Person:Thomas Clark (183)

Thomas William Clark was born on 16th April 1861 at South Hylton in the parish of Bishopwearmouth, County Durham, son of Eleanor Clark, formerly Talbot, and her husband William Clark, a shipwright. The 1871 census finds the family still living at South Hylton (which had become part of the newly-created parish of Ford in 1866). By 1881, Thomas was working as a furnace man at a forge, and living with his parents at Offerton Lane in South Hylton.

In 1882, Thomas had a son with a woman named Elizabeth Pattison. The boy being illegitimate his birth was registered as George William Pattison but he was baptised as George William Clark, with Thomas named as the father on the baptism record. Thomas and Elizabeth married later that year.

In 1890, Elizabeth died, aged 28. Thomas appears in the 1891 census living back with his parents in South Hylton.

Two year later, Thomas married again. His second wife was Elizabeth Hutchinson, and they went on to have another seven children together. Their first couple of children were born at South Hylton, after which they moved to Southwick, where the 1901 census finds them living at 25 Lilburn Place, with Thomas working as a ship yard labourer. By 1911 they had returned to South Hylton, where the family of eight people lived in two rooms at 16 Wear Street.

Thomas died in 1922, aged 60. He was buried at Bishopwearmouth Cemetery on 11th March 1922. Elizabeth survived him by over twenty years.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Thomas William CLARK, September Quarter 1861, Sunderland Registration District, Volume 10a, page 405, mother's maiden name Talbot

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Durham Records Online.

   ch. 17 Jul 1861, St Mary, South Hylton: Thomas William Clark of South Hylton, born 16 Apr 1861, son of William Clark (shipwright) & Eleanor Talbot

3. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 5003; Folio 58; Page 31, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: South Hylton, Ford, Durham
   Mrs Ellen Clark, wife, married, female, 37 [1833/4], Shipwright Wife, b. Ford, Durham
   Ellen Clark, daughter, unmarried, female, 13 [1857/8], Servant, b. Ford, Durham
   Margaret Clark, daughter, unmarried, female, 11 [1859/60], Scholar, b. Chatham, Kent
   Tho[ma]s Clark, son, unmarried, male, 9 [1861/2], Scholar, b. Ford, Durham
   Dorothy Clark, daughter, unmarried, female, 7 [1863/4], Scholar, b. Ford, Durham
   George Clark, son, unmarried, male, 6 [1864/5], Scholar, b. Ford, Durham
   W[illia]m Clark, son, unmarried, male, 4 [1866/7], Scholar, b. Ford, Durham
   Rob[er]t Clark, son, male, 1 [1869/70], b. Ford, Durham

4. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 4992; Folio 60; Page 39, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Offerton Lane, South Hylton, Ford, Durham
   William Clark, head, married, male, 48 [1832/3], Ship Carpenter, b. South Hylton, Durham
   Ellen Clark, wife, married, female, 46 [1834/5], b. South Hylton, Durham
   Thomas Clark, son, unmarried, male, 19 [1861/2], Furnace man (Forge), b. South Hylton, Durham
   George Clark, son, unmarried, male 15 [1865/6], Coal Wheeler in Forge, b. South Hylton, Durham
   William Clark, son, male, 13 [1867/8], b. South Hylton, Durham
   Robert Clark, male, 11 [1869/70], Scholar, b. South Hylton, Durham
   Grace Is. Clark, daughter, female, 6 [1874/5], Scholar, b. South Hylton, Durham
   Ralph Clark, son, male, 3 [1877/8], b. South Hylton, Durham

5. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 4132; Folio 111; Page 33, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Offerton Lane, Ford, Durham
   2 rooms occupied
   William Clark, head, married, male, 59 [1831/2], Shipwright, employed, b. Sunderland, Durham
   Ellen Clark, wife, married, female, 57 [1833/4], b. South Hylton, Durham
   Thomas W. Clark, son, single, male, 29 [1861/2], Shipy[ar]d Helper, worker, b. South Hylton, Durham
   George Clark, son, single, male, 26 [1864/5], Brakesman, employed, b. South Hylton, Durham
   William Clark, son, single, male, 24 [1866/7], Shipyard Helper, employed, b. South Hylton, Durham
   Robert Clark, son, single, male, 21 [1869/70], Shipyard Helper, employed, b. South Hylton, Durham
   Grace Is. Clark, daughter, single, 16 [1875/6], b. South Hylton, Durham
   Ralph Clark, son, male, 13 [1877/8], b. South Hylton, Durham
   Ellen Clark, granddaughter, female, 8 [1882/3], Scholar, b. South Hylton, Durham
   George Hildrew, grandson, male, 4 [1886/7], b. Newcastle, Northumberland

6. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 4724; Folio 148; Page 43, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 21 Lilburn Place, Southwick, Durham
   2 rooms occupied
   Thomas W. Clark, head, married, male, 39 [1861/2], Labourer (ship yard), worker, b. Boldon, Durham
   Elizabeth Clark, wife, married, female, 36 [1864/5], b. Sunderland, Durham
   Thomas W. Clark, son, single, male, 8 [1892/3], b. Hylton, Durham
   Hilda J. Clark, daughter, single, female, 6 [1894/5], b. Hylton, Durham
   Ellen Clark, daughter, single, female, 4 [1896/7], b. Southwick, Durham
   Jane A. Clark, daughter, female, 2 [1898/9], b. Southwick, Durham
   Ralph Clark, son, male, 8mo [1900], b. Southwick, Durham

7. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 30257; Schedule 183, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 16 Wear Street, Hylton, Ford, Durham
   2 rooms occupied
   Thomas William Clark, head, male, 49 [1861/2], married, Platers Helpers Ship - Shipbuilding, worker, b. Ford, Durham
   Elizabeth Clark, wife, female, 46 [1864/5], married 19 years, 8 children born alive, 6 children still living, b. Bishopwearmouth, Durham
   George William Clark, son, male, 28 [1882/3], single, b. Ford, Durham, Imbecile
   Thomas William Clark, son, male, 18 [1892/3], single, Metal Moulder, worker, b. Ford, Durham
   Hilda Jane Clark, daughter, female, 16 [1894/5], Servant Domestic, worker, b. Ford, Durham
   Ellen Clark, daughter, female, 14 [1896/7], Domestic Servant, worker, b. Southwick, Durham
   Jane Ann Clark, daughter, female, 12 [1898/9], School, b. Southwick, Durham
   Dorothy Foster Clark, daughter, female, 8 [1902/3], School, b. Southwick, Durham

8.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Thomas William CLARK, March Quarter 1922, Sunderland Registration District, Volume 10a, page 1197, aged 60 [1861/2]

9. ↑ Durham Records Online.

   bur. 11 Mar 1922, Bishopwearmouth Cemetery: Thomas William Clark of Frederick Street, South Hylton, age 60 [1861/2], labourer