Violet Clarke (buried 1921)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Clarke
First name: 
Violet
Other Christian names: 
Sybil Maud
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
1033
Born: 
6/3/1894
Died: 
20/04/1921
Buried: 
23/04/1921
Occupation: 
Spinster
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
8
Cemetery plot: 
18
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In ever loving memory of Violet the beloved child of the late Rev. J.F and of Maud Allen-Clarke who fell asleep in Jesus 20th April 1921.

Life story

Life story

Violet was the daughter of John Oswald Allen Clarke and Maud Allen Clarke, nee Seagrove, and the grand-daughter of Thomas Avery Clarke, the Vicar of St George the Martyr, in Bolton, Lancashire. Violet's father was educated in Bolton and Nottingham before going to Cambridge University and was ordained a deacon in 1896. Within a very short time he married and moved to Queensland, Australia, where Violet was born on 6 March 1894. John was Vicar of Smythesdale, from 1901 until 1906. He died in 1907 and very soon after 13 year-old Violet and her mother travelled to England. In 1911 they were living at Holly Lodge, Etchingham, Sussex, with Maud's brother, Randolph St L Seagrove. Nothing more was found about Violet until her death from tuberculosis of the lung and intestine, on 20 April 1921. Her death certificate reveals that she died at "The Training Home", in Grand Avenue, Worthing, and that her mother, whose address is given as West Dulwich, was with her. Violet was buried on 23 April at Heene.

"Daughter of John Oswald Allen Clarke, Vicar of Smythesdale, Victoria, Australia (deceased); Maud Allen Clarke, Mother, resident at 8 Carson Road, West Dulwich was present at the death."

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
06/03/1894

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
20/04/1921
Age (at time of death): 
27
Cause of death: 
Tuberculosis of Lung and Instestine
Address at time of death: 
Avenue Lodge Nursing Home, Grand Avenue, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1911 census: 

Living at Holly Lodge, Etchingham, Sussex - Maud Allen Clarke, 47, head, private means; Violet Allen Clarke, 17, daughter; Randolph St L Seagrove, 34, brother