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the son who died was his beloved... its my guess it was his eldest.. From what I was told, he either worked or was apprentice on the docks. He apprentley dived into the Thames near a boat, to retrieve something but was caught in an undertow. This lead to Georges uncontrollable grief and I think he went into a decline and lost his job as foreman. Again, heresay. it sort of fits the story with him then turning up as a coal porter again!

Ah MC...didn't think she was on 1901 census but she's out of order right at the bottom!

;-)

I was wondering about this death?

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915

Name: Samuel Clark
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1905
Age at Death: 14
Registration District: Whitechapel
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1c
Page: 192

EDIT: Have no idea if the location would fit.

1891 Census...

Name: George Clark
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Fanny Clark
Gender: Male
Where born: Westminster, London, England
Civil Parish: Battersea
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration District: Wandsworth
Sub-registration District: West Battersea
ED, institution, or vessel: 32
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 435
Folio: 20
Page Number: 36
Household Members:
Name Age
George Clark 31
Fanny Clark 32
Jessie Clark 9
Caroline Clark 7
Florence Clark 5
Sarah Clark 3
George Clark 2
Samuel S Clark 2/12

Doesn't help much :-( still think we need to find a birth to fit in between Florence and Sarah

Jude

"the son who died was his beloved... its my guess it was his eldest.. From what I was told, he either worked or was apprentice on the docks. He apprentley dived into the Thames near a boat, to retrieve something but was caught in an undertow. This lead to Georges uncontrollable grief and I think he went into a decline and lost his job as foreman"

This would fit with the death MC posted above....leaving the missing birth (to make the 10th) being also the death we are looking for??

Jude

did any of my comments help?

You appear to be researching the same man- George Clark

Carol - who is researching the same man?

As I said I am very new to this, I wondered if both you and Jude were researching George Clarke?

Hi Carol - no, it's highly unlikely that any of the researchers on here would be connected to the families that people ask about.

We're just nosy people who like poking about in other peoples families! Often because we're at the end of our tethers with our own research.

MC - :-D

Funnily though while I was poking my nose into Carol's George Clark I was in fact researching my OWN George Clark (born and died Wolverhampton) :-)

Oh don't I feel a twerp.... All is clear now..

But thanks. This research business takes you in may directions.

Carol, nothing to feel a twerp about! (Oh, I do like that word, haven't heard it for ages!)

I don't have a George Clark in my tree but wouldn't mind researching the one who does Restoration Man.