York church seeks relatives of Lt Robert Harpley

[fiddlerslass]

St Lawrence in York aims to restore window painted by soldier's mother in memory of son killed at the Somme:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-69043322

[MollyC]

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/789600/robert-ableson-harpley/

GRO births index:
HARPLEY, ROBERT  ABLESON     mmn CLARKE 
GRO Reference: 1896  M Quarter in WAKEFIELD  Volume 09C  Page 27

FreeBMD: Two possible marriages in Bolton:

MarQ 1893
Harpley, Richard Frederick A   Bolton 8c 411
Clarke, Harriett Avery         Bolton 8c 411

SepQ 1894
Harpley, Thomas Ableson      Bolton 8c 509
Clarke, Henrietta Partridge      Bolton 8c 509

[ShaunJ]

Reverend Thomas Ableson Harpley was vicar at St Lawrence's when he died in 1909.

[MollyC]

1911 Census:
Robert A and Henrietta P are in York whereas
Frederick R A and Harriet P are in Northants.

FreeBMD Deaths:
Harpley, Thomas Ableson  age 46  York 9d 20  DecQ 1909

No other Harpley/Clark(e) births in the GRO Index, 1894-1910

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[sgf28]

Looks like a remarriage for Henrietta Harpley:

Strathearn Herald Saturday 14th March 1925

KNOX-HARPLEY - At Barnes Parish Church, on the 9th March, by Rev. S. Dudley, Chas. Edward Litchfield Knox of South Park, Crieff to Henrietta P Harpley, second daughter of the late Rev. T. A. and Mrs Clarke of North Cote, Torrs Park, Ilfracombe.

[sgf28]

Death of Charles Edward Litchfield Knox:

Strathearn Herald 13th February 1926

At South Park, Crieff, on the 9th inst. Charles Edward Litchfield Knox, beloved husband of Henrietta Partridge Clark, son of the late John Knox, stockbroker, Glasgow.

[sgf28]

There is this Estate that gives a couple of names to work with:

West Morning News Plymouth 17th August 1939

Estate of Mrs Harriet Avery Adams of Lynesse, Talland Road, St. Ives who died on March 13, has left an estate gross value £8137. Probate granted to Mrs. Henrietta Partridge Knox of The Knoll, 2 Rodway Road, Roehampton, the sole executrix. She left various shares to her sister Ellen Allen Clarke and Mary Anne Jones.

[MollyC]

Robert's father's side of the family seems to come to an end.

One brother: Richard William, who married Nellie Louise Norris 1896.  No children found.
He died 1905, she remarried 1910.  I have the details if required.

[sgf28]

Robert's mother's siblings don't appear to have left any descendants:

Harriet Avery Clarke, youngest daughter married in 1893 to Reverend Frederick Richard Augustus Harpley. They don't appear to have had any children. Frederick died in 1918. Harriet subsequently remarried in 1919 to a Charles G Adams.

Ellen Allen Clarke appears to have never married.

Then there is a brother: John Oswald Allen Clarke born 1870, died in 1906 Victoria, Australia. He married Maud Augustus Hay Seagrove in 1892 Victoria, Australia. There was a daughter born to this marriage Violet Sybil Maud Allen Clarke but she dies in 1921 in West Sussex age 27, spinster.

Have to look further afield for any descendents.

Haven't found who the Mary Anne Jones mentioned in Harriet's will yet.