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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
3056	ABBOTT, Ernest James	1897	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
3035	ABBOTT, Geoffrey Robinson	1898	ENG, MDX, Paddington	Mar 1912 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Sailing Alone
3095	ABRAHAMS, Lily	1896	ENG,	Aug 1913 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Sailing Alone
3104	ABRAMS, Frederick	1892	ENG, LND, Battersea	May 1906 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys	Diblet
22986	ABRAMS, Frederick	1893	ENG,	May 1906 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys	Diblet
3105	ABRAMS, Reginald Edwin	1896	ENG, LND, Battersea	Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys	Diblet
9111	ADDYMAN, Edward Harold	1893	ENG, KEN, Plumstead	May 1906 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
3619	AGAR, George	1900	ENG,	Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
19518	ALDER, John	1894	ENG,	May 1907 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Hurst House Training Home
22771	ALDERS, George	1898	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
23148	ANDREWS, George	1898	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
8858	ANNESS, James Edward	1901	ENG, LDN, London	Jul 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
23091	APPLETON, Alfred	1898	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
22684	ARCHER, Jesse	1892	ENG,	May 1906 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
22896	ARNOLD, Edward	1889	ENG,	May 1906 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
19855	ASHMAN, Frederick	1892	ENG,	May 1907 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
27617	ATKINS, George Frederick	1905	ENG, ESS, Rochford	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
27618	ATKINS, Jane Ellen	1900	ENG, ESS, Rochford	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
17305	ATKINS, William	1894	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
27619	ATKINS, William Richard	1903	ENG, ESS, Rochford	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
27598	AVERY, Edith Mary	1901	ENG, KEN, Cranbrook, Hawkhurst	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army
23092	AYLES, Frederick Arthur	1896	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
11139	BACON, Edwin J	1896	ENG,	May 1907 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
22554	BACON, Ernest P	1901	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
3859	BAILEY, Joseph	1898	ENG, , Hastings	Jul 1907 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Catholic Emigration Society
23032	BAKER, Frederick	1898	ENG,	Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
11129	BALDWIN, Alfred	1896	ENG,	May 1907 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
2957	BALDWIN, Colin	1899	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
16574	BALDWIN, Leslie	1900	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
22837	BARBER, Charles	1893	ENG,	May 1906 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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