Joseph John Clarke

Joseph John Clarke

Male 1855 - 1921  (66 years)

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  • Name Joseph John Clarke  [1
    Birth 4 Mar 1855  Heddington, Wiltshire, England (never registered) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Jun 1921  [1
    Burial Kybunga, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I2546  Tucker Family Tree | The descendants of James Tucker
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2007 

    Father John Clarke,   b. Calne, Highworth, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Christianne Clifford,   b. The Devizes, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F0742  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eliza Tucker,   b. 23 Jan 1870, Crows Nest, Inman Valley, District Yankalilla, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1945 (Age 75 years)  [1
    Marriage 20 Feb 1890  Baptist Manse, Paddington, New South Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Alfred James Clarke,   b. 31 Dec 1890, Kybunga, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1954 (Age 63 years)
    +2. Daisy Jane Olive Clarke,   b. 16 Jan 1894, Kybunga, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1965 (Age 71 years)
    +3. Frederick John William Clarke,   b. 27 Jan 1900, Kybunga, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Kybunga, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Wilfred Tennyson Tucker Clarke,   b. 27 Jun 1905, Kybunga, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1967 (Age 62 years)
     5. Mary Myrtle Tucker Clarke,   b. 28 Jun 1907, Clare, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Tailem Bend, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F0741  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2022 

  • Photos
    Joseph and Eliza Clarke (n. Tucker)
    Joseph and Eliza Clarke (n. Tucker)
    Joseph John Clarke and Eliza Tucker
    Joseph John Clarke
    Joseph John Clarke
    Joseph John Clarke - Husband of Eliza Tucker
    The Family of Eliza and Joseph Clarke
    The Family of Eliza and Joseph Clarke
    The Family of Eliza Tucker and Joseph John Clarke.
    L to R Standing at back Wilfred Tennyson Tucker Clarke, Daisy Jane Olive Clarke, Frederick John William Clarke; Sitting L to R: Joseph John Clarke, Mary Myrtle tucker Clarke, Eliza Clarke (n.Tucker),Alfred James Tucker.

  • Notes 
    • Joseph was born in Divizes in Wiltshire, England, having brothers Alfred and Frederick and a sister Elizabeth (King). He was born with a cleft palate and hence had a speech impediment. He fought with a local boy and won, and even though he was only 9 she told him to run away until the incident wad forgotten. He did, to the coast, and obtained work as a seaman on boats and other vessels, where the older seamen taught him ho to play cards and how to win by cheating. He took his winnings back to England and gave them to hi brother Alfred to help pay for his tuition at Spurgeon's Theological College (Baptist). Joseph joined the Army, under General Buller, and was sent to the first Boer War. Where he received news that his mother was seriously ill, his requests to return home was refused. So he stole a wagon and horses and left amid a hail of arrows and other ammunition. He reached the coast and arrived in England two days after his mother had died. So he followed his two brothers to Australia. The Kybunga property is still owned by Clark Descendents.
      Joseph became a Christian and loved to read and study the Bible. On Sundays he would take his Bible to Church with him and would sit in the front row. While the minister was preaching he would thumb through the appropriate verses and if he didn't agree with the visiting Minister's interpretations he would argue his point of view during the Sermon. His wife and family preferred to sit at the back of the church.
      (the above details provided from the book "The Tucker Family in Australia" 1992.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Cynthis Henley-Smith, The Tucker Family in Australia, (Gillingham Printers Pty Ltd Adelaide, South Australia), 1992, 198 (Reliability: 2).


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