Individual Details

Florence Elisabeth Clarke

(15 Mar 1894 - 6 Jan 1970)

She was the loveliest, kindest person to ever walk this earth, according to granddaughter Veronica. Florence also adopted a son.

Events

Birth	15 Mar 1894	Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire, England
Census (family)-shared	31 Mar 1901	(Daniel Clarke and Elizabeth Ann Braun) Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
Census (family)-shared	1911	(Daniel Clarke and Elizabeth Ann Braun) Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
Marriage	2 Aug 1919	Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England - Ernest Albert Osborne
Death	6 Jan 1970	Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England

Families

Spouse	Ernest Albert Osborne (1896 - 1980)
Child	Irene Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Osborne (1921 - 2001)
Child	Ernest Edwin Lawrence "Sonny" Osborne (1923 - )
Child	Norbert Gerard Joseph Osborne (1929 - 1972)
Child	Jerard Sharrod ( - 1968)

Father	Daniel Clarke (1856 - 1926)
Mother	Elizabeth Ann Braun (1853 - 1920)
Sibling	Laurance Clarke (1892 - )

Notes

Birth

Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun

Census (family)-shared

Daniel Clarke Head M 44 Wednsbury, Staffordshire - COACH SMITH
Elizabeth Clarke Wife F 45 Germany Naturlised Nat B S
Laurance Clarke Son M 9 Manchester, Lancashire
Florence Clarke Daughter F 7 Oldham, Lancashire

Ecclesiastical Parish: Attleborough "Holy Trinity"
Upper Park Street

Census (family)-shared

Daniel Clarke Head M 55 Tipton, Staffordshire - BLACKSMITH AT COLLERY
Elizabeth Ann Clarke Wife F 58 GERMANY - MARRIED
Florence E Clarke Daughter F 17 Washbrook Challerton Oldham - SINGLE

Marriage

According to El Dean Wilson's notes, probably based on information received from Betty Osborne Fall, this marriage took place on 2 August 1919 in London, England. However, official records indicate that it was in Nuneaton. The photograph of this wedding appears to show the bride's elderly parents seated at the ends of the group, The groom's sisters Emma and Thelma seated in front wearing plaid dresses, and possibly the brothers of the bride and groom standing behind their shoulders. I do not know why the groom's parents are not in the photo.

England and Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007:
Ernest A Osborne
Event Type: Marriage
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year: 1919
Registration District: Nuneaton
County: Warwickshire
Event Place: Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
Spouse Name (available after 1911): Clarke
Volume: 6D
Page: 1683
Line Number: 48
Ernest A Osborne probably married one of the following people:
Name: Florence E Clarke

Death

Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar

Note from Christopher Osborne:
I have a few memorial cards from the church in my possession. One reads Florence Elisabeth Osborne who died 6 January 1970 aged 75 years. Another, Ernest Albert Osborne who departed this life on 2nd. April 1980 aged 83 years. Grandma Florence told me her mother's name was Anna Braun from Coblenz so it's not surprising her memorial card reads, Anna Elizabeth Clarke who departed this life June 9th. 1920. Finally Daniel Clarke who died April 26 aged 70 years.

Endnotes

1. "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FSJ-TKS : 1 October 2014), Florence Elizabeth Clarke, 1894; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Oldham, Lancashire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England..

2. "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSZ2-2NY : 8 April 2016), Daniel Clarke, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast(http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Nuneaton subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey..

3. "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWZF-Y4K : 2 August 2017), Daniel Clarke, Chilvers Coton, Chilvers Coton Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey..

4. "England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2629-TMY : accessed 17 February 2015), Ernest A Osborne and null, 1919; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” index, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Marriage, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England..

5. "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCR-R6TL : accessed 11 November 2015), Florence Elizabeth Osborne, 1970; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast(http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England..