Rebecca Clarke
Bef 1852 --
Name Rebecca Clarke Birth Bef 31 Oct 1852 Christening 31 Oct 1852 [1] Gender Female Siblings 5 siblings Notes - ** The Index clearly shows Rebecca was baptised 31 Oct 1852 and that her mother was Eliza. But Eliza would have been 52 when she conceived. That's highly unlikely. And there's an 11 year gap between Rebecca and her next yougest sibling. I wonder whether this is a case of a grandaughter being recorded as a daughter for propriety's sake? All of the other children's ages are between 20 and 32 so Rebecca could have been the illegitimate child of any of them (but more likely one of the two girls.)
Paul Barrett
05 Aug 2017
Person ID I1489 Main Tree Last Modified 5 Aug 2017
Parent William Clarke, b. 1800 Parent Eliza Wild, b. Est 1800 Marriage 19 Aug 1827 Windlesham, Surrey, England Marriage Record Family ID F441 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- ** The Index clearly shows Rebecca was baptised 31 Oct 1852 and that her mother was Eliza. But Eliza would have been 52 when she conceived. That's highly unlikely. And there's an 11 year gap between Rebecca and her next yougest sibling. I wonder whether this is a case of a grandaughter being recorded as a daughter for propriety's sake? All of the other children's ages are between 20 and 32 so Rebecca could have been the illegitimate child of any of them (but more likely one of the two girls.)
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Sources - [S27] 1861 England Census, RG9/423 Page 22 (Reliability: 3).
- [S27] 1861 England Census, RG9/423 Page 22 (Reliability: 3).