See also

Family of Arthur William Clarke and Alice May Higgs

Husband: Arthur William Clarke

  • Name:

  • Arthur William Clarke2,3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Walter Clarke (1875-1936)

  • Mother:

  • Virginia Steed (1874-1951)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • departmental store manager4

  • Birth:

  • 17 Aug 1900

  • Bethnal Green, London, England2,4,5,6

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 8 mns)

  • Waterlow Industrial Buildings, 31 Finnis Street, Bethnal Green, London, England5

  •  

  • son living in three rooms with his parents Walter and Virginia. Born in Bethnal Green London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 10)

  • 50 Selsdon Road, Upton Park, Essex, England6

  •  

  • son attending school and living in four rooms with his parents Walter and Virginia, brothers Charles and Walter, and sisters Ethel and Alice. Born in Bethnal Green London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 39)

  • 1 Forest View Villas, The Flats, Wanstead, Essex, England4

  •  

  • a married grocery, provisions and hardware departmental store manager living with his wife Alice, son Arthur, and a closed record presumably daughter Betty). Born on 17th August 1900

  • Death:

  • Q2 1953 (age 52)

  • Essex "South Western Registration District", Essex, England3

Wife: Alice May Higgs

  • Name:

  • Alice May Higgs1,7,8

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 21 Jul 1897

  • 22 St. Thomas Road, Mile End Old Town, London, England4,7,8,9,10

  •  

  • daughter of George Higgs (journeyman boot clicker) and Elizabeth Ann Higgs formerly Hosking. 1901 census says born in Bow London, 1911 census says Stepney and the1939 register says born 21st July 1899

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 3)

  • 22 St. Thomas Road, Mile End Old Town, London, England9

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents George and Elizabeth, brothers George and Richard, and sisters Amy and Jessie. Born on Bow London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 13)

  • 25 Stafford Road, Forest Gate, Essex, England10

  •  

  • daughter as May attending school and living in three rooms with her mother Elizabeth, brother Richard, and sisters Amy, Jessie and Ethel. Born in Stepney

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 42)

  • 1 Forest View Villas, The Flats, Wanstead, Essex, England4

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Arthur, son Arthur, and a closed record presumably daughter Betty). Born on 21st July 1899

  • Death:

  • Q3 1981 (age 83-84)

  • Waltham Forest "Registration District", Greater London, England11

Child 1: Arthur Walter Clarke

  • Name:

  • Arthur Walter Clarke12

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 7 Jun 1929

  • West Ham "Registration District", Essex, England4,12

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 10)

  • 1 Forest View Villas, The Flats, Wanstead, Essex, England4

  •  

  • attending school and living with his parents Arthur and Alice, and a closed record presumably sister Betty). Born on 7th June 1929

Child 2: Betty Virginia Clarke

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Daughter: Betty Virginia Clarke, 1996, age 64

  • Name:

  • Betty Virginia Clarke13

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Bet

  • Spouse:

  • Ronald Arthur Hall (1930-1983)

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1932

  • West Ham "Registration District", Essex, England13

  • Death:

  • 5 Jun 2017 (age 84-85)

  • Whipps Cross Hospital, Whipps Cross Road, Leytonstone, Essex, England14,15,16

  • Probate:

  • 12 Feb 2018

  • Probate Registry, Winchester, Hampshire, England15

  •  

  • grant and will, died 5th June 2017

Note on Wife: Alice May Higgs

 

 

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). West Ham 1927 quarter:1 volume:4a page:163. Cit. Date: 16 September 2022.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bethnal Green 1900 quarter:3 volume:1c page:194. Cit. Date: 14 September 2022.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Essex South Western 1953 quarter:2 volume:5a page:104. Cit. Date: 17 September 2022.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1112J page:12 line:19 letter code:CDBN. Cit. Date: 17 September 2022.

5.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:288 folio:95 page:13 schedule:81. Cit. Date: 14 September 2022.

6.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:9439 class:RG78 piece:507A registration district:188 sub-district:3 enumeration district:29 schedule:140. Cit. Date: 14 September 2022.

7.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Mile End Old Town 1897 quarter:3 volume:1c page:528. Cit. Date: 29 September 2022.

8.

Birth Certificate. own copy. Cit. Date: 29 September 2022. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

9.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:337 folio:58 page:31 schedule:208. Cit. Date: 29 September 2022.

10.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:9567 class:RG78 piece:510A registration district:188 sub-district:6 enumeration district:11 schedule:387. Cit. Date: 29 September 2022.

11.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Waltham Forest 1981 quarter:3 volume:15 page:753. Cit. Date: 29 September 2022.

12.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). West Ham 1929 quarter:3 volume:4a page:133. Cit. Date: 16 September 2022.

13.

Ibid. West Ham 1932 quarter:2 volume:4a page:423. Cit. Date: 16 September 2022.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Waltham Forest 2017 quarter:2 district:2551A entry:515675655. Cit. Date: 16 September 2022.

15.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Winchester 2018 no:5332796. Cit. Date: 16 September 2022.

16.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Clarke Family Tree by detective_7. Cit. Date: 16 September 2022.