William Thomas CLAPHAM

Date of Birth: 
3 Apr 1844
Date of Death: 
8 Apr 1906

William was born in London, England.

He married Martha Milner (born in Durham, England in 1843) at Fitzroy, Victoria Australia in 1867.

They had nine children all born & lived in Australia. Three died in Infancy & one at age 2.

It is not known when William & Martha came to NZ. We do know that he was a Minister of the Church of Christ.

In the 1905 electoral rolls he is shown as a minister in Wanganui.

However they must have come to Levin to live as they owned a property in Queen St in 1906.

William died & was buried in Levin, His widow returned to Australia to be with her children.

Relatives mentioned in profile: 
William Thomas Clapham, William Clapham, Charlotte Brooker, Martha Milner, Joseph Milner, Ann Graham, William Ernest Clapham, Dorothea Mary (Dolly) Mills, Joseph Albert Clapham, Edwin Thomas Clapham, Mary Ann Charlotte (Lottie) Eagle, Annie Charlotte Clapham, George Carroll Bagley, Harry Leslie Clapham, Alice Edith Kingsbury, Alfred Milner Clapham, Bessie Elsie Maud Clapham, Walter Voysey Mills, Carol Edith Clapham, Herbert Arnold Clapham.