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Name: CORLETT, Thomas Edward
Birth Date: 1883 Ramsbottom, Lancs.
First Date: 1930
Profession: Road foreman
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Bury, Lancs. 1905 Clara Rothwell b. 1884 Ashton under Lyne, d. 1 Mar 1941 Nairobi
Children: Constance (Whittaker) (30 Oct 1910 Bury, Lancs.-27 June 1992 UK); Clifford (1914 Bury, Lancs.-29 Apr 1939 Nairobi)
Book Reference: Red 31, KGF, Barnes
General Information:
Tom Corlett, son of Edward Henry Corlett. He had two brothers, Dan and Harry and 2 sisters, Clara and Lily. He married and had 2 children, Constance and Clifford. He was a tinplate worker in 1911 census, married to Clara.. In 1921 census he was a brazier and sheet metal worker at Sunnigend End Works, Cheltenham.
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Clara Corlett age 57 died 1 Mar 1941. Headstone shows her as wife of Tom
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Clifford Corlett age 25 died/buried 29 April 1939. Headstone reads son of Thomas and Clara Corlett
Gazette 16 Nov 1936 Voters List 1936 - Thomas Edward Corlett, Foreman, Kikuyu Rd., Parklands and Clara Corlett, Married woman, Box 185, Nbi
Gazette 29 Dec 1934 Clara Corlett, typist, expunged from Nairobi North electoral Register