The entries for people & families with the surname Clarke are gathered together in this SideTrack.
This Page does not include people with other forms of the surname.
The individuals listed are not necessarily related to each other.
He inherited the Scout Hall estate.
He married Unknown.
Children:
The Scout Hall estate passed to his son
During the South African Wars,
he served as a Private
with the 3rd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died about 1900.
He is remembered on the Halifax Parish Church 3rd Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment Memorial
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the Labour Corps.
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Son of John Clarke, gentleman.
He was a landed proprietor [1861]
On 12th September 1832, he married (1) Frances Esther at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Fanny died at Penzance [14th August 1838].
In 1844, Courtney married (2) Delia Edwards.
Children:
The family lived at
He died At Upper Pembroke Street, Dublin [2nd December 1873] (aged 70)
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/6th Battalion
Lancashire Fusiliers.
He died 6th June 1915 (aged 18).
He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli [Grave Ref 8-72 / 218-219],
and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
He was a newsagent-general shop keeper [1895].
On 1st September 1895, he married Edith Emily Sheffield [1875-1934] in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax.
The family lived at
He was
a comber in Sowerby [1835] /
a wool comber [1841] /
a rail labourer [1851] /
a dyer [1861]
In 1835, he married widow Ann Butterworth [1807-1???] at
Halifax Parish Church.
Ann had 3 children by her first marriage:
George and Ann had children:
The family lived at
Children:
The family lived at 9 Derry Street, Todmorden [1918]
She was the second wife of John Henry Whitley
During World War I,
he served as a Sergeant
with the 1st/6th Battalion
East Lancashire Regiment.
He died 5th June 1915 (aged 23).
He was buried at Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Turkey [Grave Ref A 27].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden
In 1805, Elizabeth Ramsden and her son, Robert,
conveyed the Scout Hall estate to Joseph for £4,000.
He married Unknown.
Children:
The Scout Hall estate passed to his son
On 31st October 1859, he posted a letter to Hull which contained a
£5 note and a half-sovereign.
He made a note of the number of the banknote.
The letter never arrived and the Bank of England stopped the note.
In November, William Frederick Hardy, a clerk at Leeds Post
Office, tried to offer the note in payment, and the Bank of England
trace it back to Hardy.
In the trial at Leeds, the jury found Hardy guilty of stealing
the money
He inherited the Scout Hall estate.
He was involved in coal-mining in the Shibden area.
In 1864, the business failed.
The Stocks family, who had loaned money to Joseph, received
Scout Hall and the estate when he was declared bankrupt
He was a woollen spinner of South Lane, Elland.
In 1922, he married Mona Steward Aspinall.
Born in Halifax.
He was educated at Heath Grammar School [1950-1957] and King's
College Cambridge.
He married Phoebe Clare, a ceramic artist.
His novel The Chymical Wedding won the Whitbread Fiction Prize
[1989]
She married John Prescott.
She was buried at Halifax Parish Church
Born in Sowerby.
He was
a cotton piecer [1851] /
a warehouseman [1861, 1871, 1881] /
a coal agent [1891] /
a coal merchant [1896] /
a member of the Lily of the Valley Lodge [1896].
In 1868, he married (1) Elizabeth Crowther [1838-1873] from
Sowerby, in Halifax.
Elizabeth died in 1873.
In 1874, he married (2) Elizabeth Haley [1846-1???] from
Greetland, in Halifax.
Elizabeth was a woollen weaver [1891]
Children:
The family lived at
Percival collapsed and died whilst attending the funeral of a
fellow Oddfellow.
He was buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery
[2nd May 1896]
He was
Vicar of Christ Church, Pellon [1936-1945] /
Vicar of St Peter's Church, Sowerby [1945].
In 1940, he married Unknown.
He was a brick layer's labourer.
Around 1886, he married Sarah [1853-1934].
