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Laura Muriel CLARK
1904 - 1975 (70 years)
Has 2 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Laura Muriel CLARK Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 30 Apr 1904 Doncaster Reg Dist, Yorkshire Lincolnshire or Nottinghamshire, England 
- From the 1911 census where shown as aged 7
GRO ref: CLARK, Laura Muriel q2 1904 Doncaster RD 9c 890; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Pears [sic]
Actual date from death registration index
Gender Female Residence 1921 3, Smith Street, Bacup, Lancashire, England - With her parents, three sisters and a nephew (probably - could be her son, but her age makes it more likely he was her older sister's child)
Died Dec Q 1975 Hyndburn and Rossendale Reg Dist, Lancashire, England - GRO ref: GREGORY, Laura Muriel q4 1975 dob 30AP1904 Hyndburn/R RD 40 1505
Buried The Cemetery, Bacup, Lancashire, England Siblings5 sisters Half-siblings1 half brother (family of Joseph John PERRY and Emma VEARS) Patriarch & Matriarch 
George CLARK, b. Abt 1870, Benenden, Kent, England, d. Yes, date unknown (Father) 
Emma VEARS, b. Mar Q 1871, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, d. Mar Q 1932, Haslingden Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 61 years) (Mother) Person ID I305079 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 31 Aug 2023
Father George CLARK, b. Abt 1870, Benenden, Kent, England , d. Yes, date unknown Mother Emma VEARS, b. Mar Q 1871, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England , d. Mar Q 1932, Haslingden Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 61 years)
Other Partners: Joseph John PERRYRelationship Abt 1894 Started - Shown as married 16 years in the 1911 census. The births of their children were registered as though they were married.
(Is there one missing? The 1911 census shows that they had had 7 children of whom one had died; I think most likely Emma was counting all her children, not just those from her relationship with George but I could have missed one)
Married Dec Q 1930 Haslingden Reg Dist, Lancashire, England - GRO ref: Clark, George to Vears, Emma q4 1930 Haslingden RD 8e 177
(yes, the date really is 1930, about 36 years after the start of their relationship)
Family ID F301596 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family George William GREGORY, b. 14 Aug 1900, Kelbrook, Thornton-in-Craven, Yorkshire, England , d. Jun Q 1973, Littleborough Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age 72 years) Married Dec Q 1923 Hyndburn Register Office or Registrar Attended, Haslingden Reg Dist, Lancashire, England - GRO ref: Gregory, George W to Clark, Laura M q4 1923 Haslingden RD 8e 232
Extra information from local (Lancs) BMD index which shows that
GREGORY, George William married CLARK, Laura Muriel at Hyndburn Register Office or Registrar attended (registers now at Preston, ref: RM/142/131)
Children4 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F301593 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From the 1911 census where shown as aged 7