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William Clarke

(abt.1796 - 1862)

Father: not known
Mother: not known

Siblings:

Children:

With Margaret Butson

Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
abt.1796 Birth
  • Estimated from date at death
1823-02-04 Marriage
Margaret Butson (1805 - 1866)
  • Place: Muker, Yorkshire
1841-06-07 Census
  • Abode: Thwaite, Muker, Yorkshire
  • Age: 45
  • Occupation: Mine agent
  • Birthplace: Yorkshire
  • Census record HO107-1246-3-20-7:  F1  F2  T2
1851-03-30 Census
  • Abode: Thwaite, Muker, Yorkshire
  • Age: 55
  • Occupation: Grocer and draper
  • Birthplace: Stonesdale, Yorkshire
  • Census record HO107-2380-247-11:  F3  F4  T3
1861-04-07 Census
  • Abode: Thwaite, Muker, Yorkshire
  • Age: 65
  • Occupation: Landed proprietor, grocer etc.
  • Birthplace: Stonesdale, Yorkshire
  • Census record RG09-3672-17-14:  F5  F6  F7  T4
1862-01-11 Death
  • Age: 66
  • Abode: Thwaite
  • Gravestone in Muker churchyard:  Link  F8  F9  T5
  • Probate calendar
1862-01-16 Burial
  • Place: St Mary, Muker, Yorkshire
  • Parish register:  F10  T6
1862-05-23 Probate
  • Probate calendar:  F11  T7

Transcripts of sources

Ref. Transcript
T1 
MGT BUTSON
Spouse: WM CLARK
Marriage: 04 FEB 1823 Muker, Yorkshire, England
M007761 1638 - 1670 942.74 G4 V26C Book 6909647 Film
T2 
1841 census HO107 piece ppp book bb folio ff page pp

City or Borough of [blank]
Parish or Township of Chapelry of Muker
Enumeration Schedule

Thwaite

William Clark     45        Mine Agent  Y
Margaret Clark       35                 Y
Robert Clark      15        Farmer      Y
Thomas Clark      14        Draper Ass  Y
William Clark     12                    Y
Francis Clark     10                    Y
Elizabeth Clark      7                  Y
Mary Clark           6                  Y
James Clark       11months              Y
Jane Alderson        25    F S          Y
John Jackson      25       Grocer       No
Thomas Whaley     15       Ind          Y

Transcribed from Census-1841-HO107-1246-3-20-7.jpeg by dh
T3 
1851 census HO107 piece 2380 folio 247 page 11

Parish or Township of
Ecclesiastical District of
City or Borough of
Town of
Village of

Schedule 36   Thwaite

William Clark    Head     Mar  55     Grocer & Draper     Yorks Stonesdale
Margaret Clark   Wife     Mar     45  Wife                Yorks Thwaite
Elizabeth Clark  Dau      U       17  Schoolmistress      Yorks Thwaite
Mary Clark       Day      U       15  Schoolmistress      Yorks Thwaite
James Clark      Son           10     Scholar             Yorks Thwaite
Richard Clark    Son           6      Scholar             Yorks Thwaite
George Clark     Son           4      Scholar             Yorks Thwaite
Mary Rukin       Servant  U       24  Servant             Yorks Thorns

Schedule 36   Thwaite

Peggy Garth      Head     U       70  Proprietor of Land  Yorks Crackpot
T B Clarke       Nephew   U    24     Draper Assistant    Yorks Thwaite

Transcribed from Census-1851-HO107-2380-247-11.jpeg by dh
T4 
1861 census RG09 piece 3672 folio 17 page 14

Parish or Township of Muker
City or Municipal Borough of [blank]
Municipal Ward of [blank]
Parliamentary Borough of [blank]
Town of [blank]
Hamlet or Tything, &c, of Thwaite
Ecclesiastical District of Muker

Schedule 70   Thwaite

William Clarke        Head  65     Landed Proprietor, Grocer &c  Yorkshire Stonesdale
Margret Clarke        Wife     55                                Yorkshire Thwaite
Thomas Butson Clarke  Son   34     Draper                        Yorkshire Thwaite
Elizabeth Clarke      Daur     27  Grocer Daur                   Yorkshire Thwaite
Mary Clarke           Daur     25  Grocer Daur                   Yorkshire Thwaite
James Clarke          Son   20     Grocer                        Yorkshire Thwaite
George Clarke         Son   14     Scholar                       Yorkshire Thwaite

Schedule 71   Thwaite

Peggy Garth                    80  Landed Proprietor             Yorkshire Thwaite

Transcribed from Census-1861-RG09-3672-17-14-anc.jpeg and Census-1861-RG09-3672-17-14.jpeg by dh
T5 
In memory of William Clarke of Thwaite
who died Jan'y 11th 1862
aged 66 years
[...]
T6 
Page 164.  BURIALS in the Chapelry of Muker in the County of York in the Year 1861
1862  [written in left margin]
William Clarke No. 1309.  Thwaite  Jan'y 16th  66  R. Lowther
T7 
138   WILLS. 1862.
CLARKE William.   Effects under £2,000.
23 May.     The Will
of William Clarke late of Thwaite in the
Parish of Grinton in the County of York
Yeoman deceased who died 11 January 1862
at Thwaite aforesaid was proved at York by
the oaths of Thomas Butson Clarke of Thwaite
aforesaid Shopkeeper the Son and Francis
Garth of Crackpot near Thwaite aforesaid
Yeoman two of the Executors.

File sources

Ref. Type File name
F1 Image Census-1841-HO107-1246-3-20-7.jpeg
F2 Transcript Census-1841-HO107-1246-3-20-7-WilliamClark.text
F3 Image Census-1851-HO107-2380-247-11.jpeg
F4 Transcript Census-1851-HO107-2380-247-11-Clark.text
F5 Image Census-1861-RG09-3672-17-14.jpeg
F6 Image Census-1861-RG09-3672-17-14-anc.jpeg
F7 Transcript Census-1861-RG09-3672-17-14-Clarke.text
F8 Photo WilliamClarke-d1862-MukerChurchyard.jpeg
F9 Transcript WilliamClarke-d1862-MukerChurchyard.txt
F10 Image GBPRS_YORKSHIRE_004003802_00347.jpg
F11 Image 1862-Probate-WilliamClarke.pdf

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