William Jesse CLARKE

William Jesse CLARKE

Male 1886 - 1976  (90 years)


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  • Name William Jesse CLARKE 
    Birth 8 Apr 1886  Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 8 May 1976  West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1962, Suffolk, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jun 1914  Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1989, Suffolk, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2026