
William Jesse CLARKE
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Name William Jesse CLARKE Birth 8 Apr 1886 Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK
- Birth date from 1939 register. This helps distinguish him from a William Jesse Clarke born 1885 in Luton, Bedfordshire.
No confirmation of his parentage from records to date.
Gender Male Census 1939 Christlands Farm, Hawkedon, Suffolk, England, UK
Death 8 May 1976 West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK
- GRO QBDAA 655949 WILLIAM JESSE CLARKE
Deaths in the registration district of Bury St Edmunds in the county of Suffolk. Eighth May 1976 at West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds.
William Jess Clarke (no details of parents given), born 8 Apr 1886, Chevington, Suffolk. Farm Worker (retired) of School Road, Brockley, Bury St Edmunds. Died: West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Name and surname of informant: ELLEN ELIZA PLUMMER daughter 2 Combs Lane, Stowmarket, Suffolk, 10 May 1976.
Causes of death: Bronchopneumonia, operation (left hip), fracture neck of left femur.
*Marriage record does not give parents, so may have been orphan or even born out of wedlock.
Person ID I8417 Warren Nunn's family tree Last Modified 2 Oct 2017
Family Lily Sarah NUNN, b. 20 May 1882, Hargrave, Suffolk, England, UK
d. 23 Apr 1962, Suffolk, England, UK
(Age 79 years) Marriage 25 Jun 1914 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK
- 1914 marriage solemnized in the register office in the ditrict of Bury St Edmunds in the county of Suffolk. No 31, 25 Jun 1914. Jesse William Clarke, 28 years, bachelor, laborer, born Chevington, no details given of parents and Lily Sarah Nunn, 32 years, spinster, housekeeper, born Chevington, dau of Edward Nunn, farmer. Witnesses; James Nunn*, Bessie Nunn.
James was Lily's brother and Bessie (Elizabeth Cooper), his wife.
Online entry:
"England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:268T-1J1 : accessed 23 August 2015), Lily S Nunn and null, 1914; from England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005, database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Marriage, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
Children 1. Ellen Eliza CLARKE, b. 17 Aug 1914, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK
d. Sep 1989, Suffolk, England, UK
(Age 75 years)Family ID F461 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Jan 2026
- Birth date from 1939 register. This helps distinguish him from a William Jesse Clarke born 1885 in Luton, Bedfordshire.