She worked as a gasser in a silk mill [1911]
Children:
The family lived at 4 Mellor Square [1901-1930].
Thomas may have died around 1830 when he disappears from the
electoral rolls
On 28th January 1880, he was arrested on 3 charges of forging cheques
belonging to the Halifax Industrial Society and the Brighouse District Industrial Society Limited.
Police found cheques together with dies and a machine for stamping
cheques at his home.
He was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment with hard labour
Born in Halifax.
Son of Dora Clarke [1856-1???].
His marriage record [1908] states that he was the son of Harry
Holland, packer
They lived at
He was
a worsted bobbin setter [1901] /
a boiler tenter [1908] /
a firer stationary boilers [1911] /
employed at Brunswick Mills, Halifax.
In 1908, he married Lilian Helm [1886-19??]
at St Augustine's Church, Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
During World War I,
he joined the Territorials [November 1914], and
served as a Lance Corporal,
then Sergeant,
with the 4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He went to the Front [April 1915].
He was awarded the DCM [29th November 1915]
He died instantly, after being hit by shrapnel [5th July 1916] (aged 29).
He was buried at Authuile Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref F 23].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Park Congregational Church,
and on the Memorial at United Reformed Church, Carlton Street
His birth was registered as Thomas Clark but others in the
family were registered as Clarke.
He was a silk dresser at Thomas Binns & Company Limited.
He enlisted in the Territorial Force at Brighouse [28th May 1914].
He lived at 4 Mellor Square, Brighouse.
During World War I,
he was called-up [August 1914], and
served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action [16th October 1915] (aged 18).
A requiem mass was held at St Joseph's Catholic Church, Brighouse
[24th October 1915].
He was buried at Bard Cottage Cemetery, Belgium. [Grave Ref I F 19].
He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial
Chief Architect for Halifax Corporation [1975]
His work included
Akroydon Infants' School
and
Boothtown Junior & Infants' School
Born in Halifax [20th March 1896].
He was
a member of the Boys' Brigade at Stannary Congregational Church, Halifax /
a creeler at Crossley's carpet mill [1911] /
a Territorial.
During World War I,
he was called-up [August 1914], and
served as a Corporal
with the 97th Field Ambulance
Royal Army Medical Corps
(Territorial Force).
He was killed in action
[21st March 1918] (aged 22),
the day after his birthday.
He was buried at Ham British Cemetery, Muille-Villette, France [Grave Ref I F 2].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Stannary Congregational Church, Halifax,
and on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets.
His photograph appears with a report of his death in the Halifax Courier [27th April 1918]
Born in Todmorden.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/5th Battalion
Lancashire Fusiliers.
He died 25th March 1918 (aged 21).
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 5],
in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden
He died – possibly having been murdered – in an incident at
the Dog & Partridge, Heptonstall
During World War I,
he served as an Able Seaman.
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Frances Esther / Fanny was the widow of John Walker
Edith Emily was born in Kidderminster
Mona Steward was the daughter of Moses Aspinall
Sarah was born in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.
Dora came from Liverpool, and was an unmarried charwoman
[1891, 1901]
Lilian, of 13 Harrow Street, Halifax, was the daughter
of Hudson Helm, butcher
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on the 16th October
1915, on the Yser Canal.
He was in charge of a party of bombers holding up a sap head within a
few yards of the enemy's line.
The end of the sap head was blown in by a trench mortar and he was
buried.
He was dug out, found to be wounded in the leg and ankles, and was
ordered off to the dressing station much against his will.
About 15 minutes later, he was found barricading the end of the sap,
and assisted to drive off 2 enemy bombing parties, who, in turn,
attempted to break through into our lines
See
Joseph Clarke
Entries for people with this and similar surnames are shown in a separate Foldout
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District
Surnames by George Redmonds.
There are over 30 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Clarke,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Clarke:
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Malcolm Bull
2018
Revised 10:59 /6th September 2018 / mmc228 / 29622
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