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1998_Letter_Maureen_RAWSON_01.pdf |
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1998_Letter_Maureen_RAWSON_02.pdf |
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1998_RAWSON_Family_Descendants_John_CLARK.pdf |
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1998_RAWSON_Family_Sheet_John_CLARK.pdf |
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1891_Death_Certificate_Eliza_CLARK.pdf
Registration District, Strood.
Death in the Sub-district of Northfleet in the County
of Kent.
No 111
Ninteenth March 1891 Ridgeway Shorne Strood R.S.D.
Name, Eliza CLARK : Female : 75 yrs
Occupation, Widow of John CLARK Timber Dealer (Retired)
Cause of Death, Cancer of left breast, lung etc. Asthenia,
Certified by J A BELL M.R.C.S.E
Description of Informant, Rebekah CLARK, Daughter,
Present at Death, Ridgeway Shorne.
When Registered Twenty Fourth March 1891.
Registrar, Thomas F CASEY.
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1890_Will_John_CLARK.pdf
1890_Will_John_CLARK_Typed_Out.pdf |
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1890_Obituary_John_CLARK.pdf
Photocopied A4 sheet sent to Nick DELVES by Tony GIBSON
in Dec 2000.
Tony GIBSON handwrote:-
"Nick
This is a copy of the note left by my father (JCG) in
the family bible. The A3 sheet is a copy of the inner
pages of the bible, as updated by him.
TG Dec 2000"
OBITUARY NOTICE - MR JOHN CLARK
1809 to 1890
MR JOHN CLARK. On January 24th, Mr John Clark of Shorne,
Ridgeway, Rochester, passes to his rest. Shortly before
his birth in 1809, his father was converted at an open-air
service held at Cobham by Mr Osborn, father of Dr Osborn**.
From that day he suffered for his attachment to Methodism.
Persecuted, turned out of his small farm, he was obliged
to take a small cottage, which he at once had licensed
for Methodist preaching.
Here John Clark was born in an atmosphere of self-denial
for the Church's sake. His parents became very poor
in consequence of persistent efforts used to prevent
his father obtaining work in the neighbourhood. When
seven years old he was expelled from the National school
for being a little Methodist. Before he was twenty he
was truly converted.
In 1836 when most of the members at Shorne had joined
the Association movement, he bought the ground for the
chapel, and afterwards he bought the chapel itself:
and in 1882 he presented it, free of debt, to the Wesleyan
conference.
His life was a constant testimony for God, and its influence
must continue.
After his funeral sermon was preached there were many
penitent seekers after Christ. So the great Head maintains
his work.
(Notice in the Methodist Recorder, March 6th 1890.)
**A President of Wesleyan Conference.
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1890_Record_Death_Methodist_Times.pdf |
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1890_Death_Certificate_John_CLARK.pdf
Registration District, Strood.
Death in the Sub-district of Northfleet in the County
of Kent.
No 288
Twenty Fourth January 1890, Ridgeway Shorne Strood R.S.D.
Name, John CLARK : Male : 80 yrs
Occupation, Proprietor of Houses
Cause of Death, Influenza Epidemic?) Acute Bronchitis,
Certified by J A BELL M.R.C.S.
Description of Informant, Emma SNOAD, Present at the
Death, The Street, Cobham.
When Registered Twenty Eigth January 1890..
Registrar, Thomas F CASEY.
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1877_Marriage_Certificate_GIBSON_CLARK.pdf |
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1871_Census_John_CLARK_Family.pdf |
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Approx 1870
These two photos were in a leather suitcase in
the attic at 65, Burley Lane, Quarndon, which
I cleaned out in the late 1980's when mum was
selling the house to place gran in a residential
home.
They were originally gran's husband CH GIBSON's.
They were taken at A HONEY at any of his three
studios:
14, High Street, CHatham; High Street, Rochester;
or High Street, New Brompton.
There are likely to be either of CH GIBSON's grandparents:
Henry John William GIBSON who died in 25th Dec
1891 aged 82 yrs
Eliza GIBSON nee THOMAS who died 25th Aug 1998
aged 85 yrs
They lived at 3, Medway Terrace, Rochester, Kent
or
John CLARKE who died 24th Jan 1990 aged 80 yrs
Eliza CKARKE nee SPEEDING who died 19th Mar 1991
aged 74 yrs
They lived at Ridgeway, Shorne, Kent
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1861_Census_John_CLARK_Family.pdf |
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1857_Death_Certificate_Jane_CLARKE.pdf |
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1851_Census_John_and_Eliza_CLARK.pdf
John CLARK : Head : Married : 41 yrs
Occupation, Wood Dealer employes 17 labourers : Born,
Shorne, Kent.
Eliza CLARK : Wife : Married : 3? yrs : Born, Poplar,
Middlesex.
Eliza Jane CLARK : Daughter : - : 10 yrs : Occupation,
Scholar : Born, Shorne, Kent.
Sophia CLARK : Daughter : - : 8 yrs : Occupation, Scholar
: Born, Shorne, Kent.
Harriot CLARK : Daughter : - : 7 yrs : Occupation,
Scholar : Born, Shorne, Kent.
Avice CLARK : Daughter : - : 5 yrs : Occupation, Scholar
: Born, Shorne, Kent.
John CLARK : Son : - : 2 yrs : Occupation, At Home
: Born, Shorne, Kent.
Rebecca CLARK : Daughter : - : 1 month : Occupation,
At Home : Born, Shorne, Kent. [Would be 21 days old]
Ellen FENNER? : Nurse? : Married : 47 yrs : Occupation,
A Labourers Wife : Born, Frindsbury, Kent.
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1851_Birth_Certificate_Rebecca_CLARK.pdf |
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1841_Birth_Certificate_Eliza_Jane_CLARK.pdf |
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1840_Marriage_Certificate_CLARKE_SPEEDING.pdf
Marriage solemnized at Parish Church, Frindsbury, Kent
: 30th March 1840
John CLARKE : Of Full Age : Bachelor : Profession,
Wood Dealer :
Residence, Frindsbury :
Fathers name, John CLARKE : Profession of Father, Wood
Dealer.
Eliza SPEEDING : Of Full Age : Spinster : Residence,
Frindsbury :
Fathers name, James SPEEDING : Profession of Father,
Carpenter
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites
and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns
by me, Samual DELVES, Off Minister
This marriage was solemnized between us, John CLARKE,
Eliza SPEEDING.
In the presence of us : James HEAD, Elizabeth HAMMOND
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1823_Burial_John_CLARKE.pdf |
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1809_JC_GIBSON_Family_Bible.pdf
- Owned by Tony GIBSON
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1809_CLARK_Family_Bible_Owned_by_C_GIBSON.pdf
1809_CLARK_Family_Bible_Top_Left_Corner.pdf |
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1803_1811_Baptisms_CLARKE.pdf |
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1801_Marriage_CLARK_FREEMAN.pdf |
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1793_Marriage_CLARK_BROAD.pdf |
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1736_Possible_John_CLARK_Father_Marriage.pdf |
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2002 Written by Tony GIBSON - as a possible entry in
his new book.
My father's "first names, like his father and grandfather
and me, were John CLARK - to commemorate an ancestor,
a tenant farmer back in the 18th century, an admirer who
had invited John WESLEY, denied entry in established churches,
to preach in his barn. For this John CLARK was evicted
and lost his livlihood."
John Wesley's dates are 1703 - 1791. |
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