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any clarkes from liverpool

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nikkio

nikkio Report 21 Jun 2016 11:18

hi looking for family on my mums side Clarke from Liverpool <3 related to swimmer Clarke x

Rambling

Rambling Report 21 Jun 2016 12:11

Hi Nikkio, can you add some more details please, date of birth for James Clarke, who he married and children. Lots of Clarkes in Liverpool!

Rambling

Rambling Report 21 Jun 2016 12:16

Is this the right James Clarke ?

http://blog.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/2013/10/black-history-month-james-clarke-1886-1946/



http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/pupils-olympic-pool-naming-plea-3491893
"James married Elizabeth Murphy in 1914 in the Church of Our Lady of Reconciliation, in Eldon Street, Vauxhall. They set up home in Elizabeth Terrace and had 13 children"

Rambling

Rambling Report 21 Jun 2016 12:22

Searching trees for James Clarke born Guyana brings up one tree owner.

nikkio

nikkio Report 21 Jun 2016 12:51

Oh thank you this is it yes he married Elizabeth Murphy looking how I can find their parents don't know where to starts x

nikkio

nikkio Report 21 Jun 2016 13:01

my great granddad stowed away from btitish Guyana I have no idea how im going to track him down he was 11 when he arrived that may not even be his name

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 21 Jun 2016 13:17

If you don't have it, the marriage certificate is the place to start

James Clarke
Spouse Surname: Murphy
Registration Year: 1914
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Liverpool
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 170

Records on Page:
Name
Francis Allen
James Clarke
Elizabeth Murphy
Ellen Rooney

nikkio

nikkio Report 21 Jun 2016 13:20

Thank you

Rambling

Rambling Report 21 Jun 2016 13:21

This is the family in 1939

Clarke Household (4 People)
4 Court 3 House Benham Street , Liverpool C.B., Lancashire, England

James Clarke 22 Sep 1885 Dock Labourer
Elizabeth Clarke 24 Mar 1895 Unpaid Domestic Duties
James Clarke 23 Nov 1920 Tailors Presser
Christopher Clarke 14 Dec 1922 Factory Worker (Bedding Factory)

children Elizabeth ( 1918)and Vincent ( 1937) listed plus another
6 closed records.

Rambling

Rambling Report 21 Jun 2016 13:33

http://www.guyanagraphic.com/content/james-clarke-born-british-guiana-1886-hero-who-saved-children%E2%80%99s-lives

Reading that he was certainly an ancestor to be proud of :-)