Person:George Clark (156)

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George Clark
b.10 Jul 1813 Bromley by Bow, Middlesex, England
d.Bet 1871 and 1876
Parents and Siblings
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m. Est 1804
  1. Sophia Clarke1805 -
  2. George Clark1813 - Bet 1871 & 1876
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  George Clark1813 - Bet 1871 & 1876
  • W.  Matilda WallisAbt 1805 - 1876
m. 22 Oct 1837
  1. George Clark1839 - 1901
  2. William Clark1842 -
  3. Benjamin Clark1845 -
  4. Matilda Clark1846 - 1911
  5. Caleb Clark1849 - 1911
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Facts and Events
Name[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] George Clark
Alt Name[1][2][18] George Clarke
Alt Name[17] P Clark
Gender Male
Birth[18] 10 Jul 1813 Bromley by Bow, Middlesex, England
Christening[18] 15 Aug 1813 Bromley by Bow, Middlesex, EnglandSt. Mary's Church
Alt Birth[10][11][17] Abt 1814 Bromley by Bow, Middlesex, England
Residence[1] 1837 St. George in the East, London, England22 Cannon St. Road
Marriage 22 Oct 1837 St George in the East, Middlesex, EnglandSt. George in the East Church
to Matilda Wallis
Occupation[1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9] From 1837 to 1849 labourer
Residence[2] 1839 Bromley by Bow, Middlesex, EnglandGrace's Lane
Residence[6][8][9] From 1846 to 1849 Bromley by Bow, Middlesex, EnglandOld Ford Row
Census[10] 1851 Stratford-le-Bow, Middlesex, Englandbeer seller, 4 Taylors Place
Census[11] 1861 Bromley by Bow, Middlesex, Englanddrayman, Mulberry Tree Row
Occupation[12][13] From 1863 to 1864 brewer
Occupation[14][15][16][17] From 1865 to 1871 labourer
Census[17] 1871 Romford, Essex, EnglandHigh Street
Death? Bet 1871 and 1876

George Clark was born 10 July 1813 in Bromley-by-Bow, London, and baptised 15 August 1813 at St. Mary's Church, Bromley St. Leonard. His parents were listed on the baptism as labourer Benjamin Clarke, and Ann. So far no marriage record has been found for Benjamin and Ann - some online trees state they were the Benjamin Clark and Ann Stimpson married at St. George in the East on 18 April 1814 but given this marriage was after George was born it seems unlikely to be the right record.

There is another baptism record for a Sophia Clarke born 25 Dec 1805 and baptised 19 Jan 1806 at the same church as George who could be his sister.

There is also a baptism record for a Mary Ann Clark with parents Benjamin & Ann, baptised at St. Mary's Church, Stratford Le Bow, on 26 May 1811. This church was only a few streets away from where George was baptised, so it's possible Mary Ann was another of his sisters.

There is another group of Clark(e) baptisms around the same time at St. Matthew's Church, Bethnal Green with parents named Benjamin and Ann Mary Magdalen(e) (nee Monter) who were married at St. Botolph's without Bishopsgate on 2 Jan 1797: Ann bap. 18 Nov 1803, Charles bap. 1 Nov 1807, James bap. 8 Jun 1809, George Thomas bap. 17 Dec 1809, Louisa bap. 25 Jan 1812. It seems unlikely (but possible) this is George's family given the different baptism locations.

There is also a group of baptisms at St. Luke's Church in Chelsea with parents Benjamin and Ann who are possibly (but unlikely to be) George's family: Joseph James and William John bap. 15 Jun 1806, and Sarah bap. 31 Jul 1808.


By 1837 George Clark was working as a labourer and living at 22 Cannon St Road, Tower Hamlets. On 22 October 1837 24 year-old George married 32 year-old domestic servant Matilda Wallis, daughter of labourer Caleb Wallis, at St. George in the East Church. Witnesses to the marriage were Matilda's sister and brother-in-law, Charlotte & John Kipps.

George and Matilda's first child, George William Clark was born 9 September 1839 in Grace's Lane, Bromley-by-Bow. He was baptised at the nearby St. Mary's Church, Bromley St. Leonard on 6 October 1839. The family hasn't been found yet in the 1841 census. Several more children were born between 1841 and 1851 and baptised at nearby churches: William baptised at St. Mary's Stratford Bow in 1843; and at St. Mary's Bromley St. Leonard Benjamin in 1845, Matilda in 1847 and Caleb in 1849. The birth certificates for Matilda and Caleb give the family's address as Old Ford Row.

By 1851 the family had moved to 4 Taylors Place, Stratford Le Bow. In the household were George, working as a beer seller; his wife Matilda; their children George, William, Benjamin, and Matilda listed as "scholars" (meaning they were attending school); toddler Caleb; and Elizabeth Evenett, a house servant. Elizabeth was the step-daughter of Matilda's sister Caroline Wallis, who had married Thomas Evenett in 1839. Taylors Place was somewhere near Beazley Crescent, visible on Old Ford St on this map.

