See also

Family of Victor John Clarke and Winifred Catherine May Toop

  • Husband:

  • Victor John Clarke (1895-1918)

  • Wife:

  • Winifred Catherine May Toop (1895-1976)

  • Children:

  • Nora Irene Clarke (1915-2009)

  • Marriage:

  • Q2 1915

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England1 2 3

Husband: Victor John Clarke

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Victor John Clarke

  • Name:

  • Victor John Clarke1 4 5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John Clarke (1869-1954)

  • Mother:

  • Amelia Mary Elizabeth Smith (1871-1939)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • bakers assistant then a railway porter6 7

  • Birth:

  • 6 Nov 1895

  • Buxhall, Suffolk, England1 4 8 9 6

  • Baptism:

  • 25 Dec 1895 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son of John Clarke (labourer) and Amelia Mary Elizabeth of Buxhall

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 5)

  • Tot Hill, Haughley, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • grandson living in four rooms with his grandparents John and Emma, and aunt Rose. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Education Continue:

  • 24 Oct 1904 (age 8)

  • Orford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Orford, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • son of John Clarke and born on 6th November 1895, transferred from Stowmarket school

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 15)

  • Manor Farm Cottages, Hasketon, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a bakers assistant and living in three rooms with his parents John and Amelia, and sister Ivy. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • War Memorial:

  •  

  • Tyne Cot Memorial, Passendale, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium10

  •  

  • private 46512 1st/5th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 26 Jun 1915

  • Stowmarket, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • joined the National Union of Railwaymen as a porter

  • Death:

  • 25 Apr 1918 (age 22)

  • Flanders, Belgium1 11

  •  

  • being killed in action. Private 46512 1/5th Battalion Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) formerly 172636 R.F.A.

Wife: Winifred Catherine May Toop

  • Name:

  • Winifred Catherine May Toop1 12 13 3

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 8 Jul 1895

  • Branksome, Dorset, England1 12 14 15 16 17

  •  

  • Parkestone in 1911 census, 1939 register says born on 8th July 1897

  • Baptism:

  • 8 Sep 1895 (age 0)

  • St. John the Evangelist Church, Ashley Road, Heatherlands, Upper Parkstone, Dorset, England13

  •  

  • daughter of George Toop and Rose Harriet

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 5)

  • Leyton Road West, Branksome, Dorset, England14

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents George and Rose, sister Lily and brothers Louis and Macdonald. Born in Branksome Dorset

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 16)

  • St. Anne's Laundry Home, Dover Road, Folkestone, Kent, England15

  •  

  • an unmarried laundry maid in a training home. Born in Parkestone Dorset

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 44)

  • Newmarket, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her soldier husband Sydney and two closed records (presumably sons Ronald and Donald). Born on 8th July 1897

  • Death:

  • Q3 1976 (age 80-81)

  • Newmarket "Registration District", Suffolk, England17

Child 1: Nora Irene Clarke

  • Name:

  • Nora Irene Clarke18

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse (1):

  • Percy William Saunders Evans (1914-1992)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Rowland George Prime (1915-1985)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • jam factory hand19

  • Birth:

  • 5 Aug 1915

  • Stow "Registration District", Suffolk, England18 19 20

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 24)

  • 140 New Barns Avenue, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England19

  •  

  • a married jam factory hand living with her husband Percy, a closed record (presumably son Keith) and a married sister-in-law? Rita Evans. Born on 5th August 1915. Married a Prime at a later date

  • Death:

  • 29 Nov 2009 (age 94)

  • Norwich, Norfolk, England20

Note on Husband: Victor John Clarke

Victor was the grandfather of Keith Evans who supplied much information

Note on Wife: Winifred Catherine May Toop

after Victor died Winifred married Sydney G Fordham in 1919 in Portsmouth21

Sources

1.

Keith Evans personal communication. letter.

2.

Terri Richardson personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 3 July 2007.

3.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Stow 1915 quarter:2 volume:4a page:2452. Cit. Date: 18 January 2017.

4.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1895 quarter:4 volume:4a page:781. Cit. Date: 18 January 2017.

5.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P1 own copy). Buxhall St. Mary baptisms entry:218. Cit. Date: 18 January 2017.

6.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10864 class:RG78 piece:586 registration district:214 sub-district:1 enumeration district:9 schedule:14. Cit. Date: 5 June 2018.

7.

FindMyPast Britain, Trade Union membership registers Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Modern records Centre National Union of Railwaymen ref:MSS.127/NU/OR/2/43 folio:224 no:639170. Cit. Date: 29 April 2019.

8.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1761 folio:54 page:9. Cit. Date: 29 April 2019.

9.

FindMyPast National School Admission Registers & Log-books 1870-1914 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Orford ref:2748/3 1904 no:629. Cit. Date: 29 April 2019.

10.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Tyne Cot panel:42 to 47. Cit. Date: 29 April 2019.

11.

FindMyPast Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Cit. Date: 18 January 2017.

12.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Poole 1895 quarter:3 volume:5a page:246. Cit. Date: 29 April 2019.

13.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Dorset Baptisms Heatherlands. Cit. Date: 29 April 2019.

14.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1978 folio:102 page:24. Cit. Date: 29 April 2019.

15.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:4645 class:RG78 piece:195 registration district:66 sub-district:1 enumeration district:21 schedule:460. Cit. Date: 29 April 2019.

16.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6661G page:8 line:29 letter code:TYEB. Cit. Date: 29 April 2019.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Newmarket 1976 quarter:3 volume:10 page:2326. Cit. Date: 29 April 2019.

18.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1915 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1072. Cit. Date: 29 April 2019.

19.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6331I page:4 line:22 letter code:TCBG. Cit. Date: 8 May 2019.

20.

FindMyPast England and Wales Deaths 2007-2024, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Norwich. Cit. Date: 8 May 2019.

21.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Portsmouth 1919 quarter:4 volume:2b page:1289. Cit. Date: 29 April 2019.