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LILIAN D K CLARKE BORN 1920 IN KIDDERMINSTER

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Beryl

Beryl Report 14 Jun 2022 12:16

HAS ANYONE GOT INFORMATION OF THE ABOVE LILIAN D K CLARKE
HER PARENTS WERE DOROTHY GRACE SMITH BORN 1898
AND FATHER HAROLD CLARKE BORN 1899 FROM KIDDERMINSTER WORCS
ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE APPRECIATED

REGARDS
BERYL

Maddie

Maddie Report 14 Jun 2022 12:24

1939 Register
Church Farm Churchill, West Hagley, Kidderminster R.D., Worcestershire, England
1939 register badge
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Household members (4 people)
First name(s) Last name(s) Birth date Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule sub number
Walter J Waldson 03 Nov 1878 Male Farmer (Retired) Married 98 1
Lucy H Waldson 03 Dec 1871 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 98 2

The record for this person is officially closed.
Dorothy L K (Lillian D K) Brooks (Clarke) 20 Aug 1919 Female General Servant (Domestic) Single 98 4


Lilian Dorothy K
District number 4831B
Last name Brooks
Register number B70
Gender Female
Entry number 277
Birth day 20
Date of registration mm/yy 0306
Birth month 8
County Gloucestershire
Birth year 1920
Country England
Age -
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Death quarter 1
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Death year 2006

Lilian D K
County Gloucestershire
Last name Clarke
Country England
Marriage quarter 3
Volume 7B
Marriage year 1955
Volume as transcribed 7B
Registration month -
Page number 1213
MarriageFinderâ„¢ Lilian D K Clarke married one of these people
Walter J Brooks
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
Spouse's last name Brooks
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
District Gloucester Rural
Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce
District number -

Maddie

Maddie Report 14 Jun 2022 12:57

parents
1939 Register
1 Jacobs Jacobs Well, Abberley, Martley R.D., Worcestershire, England
1939 register badge
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Household members (5 people)
First name(s) Last name(s) Birth date Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule sub number
Harold Clarke 25 Jan 1899 Male Colliery Hewer Married 54 1
Dorothy G Clark 28 Jul 1898 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 54 2
Frances M Clark 18 Oct 1926 Female At School Single 54 3

The record for this person is officially closed.

The record for this person is officially closed.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 14 Jun 2022 13:01

A Lilian Dorothy K Brooks died in Glos estershire in 2006. The DOB was given as 20 August 2020. So this very much looks like her.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 14 Jun 2022 13:02

Beryl

Start by looking for info yourself using freebmd. It’s a very easy site to use

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 14 Jun 2022 13:06

You can purchase the death certificate for Lilian from the GRO. If you have not already done so you do have to register.

Maddie

Maddie Report 14 Jun 2022 14:46

Harold
Country England
Last name Clarke
Volume 6C
Birth quarter 1
Page 278
Birth year 1899
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Mother's maiden name Bowen
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
District Martley
Subcategory Civil Births
County Worcestershire

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Newlands, Abberley, Martley, Worcestershire, England
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Household members (7 people)
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Hannah Clarke Head
Widow Female 75 1826 - Worcestershire, England
James Clarke Son
Married Male 29 1872 General farm labourer Abberley, Worcestershire, England
Kezia Clarke Daughter-in-law
Married Female 23 1878 - Abberley, Worcestershire, England
Lucy H Clarke Grand daughter
- Female 6 1895 - Abberley, Worcestershire, England
Gertrude M Clarke Grand daughter
- Female 4 1897 - Abberley, Worcestershire, England
Harold Clarke Grand son
- Male 2 1899 - Abberley, Worcestershire, England
Arthur Clarke Son
Single Male 34 1867 General farm labourer Abberley, Worcestershire, England

Kezia
Country England
Last name Bowen
Volume 6C
Marriage quarter 3
Volume as transcribed 6C
Marriage year 1894
Page number 335
Registration month -
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
MarriageFinderâ„¢ Kezia Bowen married one of these people
Thomas Hoare, Nathaniel James Clarke
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
District Martley
Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce
District number -
Collections from Great Britain, England
County Worcestershire

Kezia
Country England
Last name Bowen
Volume 6C
Birth quarter 1
Page 309
Birth year 1878
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Mother's maiden name Morris
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
District Martley
Subcategory Civil Births
County Worcestershire

Maddie

Maddie Report 14 Jun 2022 14:56

1939 Register
Newlands Cottages, Abberley, Martley R.D., Worcestershire, England
1939 register badge
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Household members (2 people)
First name(s) Last name(s) Birth date Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule sub number
Nathaniel J Clarke 15 Jan 1871 Male Retired Gardener Married 66 1
Kezia Clarke 13 Jan 1876 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 66 2

