Alfred Clarke (1903 - 1980)

Born 19 Aug 1903 in Carn Grey, St Austell, Cornwall, ENGLAND

Ancestors

Husband of Alice M (Mitchell) Clarke — married about 1931 in Newlyn East,Cornwall, ENGLAND

Died 22 Jan 1980 at age 76 in St Austell, Cornwall, ENGLAND

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Biography

Alfred was born in 1903. After Alf left school at the age of thirteen, he went to work in the clay pits, tending the water hoses. He was not happy in this work and quit after four years. Jobs were scarce so after awhile he decided to go to New Zealand. He asked Fred to go with him and Fred was delighted to go. They were 16 and 17 years old. It took them six weeks to get there, going through the Panama Canal. They landed in Christchurch and stayed a few days with Charles Trebilcock (a brother of Jack Trebilcock). They obtained work on sheep stations. Alf lived there about eight years and then returned to England. He took over a farm at Newlyn East near Newquay, Cornwall.

Shortly after getting the farm (in 1930) he married Alice Mitchell. They worked the farm for about 25 years giving it up in the fall of 1955 and returning to Carn Grey to live. They had no children.

He was the son of John Clarke and Alice Jane. He passed away in 1980. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Unsourced family tree obtained by Vera (Kemp) Aspinall.