Hi, I'm Tanya - ancestor of the Clarke's in Australia.
Ida Carchrie Clarke is my great great aunt. My great grandmother is her youngest sister Florence Graham Clarke.
If you are subscribed to ancestry.com, please visit my family tree, as I have a lot of information and family photographs inherited from the Clarkes. Ida was loved immensely by my great grandmother - they kept in regular contact and Ida sent many photographs of her and her children. These were kept by my grandmother and are in my family tree.
http://trees.ancestry.com.au/tree/40839404/familyFrom what I understand, David is the family patriarch, and the father of George Cecerlia Clarke (Mary Ann's father) and Annie Clarke (married to George Carchrie).
George Carchrie was a publican in Liverpool and must have been an all-round great man, as several of the following generations are named after him. We now know that Mary Ann lived with the Carchries when she was young, and that Ida also lived with them when she was 17. My grandmother has always maintained that Ida's name was "Eliza" so it is possible that they were childless and essentially foster parents to Ida. However, the 1901 census lists Eliza Carchrie (roughly the same age as Eliza) as their daughter.
I have been trying to trace what happened to Ida for at least a year, as her family in Australia lost contact with her around the start of WW2, and to the best of my knowledge never heard from her again. It is my grandmother's understanding that as they were not in contact she would not have known about family members (including my great grandmother) passing. I have both William and Mary Ann's death certificates and there is uncertainty on them as to whether Ida was alive. My grandmother has believed for years that she must have been killed in air raids during the war, but I have only just found that she lived to a ripe old age!
I would like to make contact with Ida's descendants to share the family photographs and stories. I realise that Ida's children may have all passed by now, but I would be pleased to make contact with a grandchild or great grandchild.
- Ida and kids
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- Clarke Graham Family Tree
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Regards, Tanya