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Record #27657

Name :: : Ernest Charles CLARKE (1902 - )
Father: : Charles Clarke
Mother: : Emma Barr

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 24 Nov 1902 Notes : Salvation Army record - GRO 1st Qtr 1902 - bpt 11 Jun 1902 birth 22 Dec 1901
Marriage (1): : 20 Aug 1927 Spouse/Notes : to Jean Hammer nee Carruthers (widow) in Huron County
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Surrey, Southwark

20 Cornish Street, Rotherhithe, London

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 3 Jul 1914 Notes : ship left Liverpool 26 June 1914
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Empress of Britain
Placement Family: : John Ferris - Shelburne, Dufferin County

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Edmonton Union Workhouse
Agency: : Salvation Army

Notes1898 December 25 Charles Clarke age 35 s/o William married Emma Barr age 29 d/o Thomas at St John, Horselydown, Southwark, Surrey

Possible children
1899 Charles Thomas 4th Qtr possible death 1899 4th Qtr St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey
1900 Albert Edward 4th Qtr 1900 St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey (there is a bpt 16 Dec 1900 born 08 Sept 1900)
1902 Ernest Charles 1st Qtr 1902 St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey (there is a bpt 11 Jun 1902 born 22 Dec 1901)

1901 Census Rotherhithe – Emma Clarke age 35 wife (no husband present but not listed as a widow), Albert Clarke age 9 mos

1905 death in St. Olave of Emma Jane Clarke age 33 years – may be Emma Clarke nee Barr

1911 Census Clarendon Cottages, Forescue Villas, Gentleman’s Walk, Enfield – Ernest Clarke age 8 - Harry and William Edwards who also came on the Empress of Britain with Ernest are also listed in this home
*Note: Fortescue Villas, 13 and 15 Gentleman's Row
Built in the 1840s on the site of an ancient large timber-framed house (probably c.15) called Fortescue Hall (demolished 1813), from which they derive their name, these two large houses at the turn of the last century housed a school before becoming a children's home.

Ernest Clarke BHC records
1914 June 26 Medical performed for Salvation Army on Ernest Clarke at the Edmonton Union Workhouse, Middlesex -– It mentions that some of the children are from Fortescue Villa.
1914 June 26 – ship “Empress of Britain” leaves Liverpool with group of Salvation Army children – Ernest Clarke age 12
1914 July 03 – arrived Quebec on the “Empress of Britain” going to 105 Indian Road, Toronto with the Salvation Army

According to Salvation Army and Boards of Guardians records:
Five inspections starting November 1914
1915 December John Ferris R.R. #2 Shelburne Dufferin County
1917 September John Ferris Arthur Wellington County
1918 August John Ferris Shelburne Dufferin County
1919 March John Ferris Shelburne Dufferin County
1920 September Shelburne Dufferin County
Notes: Excellent service – every satisfaction from employer – Inspections complete

1927 August 20 Ernest Charles Clarke bachelor b 1902 in England s/o Charles Clarke and Emma Barr married Jean Hammer widow b 1905 in Wingham d/o not known and Mary Carruthers in Wingham, Ontario *Note: Jean Carruthers (mother Mary Carruthers – no father listed) age 18 married Edward Hammer 22 February 1922.

ContributorsCreated : 2018-01-17 21:26:31 / janismccahill

Last Updated : 2018-01-21 01:44:13 / janismccahill

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3033	ABBOTT, Frederick	1893	ENG, SRY, Kingston Upon Thames	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
3106	ABSALOM, Richard	1874	ENG, SRY, Cobham	Apr 1890 : Sardinian	CAN	Unknown
7354	ADDISON, Annie Louise	1879	ENG, SRY, Newington	Oct 1892 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
7355	ADDISON, Emily Josephine	1880	ENG, SRY, Newington	Oct 1892 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
19366	AKEHURST, Wilfred John Kelly	1896	ENG, SRY, Chertsey	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
16539	ALDRED, Albert	1904	ENG, SRY, Balham	Apr 1912 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
26426	ALLEN, Walter Bevis	1901	ENG, SRY, Kingston	Jul 1913 : Belgic	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
13065	ANDERSON, Samuel	1874	ENG, SRY, Croydon	Jul 1887 : Sardinian	CAN	Board of Guardians (Various)
9798	ANDREWS, Alice Doris	1905	ENG, SRY, Camberwell	Mar 1920 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
27648	ANDREWS, William	1902	ENG, SRY, Wandsworth	Jul 1914 : Victorian	CAN	MacPherson's
13311	ANSELL, George Edward Cecil		ENG, SRY, Lambeth	Aug 1927 : Alaunia	CAN	Church Army
25271	ARTHUR, Frederick	1913	ENG, SRY, Kingston	Feb 1924 : Euripides	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
10900	ASHLEY, Bernard Cecil	1896	ENG, SRY, Richmond	Jul 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
4566	ATKINS, Ena Mary	1906	ENG, SRY, Croydon	Sep 1915 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3568	ATTWELL, Frederick William	1909	ENG, SRY, Old Windsor	Sep 1920 : Metagama	CAN	MacPherson Homes
25141	ATTWELL, Richard	1916	ENG, SRY	May 1928 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
3932	BACKHURST, Frank	1895	ENG, SRY, Kingston	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9835	BAGUST, Albert Edward	1897	ENG, SRY, Peckham	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3968	BAKER, Edith Jemima	1887	ENG, SRY, Camberwell	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
17019	BALDWIN, William Jeffery	1876	ENG, SRY	Jun 1885 : Sarmatian	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
11941	BANKS, Bernard	1910	ENG, SRY, Bermondsey	Jun 1924 : Athenia	CAN	Salvation Army
17167	BARNARD, Reginald	1885	ENG, SRY, Lambeth	May 1899 : Gallia	CAN	Young Colonists Aid
17255	BARNICOAT, Ethel	1898	ENG, SRY, Battersea	May 1911 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
17670	BARNICOAT, Harold Frederick	1901	ENG, SRY, Battersea	May 1911 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
8267	BARRETT, Frank	1915	ENG, SRY, Wandsworth	Apr 1928 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
17169	BARTH, Ethel Florence	1889	ENG, SRY, Brixton	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3855	BARTH, Evelyn Winifred	1887	ENG, SRY, Brixton	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
4238	BEAGLE, George William	1868	ENG, SRY, Camberwell	Apr 1885 : Circassian	CAN	Barnardos
9249	BEARE, Joseph George	1893	ENG, SRY, Wandsworth	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
5682	BEATON, George Edward	1898	ENG, SRY, Norwood	Mar 1912 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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