Well we have scratched our heads into a pile of sawdust here with a small problem! We have a CLARK family and this is where the fun starts. Frances CLARK was born 1836/7 in Southampton marries in 1856 so isn't a CLARK and was living in Gosport from there on. Before that in the 1841 and 1851 census she is living with her grandparents in Titchfield. Frances father was exactly the same christian names as her grandfather (from marriage) and we have no idea where her parents were born and whom the mother was as no sign on IGI or BMD either! Going back again to the 1841 there were some extra family members but we cannot add them to the tree as we are unable to establish whether they were brother and sister of Frances or Aunt and Uncle fun eh. Well the grandparents of Frances were not on the 1861 admittedly they would be in their late 70's in age so here we are in the tree with a part CLARK absence and a kind of hole in the shoe so to speak. If someone can help we would be ever so gratefully pleased. Thanks Linda and Tony

Would you suspect that Ann Clark (visitor) is a daughter in law? There is an Ann Cobley who married Walter Clarke in Misterton Somerset 13 Jun 1848 (her father is John Cobley). That would make William Cobley Clark her son and grandson to William and Sarah Clark. This is a patron entry I023218 on the IGI and I note that Margaretta Clarke (daughter of William Clarke) marries Hugh Kenwood 18 Aug 1863 also at Misterton Somerset. On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 Knightroots@aol.com wrote: > Well we have scratched our heads into a pile of sawdust here with a small > problem! > We have a CLARK family and this is where the fun starts. > > Frances CLARK was born 1836/7 in Southampton marries in 1856 so isn't a > CLARK and was living in Gosport from there on. > Before that in the 1841 and 1851 census she is living with her > grandparents in Titchfield. > Frances father was exactly the same christian names as her grandfather (from > marriage) and we have no idea where her parents were born and whom the > mother was as no sign on IGI or BMD either! > Going back again to the 1841 there were some extra family members but we > cannot add them to the tree as we are unable to establish whether they were > brother and sister of Frances or Aunt and Uncle fun eh. > Well the grandparents of Frances were not on the 1861 admittedly they would > be in their late 70's in age so here we are in the tree with a part CLARK > absence and a kind of hole in the shoe so to speak. > If someone can help we would be ever so gratefully pleased. > Thanks Linda and Tony -- Elizabeth (Blake) Kipp mailto: kippeeb@magma.ca

Can you just confirm that she was married in 1856 if so to who as I can't understand how you know when lived in Gosport without a surname of a spouse ?? Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: <Knightroots@aol.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 10:47 PM Subject: [Ham] list motivation with our CLARK puzzle > Well we have scratched our heads into a pile of sawdust here with a small > problem! > We have a CLARK family and this is where the fun starts. > > Frances CLARK was born 1836/7 in Southampton marries in 1856 so isn't a > CLARK and was living in Gosport from there on. > Before that in the 1841 and 1851 census she is living with her > grandparents in Titchfield. > Frances father was exactly the same christian names as her grandfather > (from > marriage) and we have no idea where her parents were born and whom the > mother was as no sign on IGI or BMD either! > Going back again to the 1841 there were some extra family members but we > cannot add them to the tree as we are unable to establish whether they > were > brother and sister of Frances or Aunt and Uncle fun eh. > Well the grandparents of Frances were not on the 1861 admittedly they > would > be in their late 70's in age so here we are in the tree with a part > CLARK > absence and a kind of hole in the shoe so to speak. > If someone can help we would be ever so gratefully pleased. > Thanks Linda and Tony > > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== > If all our ancestors were in a tree what a BIG tree -house that would be! >