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Re: Looking for information on Clarke Family in Ireland
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 07 April 13 22:42 BST (UK) »
there's a possible death for Frederick on FamilySearch in Vancouver - also gives place of birth as England..

    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FL26-X6J
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Re: Looking for information on Clarke Family in Ireland
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 07 April 13 22:46 BST (UK) »
Lots of trees on Ancestry - mostly documented properly!
Also obituaries, census samples, photos, etc.

Children born in Leamington Spa up to 1894.
Those born 1896 onwards born in Canada.
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: Looking for information on Clarke Family in Ireland
« Reply #11 on: Sunday 07 April 13 22:48 BST (UK) »
someone else looking for the same Frederick :

   Frederick St. Leon Clarke, 1854-1932   (mytrees.com)

Not seeing any connection to Ireland yet...
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Re: Looking for information on Clarke Family in Ireland
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 12 July 17 16:00 BST (UK) »
Hi I can help you with some information, he was my great grandfather, my grandfather was Cyril Clarke.  He was born in England as per the census in Warwickshire, Emscott.  He was married to Margaret and they had 16 children in total (although not all survived to adulthood). They moved to Canada after his brother somehow got access to his bank account and stole all of his money.  He was a circus performer, a trapeze artist and a clown and did a command performance for queen Victoria.  Margaret's family (father Thomas Hatherley) had moved to Canada already so they followed, they travelled across Canada to Salmon Arm where Thomas and Margaret's brother James had been the first settlers in the area.  They didn't stay long and then moved to Chilliwack to stay with her sisters there.  Then they moved to Vancouver and started the first Refreshment Pavilion in Stanley park.
If you're interested I have photos and more information that I've researched.

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