In the 1861 census the family were living in Bromley St. Leonard at Mulberry Tree Row, which was somewhere off St. Leonard St near the lochs and railway lines. In the household were George, working as a drayman (e.g. delivering beer), Matilda, and their children George a blacksmith, William a brass finisher, Benjamin a brewery labourer, Matilda a house servant, and Caleb who was still at school.

The first of George and Matilda's children to marry was William, who in December 1863 married Catherine Bate Ives at St. Philip's Church in Bethnal Green. He was followed down the aisle by Benjamin (now a blacksmith) who wed Elizabeth Ann Smith in 1864. On 30 April 1865 George and Matilda were witnesses at the marriage of their son George William Clark to domestic servant Harriet Eliza Chipperfield at St. John of Jerusalem Church in Hackney. After George William was married his younger sister Matilda married in 1867 to Harriet's younger brother George Chipperfield, a riveter, boiler maker and labourer at the corn mills. The last of George and Matilda's children to marry was builder's labourer Caleb, who wed Sarah Ann Osborn in 1870. George's occupation was listed as "brewer" on William and Benjamin's marriage records, and "labourer" on George and Caleb's.

By the 1871 census George and Matilda had moved to High Street in Romford, with George still listed as a labourer. This was a fair distance from where their children were still living in the Bromley-by-Bow area with their various families. George died some time between 1871 and 1876, when Matilda died as a widow.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 General Register Office. England and Wales. Civil Registration Certificates. (London, United Kingdom: General Register Office)
    marriage certificate for George Clarke and Matilda Wallis, married 22 Oct 1837; citing 2/116/98, Oct-Dec quarter 1837, Middlesex registration district, St. George in the East sub-district.
    George Clarke and Matilda Wallis marriage certificate
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Registrar General. Birth Certificate
    birth certificate for George Clarke, born 9 Sep 1839; citing 2/290/246, Jul-Sep quarter 1839, Poplar Union registration district, Bow and Bromley sub-district.
    George Clark birth certificate
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bromley by Bow, London, England. St. Mary's Church Parish Records
    "London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906," George Clark, bap. 6 Oct 1839.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bow, London, England. St. Mary's Church Parish Records
    London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, William Clark, bap. 19 Feb 1843.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bromley by Bow, London, England. St. Mary's Church Parish Records
    "London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906," Benjamin Clark, bap. 30 Mar 1845.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 General Register Office. England and Wales. Civil Registration Certificates. (London, United Kingdom: General Register Office)
    birth certificate for Matilda Clark, born 22 Dec 1846; citing 02/329/66, Jan-Mar quarter 1847, Poplar Union registration district, Bow and Bromley sub-district.
    Matilda Clark birth certificate
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Bromley by Bow, London, England. St. Mary's Church Parish Records
    "London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906," Matilda Clark, bap. 14 Mar 1847.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 General Register Office. England and Wales. Civil Registration Certificates. (London, United Kingdom: General Register Office)
    birth certificate for Caleb Clark, born 4 Mar 1849; citing 2/361/19, Jan-Mar quarter 1849, Poplar Union registration district, Bow and Bromley sub-district.
    Caleb Clark birth certificate
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Bromley by Bow, London, England. St. Mary's Church Parish Records
    "London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906," Caleb Clark, bap. 1 Apr 1849.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Middlesex, England. 1851 Census
    Bromley, folio 150, page 12; citing PRO HO 107/1555.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Middlesex, England. 1861 Census
    Bromley St Leonard, folio 47, page 23; citing PRO RG 9/302.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Church of England. Parish Registers of St Philip, Bethnal Green
    London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, William Clark m. Catherine Bate Ives, 20 Dec 1863.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 London, England. Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930. (Ancestry.com)
    St. Simon Zelotes Church, Bethnal Green, Benjamin Clark m. Eliza Ann Smith, 16 Jul 1864.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Hackney, London, England. St. John of Jerusalem Parish Records
    "London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921," George Clark m. Harriet Eliza Chipperfield, 30 Apr 1865.
    George Clark m. Harriet Chipperfield
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Church of England. Parish Registers of St James the Great, Bethnal Green
    "London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921," George Chipperfield m. Matilda Clark, 22 Jul 1867.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Church of England. Parish Registers of St James the Great, Bethnal Green
    "London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921," Caleb Clark m. Sarah Ann Osborn, 13 Jun 1870.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Essex, England. 1871 Census of England
    Romford, folio 70, page 4; citing PRO RG 10/1644.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Bromley by Bow, London, England. St. Mary's Church Parish Records
    "London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906," George Clarke, bap. 15 Aug 1813.
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