On 10/08/2013 10:59, Anne Chambers wrote: > Graeme Wall wrote: >> On 10/08/2013 08:36, Anne Chambers wrote: >>> Renia wrote: >>> >>>> 1907 Dec 3 - W W Clark joined RAF Technical rank QMS (T) >>> >>> There was no RAF in 1907. >>> >>> >> >> Missed that one! >> > I can't see the point in George E Clark age 2 in 1891 either. I said these were suspected sightings. I added that one, because this was some kind of nursing home or creche for babies and toddlers, with no mothers present. My tentative theory is that this little George E Clark was living in this nursing home, while his suspected mother, Caroline Fowler, was was living as a domestic servant in Kensington in 1891. I could not find any other Caroline Fowler/Clark or George/Whittle/Clark/Fowler in this census. Doesn't mean this is the chap in question, but it would make sense that his mother would leave him in care while she earnt a living. George Whittle Clark/Fowler had a Whittle connection, whether by blood or by godparent, and if he did, then the Whittles seem to have been travellers, wandering players, circus people, Romanies. If, years later, George Whittle Clark wanted to disappear, then joining a troupe of travelling entertainers would be the perfect way to do so.

Renia wrote: > On 10/08/2013 10:59, Anne Chambers wrote: >> Graeme Wall wrote: >>> On 10/08/2013 08:36, Anne Chambers wrote: >>>> Renia wrote: >>>> >>>>> 1907 Dec 3 - W W Clark joined RAF Technical rank QMS (T) >>>> >>>> There was no RAF in 1907. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Missed that one! >>> >> I can't see the point in George E Clark age 2 in 1891 either. > > > I said these were suspected sightings. I added that one, because this was some kind of nursing home or creche > for babies and toddlers, with no mothers present. > > My tentative theory is that this little George E Clark was living in this nursing home, while his suspected > mother, Caroline Fowler, was was living as a domestic servant in Kensington in 1891. > > I could not find any other Caroline Fowler/Clark or George/Whittle/Clark/Fowler in this census. Doesn't mean > this is the chap in question, but it would make sense that his mother would leave him in care while she earnt > a living. > > George Whittle Clark/Fowler had a Whittle connection, whether by blood or by godparent, and if he did, then > the Whittles seem to have been travellers, wandering players, circus people, Romanies. If, years later, George > Whittle Clark wanted to disappear, then joining a troupe of travelling entertainers would be the perfect way > to do so. But George Edward Clark was the man Caroline Fowler married - William Whittle Fowler/Clark was her son -- Anne Chambers South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com