See also

Family of Frank Clarke and Lucy Ambrose

  • Husband:

  • Frank Clarke (1877-1923)

  • Wife:

  • Lucy Ambrose (1877-1956)

  • Children:

  • Winifred Alice Clarke (1905-1988)

  •  

  • Elsie Florence Clarke (1907- )

  •  

  • Frank Ambrose Clarke (1910-1927)

  • Marriage:

  • 25 Dec 1903

  • Bethnal Green "Registration District", London, England1 2

  •  

  • Frank a labourer, Lucy a domestic servant, both single and of 31 Firmin Street, groom's father Jesse Clarke a fishmonger, bride's father Henry Ambrose a labourer. Married by banns and witnessed by Edgar Jessop and Fanny Eliza Jessop

Husband: Frank Clarke

  • Name:

  • Frank Clarke3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Jessie Clarke Rainbird (1840- )

  • Mother:

  • Sarah Grist (1841?- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • labourer2 4 5

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1877

  • Needham Market, Suffolk, England3 6 7 4 5

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 3)

  • Back Lane, Needham Market, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son as Frank Rainbird living with his parents Jessie and Sarah, brothers William, Jessie, Thomas, Walter and James, and sisters Elizabeth and Mary. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 14)

  • Bridge Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a backhouse boy (bakehouse?) and living with his parents Jesse and Sarah, brothers Jesse, Walter and James, and sister Mary. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census absence:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 23)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 32)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a labourer for a coach builder and living in four rooms with his wife Lucy, daughters Winifred and Elsie, and son Frank. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 44 yrs 3 mns)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a labourer for Mr. D Kerridge motor engineer of High Street Needham Market and living in three rooms with his wife Lucy, daughter Elsie, and son Frank. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q3 1923 (age 45)

  • Bosmere "Registration District", Suffolk, England8

Wife: Lucy Ambrose

  • Name:

  • Lucy Ambrose9 1 2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant10 11 2

  • Birth:

  • 14 Jan 1877

  • Golders Green, Middlesex, England9 12 10 11 4 5 13

  •  

  • 1921 census says born in Hendon London

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 4)

  • Golders Green Cottages, Finchley Road, Golders Green, Middlesex, England12

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents Henry and Martha, sisters Elizabeth, Janey and Emma, brother George, and a lodger. Born in Golders Green Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 14)

  • Golders Green Cottages, Finchley Road, Golders Green, Middlesex, England10

  •  

  • an unmarried daughter working as a domestic servant and living in four rooms with her parents Henry and Martha, brothers George and William, and a boarder. Born in Hendon Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 26)

  • 46 Hilldrop Road, Islington, London, England11

  •  

  • an unmarried servant working as a general domestic servant and living with James and Margaret Brown and family. Born in Hendon London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 31)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband Frank, daughters Winifred and Elsie, and son Frank. Born in Hendon Middlesex and married for seven years with three children, all of whom are still living

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 41 yrs 5 mns)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married wife doing household duties and living in three rooms with her husband Frank, daughter Elsie, and son Frank. Born in Hendon London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 62)

  • 4 Longueville, Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • a widow doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her married daughter Winifred A Colman, and two closed records. Born on 14th January 1877

  • Death:

  • Q1 1956 (age 79)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England14

Child 1: Winifred Alice Clarke

  • Name:

  • Winifred Alice Clarke15

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Henry William Coldman (1896-1968)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • café worker13

  • Birth:

  • 11 Jan 1905

  • Walthamstow, Essex, England15 4 13 16

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 6)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents Frank and Lucy, sister Elsie, and brother Frank. Born in Walthamstow Essex

  • Census absence:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 16)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 34)

  • 4 Longueville, Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • a married café worker as Winifred Colman living with her widowed mother Lucy, and two closed records. Born on 11th January 1905

  • Death:

  • 4 Sep 1988 (age 83)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England16 17

  • Burial:

  • Sep 1988

  • St. John the Baptist Church, High Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England17

  •  

  • died 4th September 1988 aged 83 and buried with her husband Harry

Child 2: Elsie Florence Clarke

  • Name:

  • Elsie Florence Clarke18

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1907

  • Needham Market, Suffolk, England18 4 5

  •  

  • note that her mother's maiden name was given as Andrews, a corruption of Ambrose?

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 3)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents Frank and Lucy, sister Winifred, and brother Frank. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 13 yrs 9 mns)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in three rooms with her parents Frank and Lucy, and brother Frank. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

Child 3: Frank Ambrose Clarke

  • Name:

  • Frank Ambrose Clarke19 20

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1910

  • Needham Market, Suffolk, England19 4 5

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 1)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Frank and Lucy, and sisters Winifred and Elsie. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 11 yrs 3 mns)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son attending school and living in three rooms with his parents Frank and Lucy, and sister Elsie. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q3 1927 (age 17)

  • Mutford "Registration District", Suffolk, England20

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Bethnal Green 1903 quarter:4 volume:1c page:305. Cit. Date: 12 May 2022.

2.

Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Bethnal Green St. Andrew marriages 1876-1905 page:178 entry:355. Cit. Date: 13 May 2022.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1877 quarter:2 volume:4a page:641. Cit. Date: 9 December 2019.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10776 class:RG78 piece:582 registration district:211 sub-district:2 enumeration district:10 schedule:202. Cit. Date: 12 May 2022.

5.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9375 registration district:211 sub-district:1 enumeration district:10 schedule:40. Cit. Date: 5 April 2024.

6.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1863 folio:63 page:26 schedule:100. Cit. Date: 9 December 2019.

7.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1463 folio:136 page:16. Cit. Date: 9 December 2019.

8.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1923 quarter:3 volume:4a page:787. Cit. Date: 13 May 2022.

9.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hendon 1877 quarter:1 volume:3a page:160. Cit. Date: 13 May 2022.

10.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1050 folio:88 page:16 schedule:107. Cit. Date: 13 May 2022.

11.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:162 folio:157 page:40 schedule:215. Cit. Date: 13 May 2022.

12.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1367 folio:128 page:63 schedule:1051. Cit. Date: 13 May 2022.

13.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6641I page:3 line:33 letter code:TXFW. Cit. Date: 13 May 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). Ipswich 1956 quarter:1 volume:4b page:1077. Cit. Date: 13 May 2022.

15.

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 1905 quarter:1 volume:4a page:477. Cit. Date: 12 May 2022.

16.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1988 quarter:3 register:988 volume:10 page:2456. Cit. Date: 13 May 2022.

17.

Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). photograph of gravestone at Needham Market St. John the Baptist Church. Cit. Date: 5 April 2024.

18.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1907 quarter:4 volume:4a page:958. Cit. Date: 12 May 2022.

19.

Ibid. Bosmere 1910 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1001. Cit. Date: 12 May 2022.

20.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Mutford 1927 quarter:3 volume:4a page:927. Cit. Date: 12 May 2022.