message query for clarkes

clarkes in USA and Canada

I am descended from two branches of Clarkes--one, William Clarke, left the Nottingham area (he had previously been a lacemaker in Calais) for Canada in 1845. I've got lots of information on that branch. The other, Florence Clarke, left the Haggerst...

RE: clarkes in USA and Canada

Hi David,Sorry have not traced any Clarke's to london or Nottingham as of yet. The only Clarke that went to the USA never made it. That was Charles Valentine who was lost on the Titanic.Keep searching...

Southampton Clarkes

Hello I tried to send a message on your Hampshire web site but it came up "Page not available". Got your email address from the HTML source.I was very interested about Clarkes in the Southampton area. I would really like to know what searching you ha...

Added some more Clarkes

Not our Clarkes though, this is Harry Clarke, the artist, he's a great grand uncle of Clare's.

Clarks and Clarkes

Reassuring to see that THAT Harry Clarke comes from Clark stock, his father Joshua Clarke was born Joshua Clark, and changed his name when he moved to Ireland and converted to Catholicism. His father was Gilbert Clark, from Leeds, England.Confusingly...

CLARKEs

Re: CLARKE family name
Hi Martin J Clarke reporting. My family originates from Walsham le Willows in Suffolk. The recorded Clarkes there go back to 1549 so far.
Good luck with the site.

Clarkes in Wales

My g.g.grandfather was Frederick Clarke married to Harriet. Listed in the 1881 census at Himalaya Range, Bedwellty, Monmouth, England. Place of birth Roulord, Somerset, England. Does any one know of Roulord or similar? The children were Frederick, Sy...

The Clarkes from Cliddesden Hampshire & Basingstoke

Hello
Any connections please

Clarkes in the National Portrait Gallery

Just searching for Sir Fred Clarke, who seems to be related to the wife's family but not to our Clarkes, and I'm not sure if this is him in the National Portrait Gallery or not, but here's a list of other Clarkes who are. Hold your mouse over their n...

Clarkes on the HMS Victory

Here's a list of Clarkes aboard HMS Victory, being so local we're sure to be related to some of these, aren't we..?Clarke Henry 25 Irish ABClarke James 34 English ABClarke William 31 English ABClarke Henry 20 English LMClarke Geo 24...

RE: Clarkes on the HMS Victory

Wishful thinking. One was from Gosport though.

RE: Clarkes on the HMS Victory

Sorry! the Gosport James Clarke was at Trafalgar and on HMS Neptune not Victory

RE: Clarks and Clarkes

I have found that my father (R L Clarke)'s baptisim was recorded in the Church register as CLARK without the "E"

Clarkes of New York

No connection as far as I can see, but I'm republishing this mail that I keep getting sent here, in case it's of any interest to anyone. Looks like some automated text from some family tree software to me.My name is James A. Clarke. I am a fourth gen...

We have Clarkes in Cosham at that time

But it's a common name, so can't find a connection at the moment... my great great grandfather James Cole Clarke was born in 1824 in Cosham, and his second youngest son was a Harry Clarke, but born in 1856 and married to Jane Emma Hall. We have quite...