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Edgar Kershaw Middleton                 1881-1949                   (1st Husband)
Edgar Kershaw was born about 1881.
Dora Rethé "Gar" Wake                  1881-1976
Dora was born 11 July 1881, the daughter of Henry Hay Wake and Isabella Thompson
I have identified the following children:
  John Kershaw Born 16 Jan 1908   Married Mary ?
Rethé Rhona Born 21 Mar 1909   Wales Married John Johnson
Olwyn Delmar Born 1 Dec 1911   Wales Married William Banks
Raie Meriel "Dickie" Born 8 May 1915   Middlesex Married John Nolan,
Thomas Dunlop Mackenzie

Birth of Parents
Edgar Kershaw Middleton b: abt 1881       Crick, Northamptonshire       1881 4Q Rugby 6d 535

Dora Rethé "Gar" Wake b: 11 Jul 1881  c: 13 Sep 1881     Venerable Bede Church, Monkwearmouth
daughter of Henry Hay Wake and Isabella Thompson    1881 3Q Sunderland 10a 610

Marriage
3 Jan 1907
Edgar Kershaw Middleton (25)
Dora Rethé Wake (25)
St. Peter's, Monkwearmouth      1907 1Q Sunderland 10a 899
Bachelor, Contractor, Dundas Street, Father:Wm Thomas Middleton, Contractor
Spinster,, Peareth Roker, Father: Henry Hay Wake, Engineer

Children
John Kershaw Middleton b: 16 Jan 1908   Buckinghamshire   1908 1Q Thame 3a 1090
son of Edgar Kershaw Middleton and Dora Rethé Wake     1990 Sep Hereford 29 373
Rethé Rhona Middleton b: 21 Mar 1909               Glamorgan         1909 2Q Swansea 11a 1182
daughter of Edgar Kershaw Middleton and Dora Rethé Wake     1986 Feb Hove 18 1408

1911 Census RG14-259 3 April 1911 Cockett, Glamorgan, Wales
The Firs, Gowerton   (14 Rooms)
Edgar Kershaw Middleton
Dora Rethe (Wife)
John Kershaw
Rethe Rhona
Plus 3 Servants
Age 29
Age 29
Age 3
Age 2
Contractor Crick Rugby
Sunderland
Brill
Waunarlwydd
Northamptonshire
Durham
Buckinghamshire
Glamorgan
abt 1881
11 Jul 1881
16 Jan 1908
21 Mar 1909

Olwyn Delmar Middleton b: 1 Dec 1911               Glamorgan         1912 1Q Swansea 11a 2281
daughter of Edgar Kershaw Middleton and Dora Rethé Wake     1994 Aug Bourne 13 55
Raie Meriel "Dickie" Middleton b: 8 May 1915               Middlesex       1915 3Q Willesden 3a 538
daughter of Edgar Kershaw Middleton and Dora Rethé Wake     Died Aug 2006

Marriage ended in Divorce

He remarried on 23 Dec 1932, Katherine Low

Death
Edgar Kershaw Middleton Died 12 Feb 1949               Scotland

The Times, Tuesday, Feb 15, 1949                         DEATHS
  MIDDLETON - On Feb. 12, 1949; in Scotland, after a short illness, Edgar Kershaw, husband of Katherine Middleton, of White House, Nutbourne, Sussex.
LONDON   21 Oct 1949                         Probate
MIDDLETON, Edgar Kershaw, of The White House. Nutbourne, Pulborough, Sussex, died 11 February 1949, at The Hospital, Mauchlene, Ballochmyle, Probate London 21 October, to John William Banks, farmer.
  Effects £57,654 0s. 6d.



Col. Forester Clayton                             1879-1942                            (2nd Husband)
Forester was born abt 1879, the son of William John Clayton and Eliza Gay Banfield, at Saltley, Birmingham, Warwickshire.
I have not identified any children.

Birth of New Husband
Forester Clayton b: abt 1879         Saltley, Birmingham, Warwickshire
son of William John Clayton and Eliza Gay Banfield

Marriage
abt 1932
Forester Clayton
Dora Rethé "Gar" Middleton
      1932 3Q Paddington 1a 157

Death
Forester Clayton Died 6 Aug 1942, Age 63,       1942 3Q Brentford 3a 271

The Times, Monday, Aug 10, 1942                         DEATHS
  CLAYTON - On Aug. 6 1942., at his residence, 7 Gunnersbury Avenue, Ealing, Col. Forester Clayton, D.L., J.P., beloved husband of D. Rethé Clayton.   Funeral to-morrow (Tuesday), St. Mary's Church, Ealing, 3 p.m., followed by cremation at Golders Green at 4 p.m.   No mourning and no flowers, but contributions to the Brentford Hospital would be greatfully appreciated.
LLANDUDNO   9 Nov 1942                         Probate
CLAYTON, Forrester, of Gunnersbury-avenue, Ealing, Middlesex, died 6 August 1942, Probate, Llandudno, 9 November, to The Public Trustee, and Alfred Edward Ferris, solicitor.   Effects £37,510 11s. 8d.

Death
Dora Rethé (Wake) Clayton Died in 1976, Age 94       1976 1Q Brighton 18 582