See also

Harold Jesse Clarke (1897-1917)

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Harold Jesse Clarke

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1897

  • Walthamstow, Essex, England1 2 3 4

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  • 1911 census says born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 4)

  • 1 Canham Villas, High Street, Walton, Suffolk, England2

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  • son living with his parents Jesse and Mary, and brothers Malcolm, Stanley, Alexander and Clifford. Born in Walthamstow London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 14)

  • 3 Barfield Road, Leytonstone, Essex, England3

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  • son living in five rooms with his mother Mary Ann, and brothers Alexander and Clifford. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Immigration:

  • 16 Jun 1911 (age 14)

  • to Quebec, Quebec, Canada from England5

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  • travelling on the Victorian with his mother Mary, and brothers Alexander and Clifford to join his father in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan

  • Census:

  • 1 Jun 1911 (age 15)

  • Hotel Melop, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada4

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  • unmarried son living with his parents Jesse and Mary, and brothers Malcolm, Stanley, Alexander and Clifford. Born in England in February 1897, a Methodist who arrived in Canada in 1911

  • Death:

  • 6 Nov 1917 (age 20)

  • Passendale, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium6

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  • Cause: in action

  • War Memorial:

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  • Menin Gate, Menenstraat, Ieper (Ypres), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium6

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  • private:781063 28th Battalion Canadian Infantry died 6th November 1917 aged 20. Son of Mrs. J R Clarke of Lonely Lake Manitoba

Sources

1.

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 1897 quarter:2 volume:4a page:346. Cit. Date: 17 December 2024.

2.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1784 folio:125 page:9 schedule:59. Cit. Date: 17 December 2024.

3.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:9671 class:RG78 piece:513B registration district:188 sub-district:9 enumeration district:38 schedule:214. Cit. Date: 17 December 2024.

4.

Ancestry Canada 1911 Census, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Saskatchewan Moose Jaw district:211 sub-district:123 page:14. Cit. Date: 18 December 2024.

5.

Ancestry Canada Incoming Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Quebec 1911 month:6 page:4. Cit. Date: 18 December 2024.

6.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial panel:26. Cit. Date: 19 December 2024.