Family Tree

This family tree is from the earliest known Cedric Clarke ancestors to father Reginald

Great Grandpa

This picture of Great Grandpa Robetr II Clarke was probably taken in the 1880s; the two ladies are possibly his daughters,Catherine and Edith (Grandpas twin).

Grandpa Thomas Clarke

Grandpa Thomas Clarke ; probably taken very late 1800s or early 1900s

The Arcade

Inside the Arcade in Westbourn near Portsmouth where Grandpa Thomas had his grocery shop and father Reginald was born in 1889

The Grocery Shop

The shop in the above Arcade, a store for artists materials as it was when I saw it in about 1981. Presumably the door on the left was the entance to upstairs (fathers birthplace)

SAfrica Home c1901

The Clarke home in Woodstock ,Cape Town about 1901. The family are on the porch;father Reginald in his early 'teens and aunt Eileen a babe in arms

Father Reginald

Father - possibly taken between 1917 and 1919

Family 1970s

Left to right - Gavin, Pam, Cedric, Patty , Andrew
Front - Tammy the black Labrador

Great Granpa Retires

When Great Grandpa Robert II Clarke retired in 1913, he was presented with a gold watch and chain as well as an illuminated address. The event was reported in the trade magazine,"The Draper and Drapery Times" as shown on the left.