[WED]Duckett, Spearing, Clapp/Clarke.

[Tim Curtin]

Apologies, I meant of course George Brown Clapp.

Tim Curtin

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From: Mathew Ducket <Mathew.Ducket1@btopenworld.com>
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Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 7:15 AM
Subject: [WED]Duckett, Spearing, Clapp/Clarke.


> Question to Tim, who is George Brown Duckett ? I don't have him.
>  Just to confuse you Anna Duckett nee Clapp was my maternal grandmother.
>
> I can confirm that Mary Spearing was the housekeeper in question, she did
> not marry John Comer until 1886 (2nd wife).
> The children of John and Anna Spearing were,
> Simon, Bap. Blackford 1840, Bur. Wedmore 1841.
> Mary,  Bap. Blackford 1842, Bur. Chapel Allerton 1925.
> Simon, Bap. Blackford 1843,
> Harriet, Bap. Wedmore 1845, Bur. Chapel Allerton 1926. (Father John of
Heath
> House)
> Paul, Bap. Wedmore 1847, (Father John of Heath House)
> Joseph, Bap. Wedmore 1849, (Father John of Heath House)
> John, Bap. Wedmore 1852, (Father John of Watchfield)
> Elizabeth, Bap, Wedmore 1856, Bur. Hereford ? ( Father John of Burnham)
> This can be used to trace John around the mills of north Somerset. The
story
> is that the four sons all had a mill. This is confirmed by The book by
> Coultard & Watts.
> Can any one help me with Elizabeth? Possibly known as Libby. My
information
> comes from photographs, she was in Hereford in the 1880s and later but is
> nowhere in the 1881 census ( The Hereford address is vacant). She was
> probably unmarried in the early 1890s and certainly lived into her late
> fifties.
>
> Next appeal is for information on the family of  Harriet Clark nee Clapp
> 1871-1904. Harriet married Henry Clark circa 1897. One son Darwin born
> perhaps 1898, probably Darwin, Australia. One daughter Clarisse died
Darwin,
> Australia 28/1/1901, a few months old. Henry Clark was probably a shipping
> agent. The family returned to Britain in both 1901 and 1903. Harriet died
in
> Backford probably of diabetes. Darwin Clark is known to have lived in
> Australia.
> Matthew Duckett.
>
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