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Married catherine Magoolaghan servedWW1 Died of wounds 1917who were his parents and where was he born

trying to trace info re robert clarke served WW1 died of wounds 1917 married to Catherine Magoolaghan 8 children who were his parents

You'll need their marriage cert. Couldn't find anything on freebmd - do you know where they married?

Found it:

Marriages Mar 1900 (>99%)
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Clark Robert Settle 9a 24
Magoolaghan Catherine Settle 9a 24

freebmd....marriage Robert Clarke to Catherine Magoolaghan..Settle..March 1900..vol 9a..page 24.
Get the certificate get the fathers' names....then check censuses.

Suzanne

1901 England Census
about Robert Clark
Name: Robert Clark
Age: 24
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Bentham, Yorkshire, England

Civil Parish: Bentham
Ecclesiastical parish: St Margaret
Town: Bentham
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

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Registration district: Settle
Sub-registration district: Bentham
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 10
Household Members: Name Age
Catherine Boyd 59
Robert Boyd 58
Catherine Clark 24
Robert Clark 24
William F Clark 9 months
Rosa A Magoolagham 18
Elizabeth Thompson 57


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Is this his details on the CWGC website?

Name: CLARK
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sapper
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Unit Text: 435th Field Coy.
Age: 41
Date of Death: 28/09/1917
Service No: 42755
Additional information: Son of Ezekiah and Elizabeth Clark; husband of Catherine Clark, of 8, Lair Gill, Bentham. Born at Low Bentham.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: West of Church.
Cemetery: BENTHAM (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD


Just cross-checked with the 1901 census and the address of Lair Gill tallies.

Pete

1881 census

Name: Robert Clark
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Hezekiah
Mother's Name: Eliza
Gender: Male
Where born: Bentham, Yorkshire, England

Civil Parish: Bentham
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street address: Main Street

Registration district: Settle
Sub-registration district: Bentham
ED, institution, or vessel: 4

Household Members: Name Age
Eliza Clark 45
Hezekiah Clark 44
Jane Clark 14
John Clark 10
Margaret Clark 2
Robert Clark 5
Thomas Clark 16

and the 1891 census

Name: Robert Clarke
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Hezekiah
Mother's Name: Eliza
Gender: Male
Where born: Bentham, Yorkshire, England

Civil Parish: Bentham
Ecclesiastical parish: Bentham
Town: Bentham
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Registration district: Settle
Sub-registration district: Bentham
ED, institution, or vessel: 4

Household Members: Name Age
Eliza Clarke 51
Hezekiah Clarke 53
John Clarke 19
Margaret A Clarke 12
Robert Clarke 14
Beatrice Gurwell 2

Hezekiah Clark married Eliza Smith in Settle, Yorkshire in 1866.
He was the son of John Clark born 1793 at Wrigglesworth or Long Preston and Jane Clark was born 1798 at Boland? or Slaidbury

thanks to all who sent info re Robert Clarke are any of you related?

New thread started:

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1392179

Advised to add to this thread rather than the new one

Now that we know it is Robert & Catherine we can see that there are a number of trees with them on Ancestry. At least one has photos.

Dorothy needs to take out an Ancestry sub or a 2 week free trial.