c.1816 Born in Whalley, Lancs.
1837 A blacksmith, when he married Mary Lee in Colne; his father, John, was a farmer[1]
1857 A boiler maker when his daughter, Alice, married in Burnley[2]
1861 Leonard Clayton 40, farmer, lived in Chorlton with May Clayton 48, Mary A Clayton 21, Lawrence Clayton 20, smith[3]
1864 Formed Clayton, Son and Co with his son Lawrence in Leeds.
1881 Boiler and gas holder maker, visiting Richard Hargreaves 59, farm bailiff and Lydia Hargreaves 61 in Bolton[4]
1883 Died in Leeds