PROFILE OF HENRY CLARKE

Henry Clarke was my Great Grandfather

He was born in 1868 in Ticknall, Derbyshire

According to the 1871 census when he was 2 years old he was living in Stanton Lane, Ticknall with his Aunt and Uncle Samuel and Sarah Topliss and their children.

Have an idea he may have been born illegitamately..............
I have tracked down and ordered a copy of his birth certificate try to find out.

In 1881 according to the census he was still living with Samuel and Sarah Topliss and their children William 19, Catherine 13, Mary 9, Samuel 5 and George Topliss in Stanton Lane, Ticknall.

He married Edna Spencer (she was born about 1872) ? when

They had 3 daughters
Evelyn b. 1897
Helena b. 1899
Mary Jane (Jinney) b. 1900

In the 1901 census he was living at Bantons Lane in Ticknall with his wife and daughters and working as a groom at Calke Abbey.

In the next census in 1911 his wife was widowed and living at Derby Hills, Melbourne (The Common - between Melbourne and Ticknall) together with Helena and Mary Jane

Henry Clarke died 8th December 1905 in Main Street, Ticknall. He was 38 years old. He died of Chronic Pulmonary Tuberculosis and heart failure. His wife was with him when he died. At that time he was described as a 'general labourer'.