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He inherited the Scout Hall estate.
He married Unknown.
Child: Joseph Clarke
The Scout Hall estate passed to his son
Born in Clapham, London.
He was a timber merchant of Clapham [1869, 1874].
In 1869, he married Janet Fanny
at Holy Trinity, Clapham.
Children:
They lived at Brighton Villas, Jeffreys Road, Lambeth [1871].
Alfred William died in Lambeth in 1876 (aged 32).
In 1881, Janet Fanny was a publican, at 6 William Street, St
Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London.
In 1882, Janet Fanny married (2) Frederick William Martin.
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:
They lived at
He died at Upper Pembroke Street, Dublin [2nd December 1873] (aged 70)
In 1898, he married (2) Mary Ann Smith in Todmorden.
She was a char woman [1911]
Child: Edward
The family lived at
Living with Mary Ann & son Edward [in 1901] were
her Smith children by her first marriage.
Her husband Edward Clarke was absent.
The Todmorden & District News [14th March 1913] reported
a separation order granted to Mary Ann in which her
husband Edward Clarke, labourer of Todmorden, was charged with
the desertion of his wife.
She applied for a separation order because he had been absent for 13
of the 16 years they had been married.
In a report of his death at Dardanelles in 1915, son Edward
was recorded as the breadwinner of the home
Born in Todmorden.
He was
a cotton doffer [1911] /
a weaver at Waterside Mill.
During World War I,
and he served as a Private
with the 1st/6th Battalion
Lancashire Fusiliers.
He was killed in action in the Dardanelles [6th June 1915] (aged 18).
The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [2nd July 1915] reported his death with a photograph
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.
They 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
Born in Holt, Norfolk.
He was
a screen man of Millwood, Stansfield [1887] /
a tin worker [1891] /
a tinner's labourer [1901] /
a tin plate works labourer [1911].
In 1887, he married Emma [1861-1???] at Heptonstall Church.
She was the widow of Mr Lee
Children:
The family lived at
Sons Herbert & Wilfred died in World War I
She was the second wife of John Henry Whitley
He was
an apprentice blacksmith [1911] /
a blacksmith employed at Lord Brothers Limited Canal Street Works.
During World War I,
and he served as a Sergeant
with the 1st/6th Battalion
Lancashire Fusiliers.
He died of wounds [5th June 1915] (aged 23).
The Todmorden & District News [25th June 1915] reported his death with a photograph.
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.
His brother Wilfred also died in the War
They were all sentenced to death, but this was later commuted to
transportation.
The men were received aboard the Prison hulk Ship Retribution moored at Woolwich [2nd May 1830].
Aboard the Retribution, the conduct of Daniel Maude was
said to be bad.
They were all aboard the Lord Melville (3) when she departed from
Sheerness [around 20th May 1830], carrying 176 male convicts and also
a guard detachment of the 17th Regiment of Foot, possibly calling at
the Downs, England and departing from there [6th June 1830], and
after 137 days arrived in Port Jackson, Sydney Cove [21st October
1830].
In 1805, Elizabeth Ramsden and her son, Robert,
conveyed the Scout Hall estate to Joseph for £4,000.
He married Unknown.
Child: son
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.
Child:
Dora [b 1911]
They 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).
The Halifax Courier 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.
The Halifax Courier
Born in Todmorden.
He was
working in a cotton warehouse [1911] /
an apprentice blacksmith employed by Harry Stansfield of Der
Street.
He joined the local Territorials [March 1914].
During World War I,
and he served as a Private
with the 1st/5th Battalion
Lancashire Fusiliers.
He fought in Egypt and the Dardanelles before going to France in
March 1917.
He was killed instantaneously by a shell fragment to his head [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.
His brother Herbert also died in the War
In [Q4] 1853, he married Caroline Shaw in Halifax.
Caroline died in Bradford [28th July 1867] (aged 37),
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3406]
with her sister Ann and her husband William Turner
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
Clarke, Mr Ref 323-2329 Clarke, Alfred William Ref 323-6
Clarke, C. Ref 323-759 
Clarke, Charles Ref 323-761
Clarke, Courtney Kenny Ref 323-3
Frances Esther / Fanny was the widow of John Walker
Clarke, E. Ref 323-583 Clarke, Edward Ref 323-8
Mary Ann was the widow of John Smith.
Clarke, Edward Ref 323-564
Clarke, Edwin Ref 323-792
Edith Emily was born in Kidderminster
Clarke, Dr G. G. Ref 323-33
Clarke, George Ref 323-9600
Clarke, George Thomas Ref 323-1041
Emma, of Millwood, Stansfield, was born in Hulme, Manchester,
the daughter of Robert Cowie, labourer.
Clarke, H. Ref 323-2654 Clarke, Helen Ref 323-489 Clarke, Herbert Ref 323-576
Clarke, Hubert Ref 323-2578 Clarke, Rev J. A. Ref 323-1086 Clarke, Rev James William Ref 323-1806
Clarke, John Ref 323-7
The Retribution was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line
launched as HMS Edgar and converted to a Prison Hulk ship in
1813.
She was renamed Retribution in 1814, and was broken up in 1836
The Lord Melville (3) (425 tons) was built in Quebec, Canada
in 1825.
She had made a previous voyage to Australia in 1829.
She was wrecked in 1836 with some loss of life
Clarke, Joseph Ref 323-386 Clarke, Joseph Ref 323-1839 Clarke, Joseph Ref 323-2330 Clarke, Leonard Ref 323-1313
Mona Steward was the daughter of Moses Aspinall
Clarke, Lindsay Ref 323-1168 
Clarke, Maria Ref 323-647 Clarke, Percival Ref 323-3900
Clarke, Rev Reginald Gilbert Ref 323-1965 
Clarke, Thomas Ref 323-1914
Sarah was born in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.
Clarke, Thomas Ref 323-1887 Clarke, Thomas Henry Ref 323-4701
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
Clarke, Tom Ref 323-1888
Clarke, W. A. Ref 323-2071 Clarke, Walter Ref 323-794
Clarke, Wilfred Ref 323-580
Clarke, William Ref 323-5
Caroline was the daughter of Samuel Shaw
Details of William's death / burial place are not yet known
Clarke, William Ref 323-2
Clarke, William Ref 323-4 Clarke, Willie Ref 323-773
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Joseph Clarke
The Clarke family Ref 323-1272
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