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Possible marriage for Clara:
Marriages Dec 1897 (>99%)

Nixon George Alfred Stoke D. 5b 701
Sheen Louisa Stoke D. 5b 701
Smyth Clara Emma Stoke D 5b 701
Thomas George Stoke D. 5b 701

I can't find either a Clara Nixon or a Clara Thomas on the 1891,

I think Emma remarried in 1895:
Marriages Sep 1895 (>99%)
Smyth Emma Stoke D. 5b 652
Strong William Stoke D. 5b 652
because on the 1901:

1901 England Census
about Emma Strong
Name: Emma Strong
Age: 49
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: William
Gender: Female
Where born: Black Torrington, Devon, England

Civil Parish: Devonport
Ecclesiastical parish: Ford St Mark
County/Island: Devon
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Devonport
Sub-registration district: Stoke
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 1
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Strong 10
Emma Strong 49
Ernest Strong 17
Frederick Strong 15
Herbert Strong 12
Maud Strong 9
Minna Strong 14
William Strong 43

This is Emma and Clara in 1891, mistranscribed with the name of the man above them on the image. It looks as if they are sharing a house with him, as there is just a single line between him and Emma and a double one after Emma. Emma is shown as married and is Laundress. Address is 20 Keat Street:

1891 England Census
about Clara Balsdon
Name: Clara Balsdon
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: George
Mother's Name: Emma
Gender: Female
Where born: Devonport, Devon, England

Civil Parish: Stoke Damerel
Ecclesiastical parish: St James
County/Island: Devon
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Stoke Damerel
Sub-registration district: Tamar
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Clara Balsdon 10
Emma Balsdon 40
George Balsdon 63

I will do a correction for Emma and Clara on Ancestry

Is this where you are getting your info from for the 1881; I cannot find Thomas, so are you assuming that he was abroad?:
about Emma Smyth
Name: Emma Smyth
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Relation: Wife (Head) (Head)
Gender: Female
Where born: Black Torrington, Devon, England

Civil Parish: Stoke Damerel
County/Island: Devon
Country: England

Street address: 78 Alexandra Road Grocer & Bakers Shop
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View Image
Occupation: Wife Of Soldier 12th Battery 9th Brigade R A

Registration district: Stoke Damerel
Sub-registration district: Stoke
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Clara E. Smyth 1
Emma Smyth 30

This is Thomas and Emma's marriage registration. Getting the cert would give her father's name, to make searching back easier:
Marriages Sep 1878 (>99%)
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BAILEY Emma Stoke D. 5b 599
SMYTH Thomas John Stoke D. 5b 599

Looking for info on my G grand-father Thomas John Smyth B1852 in Ireland Fater's name William Smyth Thomas Smyth was a Gunner in 12th battery 9th brigade R.A according to 1881 census,He married my G grandmother Emma Smyth nee Bailey about 1879 Black Torrington Devon and they had one daughter Clara.Cannot find any info on him after 1881 and he may have Died in the African Boar war.
Any info on his family or Emma Baily would be greatly appreciated