Nathaniel J
District Martley
Last name Clarke
County Worcestershire
Gender Male
Volume 6C
Birth day -
Page 286
Birth month -
Country England
Birth year 1871
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Age 69
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Death quarter 2
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Death year 1940

England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019
Abberley, Worcestershire, England
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Transcript of Nathaniel James's record
First name(s) Nathaniel James
County Worcestershire
Last name Clarke
Linked persons Kezia Clarke
Death year 1940
Country England
Death date 27 Jun 1940
Record set England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019
Probate year 1940
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Probate date 03 Aug 1940
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Residence town Abberley
Collections from Great Britain, England
Registry Birmingham


Nathaniel James
Country England
Last name Clark
Volume 6C
Birth quarter 1
Page 299
Birth year 1871
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Mother's maiden name -
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
District Martley
Subcategory Civil Births
County Worcestershire Nathaniel James
Country England
Last name Clark
Volume 6C
Birth quarter 1
Page 299
Birth year 1871
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Mother's maiden name -
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
District Martley
Subcategory Civil Births
County Worcestershire

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 15 Jun 2022 11:52

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp

BROOKS, LILIAN DOROTHY KIZEA 1920
GRO Reference: DOR Q1/2006 in GLOUCESTER (4831B) Reg B70 Entry Number 277

CLARKE, LILIAN DOROTHY KEZIA SMITH
GRO Reference: 1920 S Quarter in WORCESTER Volume 06C Page 216

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 15 Jun 2022 17:26

????
BROOKS, WALTER JAMES 1920
GRO Reference: DOR Q4/2002 in GLOUCESTER (4831A) Reg A68 Entry Number 46

Name: Mr Walter James Brooks
Gender: Male
Age: 82
Birth Date: 22 Oct 1920
Last Residence: Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
Postal Code District: Gl6
Death Date: 1 Oct 2002

Probably NOT Lilian's husband, as the female living with him in 2002 had a different forename, and the house was sold in Jan 2003.
But, if you wish to further the enquiry, the advice about getting Lilian's death cert makes absolute sense

I can't see Lilian on the ER on FMP, and one would have expected her to be visible in 2002 at least.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 15 Jun 2022 18:19

Lilian's on the ER on GR, at an address in Newent, Gloucestershire from at least 2002 until 2006.
The house doesn't appear to have been sold since then - but of course she might have been a tenant, and not the owner.

Wendy C Brooks was with her during that time, and still at the same address until at least 2018.


Death:

BROOKS, WENDY CLARKE 1948
GRO Reference: DOR Q2/2019 in GLOUCESTERSHIRE (488-1F) Entry Number 518931675


???
Births Sep 1948 (>99%)
Clarke Wendy Clarke Cheltenham 7b 507

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 15 Jun 2022 18:47

Re Walter James Brooks, whose death was posted by ErikaH -

he's definitely not Lilian's husband, as he married Adelaide (the woman with him in 2002) in 1946.

[ BUT she died in 2000 - so presumably the ER wasn't updated.]


Marriages Jun 1946 (>99%)
Brooks Walter J Tanner Stroud 6a 1270
Tanner Adelaide L Brooks Stroud 6a 1270

BROOKS, ADELAIDE LAURA 1918
GRO Reference: DOR Q4/2000 in GLOUCESTER (4831A) Reg A64 Entry Number 8

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 15 Jun 2022 18:53

Possibly Lilian's husband's death, if he was a lot older than she was ??

Deaths Sep 1963 (>99%)
BROOKS WALTER J 70 GLOUCESTER C. 7B 380


???
BROOKS, WALTER JOHN mmn WIGGINS
GRO Reference: 1894 D Quarter in WITNEY Volume 03A Page 875

EDIT:
NO, not that birth - that man died in Witney n 1969.


EDIT AGAIN -

A tree on Ancestry says that 1963 death is for a man who married Laura I M Burson in 1932 - but she died in 1946, so he may be the right man .

He was living near Newent in 1939:

Walter J Brooks
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name: Walter J Brooks
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 25 Apr 1893
Residence Date: 1939
Address: Railway Cottage Malewick Nr Newcub
Residence Place: Newent, Gloucestershire, England
Occupation: Lengthman Gwr Heavy Work??
Line Number: 10
Schedule Number: 105
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: Odjs
Borough: Newent
Inferred Spouse:
Laura I M Brooks
Inferred Children:
Walter E Brooks
Household Members Age
Walter J Brooks 46
Laura I M Brooks 28
This record is officially closed.
This record is officially closed.
This record is officially closed.
This record is officially closed.
Walter E Brooks 2
This record is officially closed.
Ellen Turner 72


You'd need Lilian's marriage cert to see what Walter's marital status was.