is living in Caterham, Surrey with Ernest Goldsmith and 4 children (all with the surname Jeffery) - namely John, Clara, Norah and George. Her mother Ursula is also with Clara's family. A transcription of the 1921 census entry can be seen at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen21_005.htm

 

9. In the 1921 census there are a total of 5 people living at 17 John Street - none of them having any obvious connection to the Azzaro family. Since Clara has returned to 17 John Street by 1928, the property is presumably still owned by her or Ursula in 1921. A transcription of the 1921 census entry for 17 John Street can be seen at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen21_006.htm

 

10. In Kelly's 1928 directory of Brighton, the occupant of 17 John Street is given as 'Mrs Goldsmith'. So presumably she is still there, but Ernest Goldsmith is not. Note that her brother Antonio is next door (?) at No. 19, and Andrew is just round the corner in Nelson Place.

 

11. She died in Brighton in 1973. A transcription of her death certificate can be seen at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/DthCG_01.htm Rita Pike tells me that she was living with her daughter Clara up until her death.

 

12. Her children all continued to use the surname Jeffery. Norah married a Sidney Woolmer with about 4 children and died in 1997. John married Clara Marchant also with 4 children and dying about the same time. I have made contact with one of John's children, now Rita Pike.