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Harry CLARK ( - )

1.

Harry CLARK was the son of James CLARK (c. 1833- ) and Helen JEFFS (1838- ).

Second Generation

2.

James CLARK, son of James CLARK and Eleanor COLEMAN, was born c. 1833.1 He was a Wine merchant's clerk.2 He married Helen JEFFS in 1859 in St. James, Westminster, London.3

 

 

At age 18 the 1851 census lists James as a wine merchant's clerk.

 

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Helen JEFFS was born in 1838.1 She and James CLARK had the following children:

 

 

 

Helen CLARK (1860- ). Helen was born in 1860.1

 

 

Edith CLARK (1865-1956). Edith was born in 1865. She died on 25 Jan 1956 in Mjanyana Institute, Transkei, South Africa.4 She married Ince Harry HUNT. She married Charles Francis COOMBS.

 

 

Florence CLARK ( - )

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Harry CLARK ( - )

 

 

Bertram CLARK ( - )

Third Generation

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James CLARK1 married Eleanor COLEMAN on 1 Jan 1826 in St. Bride, Fleet Street, London.5 6 7 3

 

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Eleanor COLEMAN was born in 1800.1

 

 

According to the 1851 census Eleanor was a servant in charge of a house, married, born in Orleson, Herefordshire. The house was at 53 Tavistock Square, Parish of St. Pancras, Borough of Marleybone. On the date of the census her son James age 18 was visiting. In the 1881 census the address was 13 Tridon Rd., Civil Parish Lambeth, Ward of Vauxhall. She was listed as Head of family, a widow of 81 years. Her grand-daughter Helen, age 20, unmarried, a school Governess born in Pimlico, Middlesex was also living there. As well as Edith grand-daughter, 17 unmarried and born in Pimlico, Harry, Grandson, 14, a student born in Lambeth, and James B, likewise a student, 12, born in Lambeth.2,8

 

 

James CLARK and Eleanor COLEMAN had the following children:

 

Sources

1.

Den Schaffner, Schaffner family tree.

2.

England, Wales and Scotland census 1851.

3.

family Search International, England Marriages 1538-1973 Transcription.

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"South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6NSZ-2N9G : Tue Oct 31 13:41:31 UTC 2023), Entry for Edith Clark Coombs and Charles Francis Coombs, 25 Jan 1956. Familysearch.org. Web: Familysearch.org.

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1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census.