Mary Myrtle Tucker Clarke

Mary Myrtle Tucker Clarke

Female 1907 -

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  • Name Mary Myrtle Tucker Clarke 
    Birth 28 Jun 1907  Clare, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Burial Tailem Bend, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2553  Tucker Family Tree | The descendants of James Tucker
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2007 

    Father Joseph John Clarke,   b. 4 Mar 1855, Heddington, Wiltshire, England (never registered) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1921 (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Eliza Tucker,   b. 23 Jan 1870, Crows Nest, Inman Valley, District Yankalilla, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1945 (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 20 Feb 1890  Baptist Manse, Paddington, New South Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F0741  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harold William Gray,   b. 17 Jul 1908, Semaphore, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Tailem Bend, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 10 Oct 1942  Methodist Church Kybunga, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1075  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2022 

  • Photos
    Mary Myrtle Tucker Clarke
    Mary Myrtle Tucker Clarke
    Mary Myrtle Tucker Clarke - fifth child of Eliza Tucker and Joseph John Clarke.
    The Family of Eliza and Joseph Clarke
    The Family of Eliza and Joseph Clarke
    The Family of Eliza Tucker and Joseph John Clarke.
    L to R Standing at back Wilfred Tennyson Tucker Clarke, Daisy Jane Olive Clarke, Frederick John William Clarke; Sitting L to R: Joseph John Clarke, Mary Myrtle tucker Clarke, Eliza Clarke (n.Tucker),Alfred James Tucker.

  • Notes 
    • Mary was the first child of Eliza and Joseph Clarke to be born in a hospital, and she weighed only 2.5 pounds at birth. She started school at Croydon Primary, later transferring to the Kybunga School in 1914. Mary had been the lucky member of the family to travel to England with her parents in 1911, when they went to see the Coronation of George V, in London on 22nd June, 1911. After leaving school, Mary worked some of her time on the farm at Kybunga, and often boarded with her sister (Daisy Sulley) at Croydon, where she would work at Brookers Jam Factory, situated at the end of the street where her sister lived. She met her husband when he was working for a local farmer at Kybunga (Jock Mitchell). After their marriage harry Joined the Railways and was posted to Tailem Bend. The couple lived there all of their married life, in a Railways house provided for employees. There were no children.

      60th birthday for Former Kybunga Lady
      A 60th birthday party was tendered Mrs Harry Gray of Tailem Bend, formerly Mary Clarke, who was for many years a resident of Kybunga at the home of her Brother F.J.W. Clarke on Sunday June 25th. A smorgasbord luncheon had been prepared by relatives and friends and was thoroughly enjoyed. Many came from long distances to help celebrate the occasion. In the afternoon her many friends renewed acquaintances and many old-time reminiscences were exchanged. Mrs Kevin Clarke showed many slides that had been taken at her wedding, and places of interest they had visited. During afternoon tea, Mr. Wilfred Clarke, asked the guest of honour to light the candles and cut the cake which had been made and iced by her Neice Mrs. Audrey Sulley of Croydon Park, when the gathering wished her "Happy Birthday" with the singing of the birthday song. Mr Jack Clarke on behalf of the family made her the presentation of a travelling rug and asked her to accept the many gifts that had been made to her to mark the occasion. Mrs Gray suitably responded, thanking all who had made her birthday such a happy occasion. (The Tucker Family in Australia, 1992)

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Cynthis Henley-Smith, The Tucker Family in Australia, (Gillingham Printers Pty Ltd Adelaide, South Australia), 1992, 198 (Reliability: 2).


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