Hi Heather
The Ancestry trees of Paul Bridson and Sarah Eleanor Clarke don’t appear to have any details of Sarah’s ancestry. Having looked into it, I found it a bit tricky, so I’ll paste in my notes below.
NB: It all needs checking.
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IGI Marriage of Sarah Eleanor Clarke’s parents:
Name: Henry Clarke
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 01 Mar 1874
Event Place: Braddan, Isle of Man
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Henry Clarke
Spouse's Name: Margt Camaish
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Father's Name: John Camaish
notes:
Henry Clarke was probably b 1846, the son of Henry Clarke senior and Catherine Jones. Catherine died in Jan 1854 and widower Henry sr then married Judith Christian in April 1854 (needs checking) So the Judy Clarke in 14 year old Henry jr’s 1861 household is his stepmother.
Margaret Camaish was probably b 1852, the daughter of John Camaish and Cath Kermeen.
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It seems that Henry and Margaret spent the years 1880-1884 in Cumberland.
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baptism of one of the children of Henry Clarke and Mgt Camaish ( ie a full sibling of Sarah Eleanor Clarke):
Name: Emily Florence Clarke
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 13 Nov 1887
Birthplace: Patrick, Isle of Man
Father's Name: Henry Clarke
Mother's Name: Margaret Comaish
also:
baptisms of some of the other Manx-born full siblings of Sarah Eleanor:
Cath Jane 1878
Frances Louisa 1880
Rebecca 1885
Moses 1890
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Death of one of Sarah Eleanor’s siblings while the family were living in Arlecdon:
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
about Frances Louisa Clarke
Name: Frances Louisa Clarke
Estimated birth year: abt 1880
Registration Year: 1880
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death: 0
Registration district: Whitehaven
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Cumberland
Volume: 10b
Page: 372
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Birth registration of one of the Cumberland-born siblings of Sarah Eleanor:
Name: Louisa Clark
Event Type: Birth Registration
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year: 1883
Registration District: Whitehaven
County: Cumberland
Event Place: Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
Volume: 10B
Page: 571
Line Number: 158
I can’t identify a birth registration for Sarah Eleanor Clarke b 1881/2 in or near Whitehaven.
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Illegitimate daughter of Margaret (appears as Margaret A Skillicorn grdau age 9 months in 1871 household of Margaret’s parents’ family in 1871, and later as 11 year old daughter Maria A Clarke with Henry and Margaret’s family in 1881):
Name: Margaret Ann Comaish
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 12 Feb 1871
Christening Place: DHOON CHRIST CHURCH,ISLE OF MAN,ENGLAND
Mother's Name: Margaret Comaish
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1881
Scamblers Villas, Arlecdon, Whitehaven, Cumberland
Ancestry’s transcription:
Name Age
Henry Clarke 29
Margt. Clarke 28
K. H. Clarke 5
C. J. Clarke 3
Maria A. Clarke 11
E. Cormish 22
W. Curlett 24
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notes:
HC iron ore miner
5 yr old son should be RH Clarke, not KH
CJC dau
MAC dau
children b IOM
2 boarders
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1891
Gordon 56, Patrick, IOM
Margaret Clarke wife married 38 (husband at fishing) b Ramsey
Catherine J dau 13
Sarah dau 9
Louisia dau 7
Rebkah dau 5
Emily F dau 3
Moses son 1
Robert son 15 ag lab
all children b Ramsey except Emily+Moses b Patrick
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1901
Tynwald St, Douglas
Margaret Clarke wife married 46 laundress b Maughold
Louisa dau 17 b England
Moses son 11 b Patrick
Emily dau 14 b Patrick
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1911
15 Tynwald St, Douglas
Ancestry’s transcription:
Name Age
Margaret Jane Clarke 59
Louisa Clarke 27
Moses Clarke 21
Margaret Louisa Clarke 6
notes:
MJC wife b Maughold (mar 38 years, 9 chn, 6 still living)
LC dau unmarried one child (crossed out) in rope works b Cumberland
MC son unmarried works on golf links b Patrick
MLC grandchild b Douglas (presumably Louisa’s daughter)
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IGI’s version of the baptism of Margaret Camaish:
Name: Margt Camaike
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 22 Aug 1852
Christening Place: MAUGHOLD,ISLE OF MAN,ENGLAND
Father's Name: John Camaike
Mother's Name: Cath Kermeen
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Henry’s burial ?
CLARK, Henry 81 Douglas Borough Cemetery 19 Nov 1929
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Margaret’s burial ?
CLARKE, Margaret Jane 72 Douglas Borough Cemetery 24 Feb 1924
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Jean C