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Jane

Jane Report 17 Oct 2016 17:04

Hello just wondering if there was anyway to look up my mother in laws family my husband knows only a little of her childhood she was born Harriet Violet Clarke in 1923 and was from Hacney she had two sisters I think the younger one called Irene would like to know any more about the sisters thankyou

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 17 Oct 2016 17:09

Hi Jane

I am not seeing any birth registrations for a Harriet V Clarke in the 1920s

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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 17 Oct 2016 17:21

Was Clarke maybe her married name ??

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malyon

malyon Report 17 Oct 2016 17:54

this is the only harriet violet

Births Jun 1910   (>99%)

CLARKE
 Harriett Violet L
 
 Fulham
 1a
299

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 17 Oct 2016 18:16

Might she possibly have been born Violet Harriet Clark in 1920??

??

Births Mar 1920   (>99%)
Clark  Violet H  Robinson  Hackney  1b 1107

Births Jun 1921   (>99%)
Clarke  Doris I  Robinson  Hackney  1b 821 (Doris Irene perhaps?)

Births Jun 1923   (>99%)
CLARKE  Rose W  Robinson  Hackney  1b 683


It seems Doris died soon after she was born.......

Doris I Clark in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Doris I Clark
Birth Date: abt 1921
Date of Registration: Sep 1921
Age at Death: 0
Registration district: Hackney
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1b
Page: 410


Who, where and when did she marry?

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PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 17 Oct 2016 18:20

As your surname is North..............might his be her marriage.......

??

Violet H Clark in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Violet H Clark
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1940
Registration district: Hackney
Inferred County: Middlesex
Spouse: Francis G North
Volume Number: 1b
Page Number: 1153

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PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 17 Oct 2016 18:23

And death.......

??

Violet Harriet North in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Violet Harriet North
Birth Date: 23 Jan 1920
Date of Registration: Jul 1995
Age at Death: 75
Registration district: Waltham Forest
Inferred County: London
Register Number: B49
District and Subdistrict: 2551B
Entry Number: 25


Does any of this fit Jane ??

Do you know who your MIL's parents were?

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malyon

malyon Report 17 Oct 2016 18:52

my mother in law did not like her birth name Florence ivy and i never knew this untill she died as she called herself mary

Jane

Jane Report 17 Oct 2016 19:25

Thankyou her married name was North she died in 1995 she was always kwown as Sally

Jane

Jane Report 17 Oct 2016 19:26

She may have been born anytime in the 1920 s but did think 1923

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 17 Oct 2016 19:28

So the death I posted is correct then?

Is your husbands father...Francis G North?

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PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 17 Oct 2016 19:33

This is Violet with her parents on the 1939 register......

(It indicates that she later married a Mr North.

Clark Household (5 People)
8 Semplar House , Hackney, London, England

Violet H North (Clark) 23 Jan 1920 Female Boxmaking Machinist Single
Frederick I (Middle initial "S" on the image) Clark 23 Aug 1892 Male Working Foreman (Glass) Heavy Worker Married
Hanna (Hannah) Clark 14 Jun 1893 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married
Bessie Sanderson (Shepherd) 24 Dec 1918 Female Glueing On Boxmaking M? Single
Peggy B Huckstep (Clark) 13 Mar 1933 Female At School Single

(One closed record after Violet)

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 17 Oct 2016 19:34

Assuming the dob as given on her death certificate as North is correct, then this is probably her and her parents in 1939

Clark Household (5 People) 8 Semplar House , Hackney, London, England

First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number

Frederick I Clark 23 Aug 1892 Male Working Foreman (Glass) Heavy Worker Married 121 1
Hanna (Hannah) Clark 14 Jun 1893 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 121 2
Violet H North (Clark) 23 Jan 1920 Female Boxmaking Machinist Single 121 3
CLOSED RECORD
Bessie Sanderson (Shepherd) 24 Dec 1918 Female Glueing On Boxmaking M? Single 121 5
Peggy B Huckstep (Clark) 13 Mar 1933 Female At School Single 121 6

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PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 17 Oct 2016 19:35

There were 2 more siblings.........

Births Dec 1913   (>99%) CLARK Lilian E A  Robinson  Hackney  1b 815

Births Sep 1915   (>99%) Clark  Ciss R  Robinson  Hackney  1b 717

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 17 Oct 2016 19:40

Rather than Doris Irene, might Irene be this one?

Births Dec 1926 (>99%)
Clark Irene J Robinson Hackney 1b 604

From the free site
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

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PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 17 Oct 2016 19:42

Parents marriage........

Frederick Stevens Clark
 in the London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
Name:Frederick Stevens Clark (Bachelor) Engineer.....34 Oswald Street
Estimated birth year:abt 1893
Age:20
Spouse:Hannah Robinson (Spinster) 85 Mandeville Street
Spouse Age:19
Record Type:Marriage
Event Date:16 Feb 1913
Parish:All Saints, Clapton Park
Borough:Hackney
Father Name:Stevens Clark (Labourer)
Spouse Father:Robert Robinson (Labourer)
Register Type:Parish Register
Witnesses: George Thomas Kitteridge and Margaret Louisa Gibbs

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 17 Oct 2016 19:43

Parent's marriage to match 1939 register -from FreeBmd reflecting the general register office index

Marriages Mar 1913 (>99%)
Clark Frederick S Robinson Hackney 1b 625 <<<<
Hornsby James W Minchee Hackney 1b 625
MINCHES Julia A Hornsby Hackney 1b 625
Robinson Hannah Clark Hackney 1b 625 <<<<<<

EDIT - PR version of the marriage has already been posted!

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 17 Oct 2016 19:46

??? Frederick in 1911

1911 Census

Name Frederick Clark
Age in 1911 18
Estimated Birth Year abt 1893
Relation to Head Son
Gender Male
Birth Place Middleton
Civil parish St John-at-Hackney
Search Photos St John-at-Hackney, London, England
County/Island London
Country England
Street Address 26 Nisbet Street, Homerton N E
Marital Status Single
Occupation GENERAL LABOURER
Registration district Hackney
Registration District Number 11
Sub-registration district South East Hackney
ED, institution, or vessel 28
Piece 1167

Ada Clark 55
Frederick Clark 18
Dolly Clark 13

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 17 Oct 2016 19:52

There are 3 Pubic Family Trees on ancestry that say Frederick was born in London (Hackney), and his parents are ...........


Steven or Stephen Clark
1861–1936

Kezia Ada Bull
1858–1937

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 17 Oct 2016 19:52

Peggy B Clark's marriage

PEGGY B
Last name CLARK
Marriage quarter 3
Marriage year 1955
Registration month -
Spouse's last name HUKSTEP
District HACKNEY
District number -
County London
Country England
Volume 5C
Page 1628

MarriageFinder™ PEGGY B CLARK married KENNETH A HUKSTEP

And her death
PEGGY BRENDA
Last name HUCKSTEP
Gender Female
Birth day 13
Birth month 3
Birth year 1933
Death quarter 2
Death year 1986
District SOUTHEND ON SEA
Register number 586
County Essex
Volume 9
Page 2961

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