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Hi I am trying to find out any information on a relative Kate Rosa Slark born 1844 Bethnal Green She married my great great grandfather Sampson Champion in 1865 can anyone help?

Pete

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 about Kate Rosa Slark
Name: Kate Rosa Slark
Record Type: Baptism
Estimated Birth Date: abt 1843
Baptism Date: 31 Dec 1843
Father's Name: Robert Slark
Mother's Name: Harriett Slark
Parish or Poor Law Union: Bethnal Green St John
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Register Type: Parish Registers

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Kate Rosa Slark
Name: Kate Rosa Slark
Spouse Name: Sampson Champion
Spouse Age: Full Age
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 9 Jul 1865
Parish: Langham
Borough: Westminster
Father Name: Robert Slark
Spouse Father Name: Sampson Champion
Register Type: Parish Register

Hi Maddie,
Is there anyway I can find out if there is a jewish connection and how to go about it?
Thanks for your information
Pete

I really don't know
there is this site for jewish names
Appendix:Jewish surnames - Wiktionary
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Jewish_surnames

could this be robert
groom's name: Robert Slark
groom's birth date:
groom's birthplace:
groom's age:
bride's name: Harriet Fossey
bride's birth date:
bride's birthplace:
bride's age:
marriage date: 20 Jul 1835
marriage place: Saint Luke Old Street,Finsbury,London,England
groom's father's name:
groom's mother's name:
bride's father's name:
bride's mother's name:
groom's race:
groom's marital status:
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race:
bride's marital status:
bride's previous husband's name:
indexing project (batch) number: M02069-2
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 585445, 585448, 585449
referenc

i would have thought if they were jewish they may have married in a synagogue

a son
name: James Robert Slark
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 10 Jul 1836
baptism/christening place: SAINT MATTHEW,BETHNAL GREEN,LONDON,ENGLAND
birth date: 16 Jun 1836
birthplace:
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: Robert Slark
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Harriet
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C04698-4
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 855942, 855943, 855944
reference number:

I'm only going on the Name Rosa and Slark I have never come across before
I have never managed to go back past her mother and father? so thought they may be documented somewhere else.

Pete

found this
Last name: Slark
Recorded as Slark and Slarke, this is an English surname. It is believed to be a dialectal variant of Slack which is either a topographical name for someone who lived in a shallow valley, or a locational name from one of the many places called Slack, for example Slack, near Stainland, and near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, deriving from the Olde Norse "slakki" meaning "valley". It may also be a nickname for a carefree person, deriving from the Middle English "slack", Olde English pre 7th Century "slaec" meaning "careless". The surname dates back to the late 12th Century (see below). Further recordings include Thomas del Slakk (1275), Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield, and Thomas Slak (1359), Calendar of Letter Books of the city of London. Parish registers show Elizabeth, the daughter of Elias Slarke, who was christened on July 14th 1644 in St. Olave's Church, Southwark, London, and John Slark who married Hannah Webb on August 16th 1688 in St. James' Church, Duke's Place, London. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Gerebod le Slac which was dated 1195, in the "Pipe Rolls of Lincolnshire", during the reign of King Richard 1st, known as "The Lionheart", 1189 - 1199. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Slark#ixzz271T0pfOY

Thank you so much at least I have Fossey to get my teeth into that will open a whole new branch on my tree,
Many thanks

Pete

The strange thing is she had a duaghter in 1874 called Rosa FORSEY Champion could that be sign sound like Fossey what do you think?

Pete

could well be

Think the Forsey is an error, she was baptised with middle name Fossey:

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906

Name: Rose Fossey Champion
Record Type: Baptism
Birth Date: 27 Jan 1874
Baptism Date: 8 Mar 1874
Father's Name: Samson Champion - Warehouseman
Mother's Name: Kate Rosa Champion
Parish or Poor Law Union: Battersea St Mary
Borough: Wandsworth
Register Type: Parish Registers

They lived 13 Church Road.

On the register it looks like the middle name has been written as Forsey and then the "r" amended to an "s".

England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 about Robert Slark
Name: Robert Slark
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 31 Dec 1790
Christening Place: Bromley, Kent, England
Father's Name: James Slark
Mother's Name: Mary

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Mary Ann Parker
Name: Mary Ann Parker
Spouse Name: Robert Slark
Spouse Age: Full Age
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 18 Feb 1848
Parish: Paddington St James
Borough: Westminster
Father Name: Edmund Parker
Spouse Father Name: James Slark
Register Type: Parish Register

Well thank you all so much I have lots to go on now don't know where to start,
once again thanks so much.

Pete

http://www.jewishgen.org/

(above can be useful, Jewish Ancestors)

Chris :)

Hi I am now trying to find out any information on Robert Slark and his family and Harriet Fossey as I have hit a brick wall with them.

Pete

1841
SLARK, Robert M 45 1796 Middlesex VIEW
SLARK, Hariet F 30 1811 Middlesex VIEW
SLARK, James M 5 1836 Middlesex VIEW
SLARK, Harriet F 3 1838 Middlesex VIEW
SLARK, Mary Ann F 0 (2 months) 1841 Middlesex VIEW
BREWER, Thomas M 65 1776 Middlesex VIEW
GWILT, Sarah F 35 1806 VIEW

Piece: 704

Book/Folio: 3/5

Page: 3

Registration District: Shoreditch

Civil Parish: St Leonard Shoreditch

Municipal Borough: Tower Hamlets

Address: Goldsmith's Place, St Leonard Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets

County: Middlesex

found this on a tree from ancestry
Robert

1790 abt
Birth
Bromley, Kent, England
2 source citations
1790 31 Dec
Baptism
Bromley, Kent, England
1 source citation
1835 20 Jul
Age: 45
Marriage
St Luke Old Street
2 source citations
1843 31 Dec
Age: 53
Residence
9 Bennet Place,Bethnal Green,London.
Cellarman
1848 11 Feb
Age: 58
Marriage to Mary Ann Parker
Saint James, Paddington, London, England.
Living at Edgware Rd,Paddington,London.
2 source citations
1861
Age: 71
Residence
11 Buckingham Place,St Marylebone,Middlesex,London.
Wine Cooper
1 source citation
Residence
England

parents listed as James and Mary

FATHERS NAME TAKEN FROM MARRAIGE TO MARY ANN PARKER

Harriett and children


Harriet Fossey – 1847

James Robert Slark 1836 –
Harriet Eleanor Slark 1837 – 1929
Kate Rosa Slark 1843 – 1908

Mary Ann Parker born c1820 St Pancraes London


London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Mary Ann Parker
Name: Mary Ann Parker
Spouse Name: Robert Slark
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 18 Feb 1848
Parish: Paddington St James
Borough: Westminster
Father Name: Edmund Parker
Spouse Father Name: James Slark
Register Type: Parish Register

Maddie