> Hello Clark/Clarke Listers. I am new to the list and am posting my Clark family > tree.....almost all British with a link to Australia and Ireland. Hope there > is a link with one of you! > > William John Stephen Clark 1777 Portsmouth -1861 buried in Jersey, Channel > Islands, was a career Royal Navy man....I have the list of the ships he > sailed upon and years. Most notable was HMS Barfleur, Flagship of Admiral > Collingwood, second in command to Admiral Lord Nelson and his tenure on HMS > Cyclops 1805 where he fought in the Battle of Trafalgar. > married Mary Ann Coryton 1784-1837 and had issue: > > Francis Trebendet de Membray Clark (no other children known) birth and death > dates unknown. Married > Deborah Simpson Courtis 1807-? and had issue:(only 1 child known) > > Francis Mallard Clark 1841-1911 (Admiralty Clerk) working in Plymouth > England when he met and married > Sarah Anne Roe 1846 Ireland - 1926 Whitstable Kent, Eng. > and had issue: > 1. Francis William Clark 1864 Plymouth - 1940 London**** > 2. Mary Frances 1866 Plymouth > 3. Bessie Isabelle 1867 Yarmouth > 4. Christina Mary Florence 1871 Kingston (became a Nun) > 5. Charles Robert 1872 Yarmouth married his sister-in-law > Grace Jane Andrews > 6. Edith Ana 1874 Yarmouth married Rev. Randolph Marriott > and had issue: Digby and Harvey > 7. Ethel Louise 1876-1950Yarmouth married > Reginald Frampton (artist) > 8. Geoffrey Reginald 1883 Croydon married Ethel in > Australia and had 6 children *** > 9. Gertrude (became a Nun) > 10. Winifred Gladys 1886 Croydon married Valentine Dodds > (Royal Navy) > > ***#8 I would like to find Geoffrey Reginald or any of his children's > families.....He was living in a house called Seefin (Seafin) in Dee Why > North of Sidney in 1952. He had been working for Burns Phepes Shipping Co. > but changed to intercoastal work closer to home after his eldest son was > killed in a boating accident and shortly after 2nd son drowned when fishing > under Sidney Bridge body never found. > > **** #1. My Great Grandfather Francis William Clark MD trained at both St. > Bartholomew's and Middlesex Hospitals England. He arrived in Hong Kong > about 1895 as medical Officer of Health. He helped establish the first > medical school and later became Dean of Medicine at Hong Kong University. He > was very interested in tropical diseases and forensic medicine and to this > end later attained a law degree although he never practiced law. > > Francis married Edith Gertrude Andrews and had one child: > Hilda Gertrude Mallard Clark 1890-1974 > > Any advise for searching out rellies in Australia very much appreciated. > Best Regards > Jane, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada >