She was a commercial artist and illustrated children's books, magazines and advertisements. John Joseph Henry (4th December 1898 - 17th November 1957). Sybil moved to Ireland with her parents and married

Sybil Mary Markham (26th July 1907 - 15th June 1997) and Stanley George Westfield (Boy) Markham (16th July 1912 - 6th October 1991). The company failed in theġ930s recession and Alice and Charles moved to Dublin, where their descendants still live today.Īlice and Charles had three children - Marjory Alice (Midge) Markham (10th April 1903 - 13th February 1977), He set up a hosiery business with his brother Herbert in 1915 and the company, Markham Brothers, patented 'Revolwelt' expanding-topped stockings. Charles Markham was born in Leicester on 29th In 1911 she was still unmarried, and lived with her mother.Īlice Clarke (born 7th January 1874 died 6th September 1941) married Charles Edward Markham on 23rd August 1900. Įllen Clarke (born about 1867 died 26th December 1922) was a bookbinder, then a tailoress. Mary Jane Clarke (born 1866 died 28th January 1908) was a dressmaker and tailoress. Sarah Ann Clarke (born about 1864 died 22nd March 1891 ) married George Feltham in 1890. George Westfield Clarke's story is described on a separate page. Front row: My grandfather, George Westfield (1872 - 1954) and Alice.Īt the time of the 1881 census the family (but not Mary Jane) were living at 24 Harding Terrace, Northampton.Middle row: Eliza (née Serjeant), Ellen and Joshua.Back row: Mary Jane, John Sargent and Sarah Ann.The second photograph above is of the Clarke family in about 1880. Sarah Ann, the eldest child, was born in Hackleton and the other children were born in Piddington. They had two sons - John Sargent Clarke and my grandfather George Westfield Clarke - and four daughters - Ellen, Mary Jane, Sarah Ann and Alice. Eye is a village just outside Peterborough. Joshua and Eliza, my great-grandparents, married on 25th December 1861 in Eye parish church. Joshua Clarke and Eliza Serjeant and their children

Eliza by Jean Anne Bartlett