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Arthur Hopkins Clarke was born in Hobart, Tasmania, on 20 June 1870.^2,1,3

He married Ella Mary Crosby, daughter of William Crosby and Sarah Eliza Giblin, in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1899.³

Arthur died on 25 April 1944 in Hobart, Tasmania, at age 73.⁴ He was buried on 26 April 1944 at the Cornelian Bay Cemetery in Hobart.⁵

Bessie Martha Rhoda Clarke was born in Remuera, Auckland, on 23 March 1866.^2,1,3 and was baptised in 1866.^2,1

She married Mortimer William Shroff in New Zealand in 1900.^1,4,5

Bessie died on 12 June 1939 in Remuera, Auckland, at age 73.^2,1,6

Brian William Clarke was born in Auckland on 29 September 1940.^1,2

Brian died on 19 February 2015 in New Zealand at age 74.^2,3

Christine Margaret Clarke was born in Auckland on 18 May 1930.^2,3

She was the Librarian at the Whakatane Library & Museum, 1961-1990 and completed major research into the Clarke family, which is now held in the Whakatane Museum.¹

Christine died in 2014 in New Zealand.³

Cynthia Amelia Clarke was born in Auckland on 28 October 1908.^2,1,3

She married John Gerald Fitzgerald in Hamilton, Waikato, on 10 May 1932.^2,1,4,5

Cynthia died in 1992 in New Zealand.⁶

Cyril Louten Clarke was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, on 7 August 1912.^1,2
The siblings Doris, Horace, Hubert, Archibald, Leonard, William, Cyril and Mary were listed in the 1921 census at 3 Warwick Rd in Edmonton, Middlesex, with their parents, James Clarke and Maude Amelia Pope.³

Cyril's marriage to Edith Sylvia Rogers was registered between April 1939 and June 1939 in Durham, Durham.^2,4

He was listed in the 1939 Register at 66 Hinton Way in Chesterton, Cambridgeshire; he was a buyer and office manager for a Manufacturing Stationer.²

Cyril's death was registered between January 2004 and March 2004 in Mendip, Somerset.⁵

Doris Ivy Maude Clarke was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, on 28 August 1914.^1,2
The siblings Doris, Horace, Hubert, Archibald, Leonard, William, Cyril and Mary were listed in the 1921 census at 3 Warwick Rd in Edmonton, Middlesex, with their parents, James Clarke and Maude Amelia Pope.³

Doris Ivy Maude Clarke, Hubert John Clarke, Eric Albert Clarke, Horace Alfred Clarke and Mary Elsie Letitia Clarke were listed in the 1939 Register at 82 Silver St in Edmonton, Middlesex, along with James Clarke and Maude Amelia Pope; Doris was secretary clerk for a press publication.²

Doris May Clarke was born in Manchester, Lancashire, on 16 December 1914.¹

She married Edgar Thomas Jones in Onehunga on 5 December 1942.^1,2

Doris died on 26 June 1972 in Auckland at age 57.¹

Edward Alexander Wild (Ned) Clarke was born in New Zealand in 1889.²

He married Myrtle Eileen Findlay in New Zealand in 1920.^1,3,4

Edward died in 1965 in New Zealand.⁵

Edward Blomfield Clarke was born in Waimate North, Northland, on 20 October 1885.^2,1,3

He married Mabel Kathleen Neumann in New Zealand in 1906.^2,1,4,5

He was widowed at age 56 on the death of his wife Mabel on 27 November 1941.^2,1,6

Edward's second marriage was to Rita Charlotte Hargraves on 6 February 1943 in New Plymouth.^2,1,7

In 1947 he authored and published a book - 'The Early Life in Paihia.¹'

Edward died on 10 February 1972 in Matamata at age 86.^2,8,9 He was buried on 12 February 1972 at the Birkenhead/Glenfield Cemetery in Birkenhead.^10,11