William Clarke (1832-1890)
c.1832 Born in Sunderland
1851 Possibly this family is the appropriate one: Joseph Clarke 45, pattern maker, Jane Clarke 45, William Clarke 19 (b.Sunderland), engineer, Joseph Clarke 17, Jane Clarke 14, Robert Thomas Clarke 12, Eliza Ann Clarke 5, lived in Bedlington[1]
Worked at Bedlington Iron Co and W. G. Armstrong and Co of Elswick.
1861 Married Margaret Bewick in Newcastle upon Tyne[2]
1864 Established a company with Edward Benning at South Shore, Gateshead, producing winches, which in a few years became Clarke, Watson and Gurney and then Clarke, Chapman and Co
1869 Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
1871 Engineer, employing 200 fitters, 30 smiths, 40 moulders, 20 labourers, lived in Gateshead with Margaret Clarke 34, Jessie B Clarke 7, Kate M Clarke 5, Eliza J Clarke 3[3]
1872 of Clarke, Watson and Gurney, Victoria Works, South Shore, Gateshead.
1881 William Clark 49, Engineer, lived in Gateshead with Margaret Clark 44, Jessie Clark 17, Kate M. Clark 15, Eliza J. Clark 13, William H. Clark 6, Helena M. Clark 5, Edward W. Clark 3[4]
1890 Died in Gateshead[5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- Mechanical Engineer Records