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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Cambridgeshire => Topic started by: 4LauraM on Saturday 15 August 15 23:51 BST (UK)
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My paternal grandfather went by the name "Charlie".
He was born 4 Apr 1892 and died 25 May 1967.
I have an address he lived at in the 1940's (44 Victoria Park).
I have a second address of 205 Aylsham Road Norfolk but a piece of the address is missing.
Could it be Norwich?
What I cannot find is his employment or both of their death certificates.
Also searching for information about my paternal grandmother, PARKER, May Elizabeth.
b 22 Nov 1897 Bassingstoke
d 01 July 1950
They married in 1919.
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Can you confirm that this is his birth?
Births June quarter 1892
Frank Charles Clarke W. Ham 4a 20
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You didn't say where they died
Charles F Clarke 75 born about 1892
Date of Registration: June 1967 Peterborough Vol 4b Page 423
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May's death?
Deaths September quarter 1950
May E Clarke 52 Cambridge 4a 186
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I'm confident my grandmother died in Cambridge 01 July 1950.
My grandfather, I'm uncertain as I've heard stories he took up with another woman after his 1st wife passed.
I have hand written genealogy sheets done by a family member and these were records transferred from the family bible.
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Peterborough death not showing on free bmd?
Added:, sorry, names in reverse order.
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Peterborough death not showing on free bmd?
Yes it is - that's where I got it from
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205 Aylsham Road, Norwich, Norfolk (I think you are correct about that)
http://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF404-Post-medieval-pottery-finds-205-Aylsham-Road&Index=391&RecordCount=56734&SessionID=dbbe3ed9-1af1-4d8c-80ef-60a633e713b6
Was he a soldier in WW1?
Charles Frank Clarke, Norfolk Regiment, Service Number 7977, Corporal Acting Company Serjeant Major.
Armistice was 1918, so perhaps this was him before he married.
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Interesting about the pottery finds as my great grandfather (CLARKE, John Hawkins) dealt in earthenware and was a shopkeeper.
And yes, I believe he was but again records & stories are hard to come by.
How can I find out more information about his service records?
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If May E Clarke died in 1950, then looking at the Camdex site it gives a reference number of 331/CHST/13/265. I'd take a wild guess at the CHST part representing Chesterton - and 44 Victoria Park is in Chesterton. The closest church to that address would make me think she might be buried at St Lukes Church, on Victoria Road.
If it's not there, then I'd widen my search in this order:
- Histon Road Cemetery
- St Andrews, Chesterton
She wasn't cremated, nor buried in the main Cambridge cemetery as she's not listed on deceasedonline.
The problem is access to these records from a distance. While locals can just turn up at the archives and get to see them, the other route might be Cambridge Family History Society.
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Not sure if you've got a marriage (it's quicker for me to type this than scroll through the thread), but there's an "interesting/near match" for a marriage in 1919 on FreeBMD:
Charles F Clarke to Mary E Parker. Chorlton. 2nd quarter 1919.
"Near match" is because his names are switched and May has become Mary. It's also miles away, in Lancashire, waaaay up north.
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The address 44 Victoria Park is in Cambridge. It wasn't far from where I was staying at Westminster College on Madingley.
Cambridge family history society...interesting.