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Well done Clare,
Hopefully it will have lots of extra info.
Once you find out where she died (and lived) you might be able to contact the local library and ther might be able to track her family on census records .
Good luck.

Hi Julie

Just wanted to say that I have contacted Joy Mullin and have a copy of my Great Aunt's death certificate on the way.

Thanks again for all you help

thank you so much for all you help. It is much appreciated

It is the NSW government web site

www.bdm.nsw.gov.au

On the left is a blue area. About half way in this box is"Family History" click on this.
Then click on " Search Historical Indexes"
Then "search now" in blue and underlined
Choose either births & deaths OR marriages
enter details and wait for your results.

You can order certificates directly from this site
OR try Joy Murrins transcription service..(google her)
I have not used her myself, but plenty of people on GR have mentioned her

Hi Julie

Where did you find their deaths?

Was it on a web site if so what is it called

I have seen the info on 'findmypast' passenger list.
The record goes...
Name .. date of birth .. Sex ..Departure Year & Port..Destination Country & Port.

As Clara & Wilfred were married in 1922 and sailed in 1922, then their children would be born in Australia

Don't forget that if you buy Wilfred or Clara's death certificate is should list the children and their ages (at time of parents death).
Then you would know what year they were born.

Check out Ryerson Index (google it)
It lists deaths from newspapers at to present day almost
There are a few Geoffrey's there.

Then from this we would think that the chikdren were born in Austraila. The info from Josephine would be from where? Would it be regarding when they left the UK and went to Australia?

The info which Josephine has given indicates that Wilfred & Clara went to Australia in 1922.

We can only accesss births up to 1907 in NSW.
They would be on electoral rolls after 1943/44, but we can only access the rolls up to 1936 !

To find out their birth dates is going to be near impossible.

Thanks for all the info we are just trying to locat the births of their children now

Clara Jane Giddins in St Ives birth registered between J/F/M 1894

CLARKE Wilfred Jeffery born approx 1892 Male 1922 London Australia Sydney

CLARKE Clara Jane 1894 F 1922 London Australia Sydney

You should buy the death certificates.
There is, usually, a LOT of extra info on the Australian certificates, like a list of all their children with ages.

You could try Joy Murrins transcription service (have not used her myself, but a lot on GR recommend her)
OR go to the New South Wales births,deaths & marriages and order from there.

www.bdm.nsw.gov.au

Good luck.

Hi

Yes the parents names are the correct ones.

We don't know where the children were born or the middle names, but think it may have been in Australia, we think peggy may have been margaret not sure.

Thank you for all your help, I tried looking but coundn't get any further than the marriage date. My cousin is doing to Australia in a few weeks to see her daughter who lives over there and she would like to go with as much information as possible.

Again thank you

?? Their deaths... do these parents names match ?

Reg.No./Year .. 30436/1953
Name .. CLARKE CLARA JANE
Father .. JOHN
Mother .. LUCY
District .. WOLLONGONG

Reg.No./Year .. 17083/1963
Name .. CLARKE WILFRED GEOFFREY
Father .. JAMES
Mother .. ELIZABETH
District .. WOLLONGONG

Australian Electoral Rolls, 1901-1936 about Wilfred Jeffrey Clarke
Name: Wilfred Jeffrey Clarke
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1936 <<<<<<<<
State: New South Wales
District: Werriwa
Subdistrict: Kembla
OCCUPATION ..
ADDRESS .. 30 Reservoir St., Port Kembla
with Clara Jane, home Duties

Australian Electoral Rolls, 1901-1936 about Wilfred Jeffrey Clarke
Name: Wilfred Jeffrey Clarke
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1930
State: New South Wales
District: Werriwa
Subdistrict: Kembla
OCCUPATION .. Labourer
ADDRESS .. Wentworth St., Port Kembla
Clara Jane is listed at Somme St

Somme St, intersects Reservoir St.
My guess is that they had moved but only one had changed their address on the electoral roll

Ok, found their marriage.
They both had the middle initial of "J"

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983 about Clara J Giddins
Name: Clara J Giddins
Year of Registration: 1922
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Spouse's Surname: Clark <<< Wilfred J.
District: Bromley
County: Greater London, Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 1513

Did Wilfred or Clara have middle names ?
Where were Peggy and Jeffrey born ?
Did they have middle names ?
Was Peggy really Margaret ?

I'm trying to find out any kind of information regarding my Great Aunt Clara Giddins. I know she married in this county in 1922 to a Wilfred Clark. It's what happened after that I'm trying to find out. I then think they went to Australia to live but don't know what year. They had 2 children Peggy and Jeffrey. If you can help in any way please contact me.

Thanks