Thomas Henry CLARKE, b.1816 Yarmouth England, son of Thomas CLARKE and Elizabeth ELLIS was Capt. of the Brig 'Cornelius'.

He was married about 1845 to Mary Ellen DENTON, b. ca 1825, daughter of William DENTON and Mary ___.

T. H. and E CLARKE were listed as buyers of the one of the first Digby town allotments.

Thomas CLARKE and Mary Ellen DENTON had the following known children:

1. Thomas Denton CLARKE b. 1847, Liverpool, England, d. 1937, Merino, Vic, m. 1907 Margaret McPHERSON 1852-1922 from "Heathfiedl Station", Strathdownie.;

2. Mary Ellen Elizabeth CLARKE b. ca 1848, Liverpool, England, m. 1869, Archibald SMITH;

3. William Denton CLARKE b. abt 1853 at sea, m. 1877, Mary Kate FORD dau of Frederick FORD and Kate Mary McKENZIE of Merino and they had children in the Edenhope & Apsley area...;
   1. Maud CLARKE, b. 1878, Chetwynd, Vic, d. 1960
   2. Ellen Kenyon CLARKE, b. 1879, Chetwynd, Vic, d. 1930
   3. Kate Mary CLARKE, b. 1882, Chetwynd, Vic, d. 1971, m. Robert LEIGO
   4. Frederick William CLARKE, b. 1885, Apsley, Vic, d. 1949
   5. Ruth Jean CLARKE, b. 1890, Apsley, Vic, d. 1951
   6. Grace Ford Denton CLARKE, b. 1900, Edenhope, Vic, d. 1999, m. Douglas SQUIRREL

4. James Fethers CLARKE b. 1854 Portland, Vic, m. 1882, Catherine MOTEN and they had the following family at Merino...;
   1. Mary Ellen CLARKE, b. 1883, Myaring, Vic, m. Douglas McINTOSH
   2. Thomas Henry CLARKE, b. 1884, Merino, Vic............?
   3. James Herbert 'Bert' CLARKE, b. 1890, Merino, Vic, m. Catherine Queenie Elizabeth PICKETT
   4. George William CLARKE, b. 1897, Merino, Vic, d. 1973
   • enlisted WW1 14 Aug 1915, grocer
   • served as Pte 4463, 14th Battalion, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, AIF
   • RTA 15 May 1919
   • Named on Casterton Town Hall Honour Roll
   • Named on Merino War Memorial

Thomas CLARKE's first wife Mary Ellen died in 1855 and he then married in 1857 at Merino, Vic to Ann F CLARKE b. 1837 Dublin, Ireland, daughter of Patrick CLARKE and Alice LYNCH and they had the following children:

1. Flora CLARKE b. 1857 Casterton, Vic, d. 1927, Sydney, NSW, m. Hugh McPHERSON from Strathdownie, moved to Sydney, NSW.;

2. Henry CLARKE b. 1859 Merino, Vic,..............?;

3. George James CLARKE b. 1861 Digby, m. Annie O'LEARY;
   1. Beatrice Mary CLARKE, b. 1899, d. 1899, Flemington, Vic
   2. George Francis CLARKE, b. 1904, Flemington, Vic

4. Herbert Frederick CLARKE b. 1865 Merino, Vic,...........?.

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