See also

Family of Ronald Holden and Joan Clark

  • Husband:

  • Ronald Holden (1916- )

  • Wife:

  • Joan Clark (1920-1975)

  • Marriage:

  • 26 Oct 1947

  • Methodist Church, Barkingside, Essex, England1 2

  •  

  • Ronald formerly husband of Martha Holden nee Ascott spinster from whom he obtained a divorce, of 30 Craven Gardens Barkingside working as a baker and pastry cook and son of Edward Holden a deceased labourer. Joan (age reads as 21 but she was 27) a spinster of 4? Craven Gardens Barkingside and daughter of William George Clark a packer of mantle <unreadable>. Married by certificate and witnessed by W G Clark and H A R White

Husband: Ronald Holden

  • Name:

  • Ronald Holden3 4 1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • baker and pastry chef5 2

  • Birth:

  • 17 Sep 1916

  • Dorking, Surrey, England3 4 6 5

  •  

  • 1939 register says born 16th September 1916

  • Baptism:

  • 22 Oct 1916 (age 0)

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Street, Dorking, Surrey, England4

  •  

  • son of Edward Holden (window cleaner) and Alice of Mill lane Dorking, born 17th September 1916

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 4 yrs 8 mns)

  • 42 Dene Street, Dorking, Surrey, England6

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Edward and Helena, and brother Roy. Born in Dorking Surrey

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 23)

  • 39 Bekesbourne Buildings, Limehouse, London, England5

  •  

  • a married baker and pastry cook living with his widowed father-in-law Walter Ascott, and a closed record (presumably his wife Martha). Born on 16th September 1916

Wife: Joan Clark

  • Name:

  • Joan Clark7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Walter George Clark (1892-1965)

  • Mother:

  • Florence Alice Hiett (1893-1945)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • drilling operator8

  • Birth:

  • 31 Jul 1920

  • Hackney "Registration District", London, England7 9 8 10

  •  

  • 1921 census says born in St. Pancras London

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 10 mns)

  • 25 Surbiton Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England9

  •  

  • a boarder living in six rooms with her aunt Jessie Bedford, cousin Ronald Bedford, her grandparents George and Alice Hiett, aunt Dorothy Hiett, her parents Walter and Florence, and another boarder. Born in St. Pancras London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 19)

  • 42 Craven Gardens, Barkingside, Essex, England8

  •  

  • an unmarried drilling operator navigational <unreadable> living with her parents Walter and Florence, and her widowed grandfather George Clark. Born on 31st July 1920 and married a Holden at a later date

  • Administrator:

  • 2 Jun 1965 (age 44)

  •  

     

    Joan Clark was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Walter George Clark on Wednesday on 2 June 1965 at the Probate Registry, London, England

  • Death:

  • Q2 1975 (age 54)

  • Dacorum "Registration District", Hertfordshire, England10

Note on Husband: Ronald Holden

Ronald previously married Martha Ascott in the Stepney registration district in the second quarter of 1939 and they later divorced. Unsure when Ronald died as there are a few possibilities, need more information2 11

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ilford 1947 quarter:4 volume:5a page:1009. Cit. Date: 23 December 2025.

2.

Marriage Certificate. own copy, index:98. Cit. Date: 6 January 2026. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Dorking 1916 quarter:4 volume:2a page:284. Cit. Date: 6 January 2026.

4.

Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Dorking St. Martin baptisms 1914-1917 page:20 entry:157. Cit. Date: 6 January 2025.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece: 0551C page:27 line:2 letter code:AVOE. Cit. Date: 6 January 2026.

6.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:3298 registration district:36 sub-district:1 enumeration district:19 schedule:258. Cit. Date: 6 January 2026.

7.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hackney 1920 quarter:3 volume:1b page:93. Cit. Date: 22 December 2025.

8.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1100I page:11 line:43 letter code:CCWC. Cit. Date: 23 December 2025.

9.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9074 registration district:195 sub-district:2 enumeration district:65 schedule:207. Cit. Date: 20 December 2025.

10.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Dacorum 1975 quarter:2 volume:10 page:126. Cit. Date: 23 December 2025.

11.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Stepney 1939 quarter:2 volume:1c page:384. Cit. Date: 6 January 2026.