Biography:
William Clack
1879 –1924
William Clack
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Unmarked grave William Clack (1879-1924)
William was born at 8, Canal Side in 1879, the second child of George and Ann (née Cook) Clack. George was a farm labourer born in Oxford and Ann worked as a straw plaiter.
By March 1891 his widowed mother had moved the family to Castle Street. She still worked as a plaiter and his older brother John, aged 14, was a coal labourer, which must have helped support their younger brother and three sisters, all of whom, like William, attended school.
William never married.
In March 1901 William, his brother Arthur and sister Sarah Ann were living with their cousin George Draper and his wife Martha and their family at 57, Castle Street. William and Arthur were both employed as general labourers.
In April 1911 William was back living at 8, Canal Side in the home of his widowed elder brother John and his two young sons, and was employed as the driver of a horse-drawn coal cart. (John’s wife, Ellen, is buried in this cemetery in an unmarked grave).
William moved to 40, Highfield Road where he was a lodger. In 1921 he was employed as a carman (van driver).
He died at that address in April 1924 aged 44 and was buried here with his sister Fanny Clack (born and died 1888).
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Unmarked grave William Clack (1879-1924)
William was born at 8, Canal Side in 1879, the second child of George and Ann (née Cook) Clack. George was a farm labourer born in Oxford and Ann worked as a straw plaiter.
By March 1891 his widowed mother had moved the family to Castle Street. She still worked as a plaiter and his older brother John, aged 14, was a coal labourer, which must have helped support their younger brother and three sisters, all of whom, like William, attended school.
William never married.
In March 1901 William, his brother Arthur and sister Sarah Ann were living with their cousin George Draper and his wife Martha and their family at 57, Castle Street. William and Arthur were both employed as general labourers.
In April 1911 William was back living at 8, Canal Side in the home of his widowed elder brother John and his two young sons, and was employed as the driver of a horse-drawn coal cart. (John’s wife, Ellen, is buried in this cemetery in an unmarked grave).
William moved to 40, Highfield Road where he was a lodger. In 1921 he was employed as a carman (van driver).
He died at that address in April 1924 aged 44 and was buried here with his sister Fanny Clack (born and died 1888).
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