The Cheeper / Clarke Meet-Up

29 June 2013


A meet-up of progeny of Anthony Jacque Cheeper/Clarke was held in the UK on 29 June 2013.

The venue was The Ferry, at Cookham, on the Thames north of Maidenhead, 25 miles west of London.

There were 54 people present, of whom 37 were blood-relations and 17 were partners. The 37 comprised:

There was representation from all of Anthony's five families.

The children of Families 2 and 3 lived together in the 1880s and 1890s, and hence those two lines were at least generally aware of one another's existence. In all other cases, the Families were generally unknown to one another, and very few meetings would ever have occurred.

The Cheeper/Clarke story was first discovered in the 1980s, when Families 1-4 were pieced together by Geoffrey Clarke (1927-2012). The complete structure, including Family 5, was developed during 2001-09 by Anne Kratzmann, supported by Roger Clarke. So this event was, without doubt, the first-ever congregation of members of all of the five Families in one place.

This page provides


Photos by Linda Spinaze and Roger Clarke

The Ferry, with Paul Clarke, Anne Kratzmann, Ruth Phillips, David Phillips (103)
Angela Rogers (106)
Kester Abbott, Debbie Abbott, Peter Abbott, Geoffrey Abbott (109)
Janet Fenner, Susan Cross, Anne Kratzmann (110)
The Thames Scene (111)
Tim Smith, Jane Smith, Jacob Sievwright, David Smith (113)
Philip Watson (114)
Jim Kelly and Jill Abbott (116)
Erika Watson, Anne Kratzmann, Janice Dolley (118)
Erika Watson (118EW)
Anne Kratzmann (118AK)
Janice Dolley (118JD)
Glyn Abbott and Rosie Abbott (119)
Ken Monger, Helen Wilson, Angela Rogers, Barbara Sidebotham, Dean Wilson, Katelynne Wilson-Walker, Colin Freeman, David Copeland (121)
Helen Wilson (121HW)
Lyncoln Cranfield, Rachel Dean, Sophie Cranfield, Dudley Dean (122)
Steve Rogers, Emma Rogers (123)
Barbara Sidebotham, Ken Monger, David Copeland (124)
Roger Clarke, Craig Wilson, Colin Freeman, Helen Wilson, Dean Wilson, Katelynne Wilson-Walker (125)
Katherine Owen, Carol Owen, Anthony Owen (126)
Angela Rogers (127)
Susan Cross (134)
Barbara Sidebotham (136)
Sharon Abbott and Geoffrey Abbott (142)
Susan Clarke (144)
David Smith, Jacob Sievwright (147)
Anne Kratzmann (152)
Debbie Abbott (153)
Paul Clarke (155)
Janet Fenner (156)
Susan Cross, Janet Fenner, June Billam, Stephen Daine (161)
Dudley Dean, Sophie Cranfield, Rachel Dean; Glyn Abbott, Rosie Abbott, Peter Abbott, Kester Abbott, Jo Abbott, Jim Kelly, Jill Abbott, Geoffrey Abbott, Sharon Abbott, Debbie Abbott (163)
Dudley Dean, Sophie Cranfield, Rachel Dean; Glyn Abbott, Rosie Abbott, Peter Abbott, Kester Abbott, Jo Abbott, Jim Kelly, Jill Abbott, Geoffrey Abbott, Sharon Abbott, Debbie Abbott (166)
Dudley Dean, Sophie Cranfield, Rachel Dean (169)
Susan Lane, David Lane, Dudley Dean, Sophie Cranfield, Rachel Dean (173)
Susan Lane and David Lane (173L)
Jill Abbott, Peter Abbott, Kester Abbott, Jo Abbott, Jim Kelly, Glyn Abbott, Geoffrey Abbott, Sharon Abbott (175)
Ruth Phillips, David Phillips, Carol Owen, Anne Kratzmann (180)
Ruth Phillips, David Phillips, Carol Owen, Anne Kratzmann (185)
Ruth Phillips and David Phillips (185P)
Tim Smith, Ken Monger, Susan Cross, Jacob Sievwright, Anne Kratzmann, David Copeland, Janet Fenner, Jane Smith, Susan Clarke, June Billam, Doreen Watson, Craig Wilson (obscured), Helen Wilson, Dean Wilson, Vivian Watson, Colin Freeman (obscured), Ian Freeman, Glyn Abbott, David Smith, Jo Abbott, Rosie Abbott, Jim Kelly, Jill Abbott, Geoffrey Abbott, Peter Abbott, Kester Abbott, Angela Rogers (obscured), Barbara Sidebotham (189)
Tim Smith, Ken Monger, Jacob Sievwright, Anne Kratzmann, David Copeland, Dean Wilson, Janet Fenner (obscured), Jane Smith, Susan Clarke, June Billam, Doreen Watson, Craig Wilson, Helen Wilson
plus the rather nice launch and the Bernese Mountain-Dog (190)
Tim Smith, Ken Monger, David Copeland, Jacob Sievwright, Anne Kratzmann, Susan Cross, Stephen Daine, Jane Smith, Janet Fenner, Susan Clarke, June Billam, Doreen Watson, Craig Wilson, Helen Wilson, Vivian Watson,Dean Wilson, Colin Freeman, Kayelynne Wilson-Walker, Glyn Abbott, Ian Freeman, Rosie Abbott, Jo Abbott, David Smith, Jim Kelly,Paul Clarke, Jill Abbott, Geoffrey Abbott, Roger Clarke, Peter Abbott, Kester Abbott, Angela Rogers, Barbara Sidebotham (194)
Vivian Watson, Tim Smith, David Copeland, Jacob Sievwright, Susan Cross, Stephen Daine, Anne Kratzmann, Susan Clarke, Janet Fenner, June Billam, Craig Wilson, Helen Wilson, Dean Wilson, Colin Freeman, Katelynne Wilson-Walker, Glyn Abbott, Ian Freeman, David Smith, Jo Abbott, Kester Abbott, Paul Clarke, Jill Abbott, Roger Clarke, Geoffrey Abbott, Barbara Sidebotham, Angela Rogers, Peter Abbott (198)
Carol Owen, Katherine Owen, Janice Dolley, Lesley Clarke (199)
Janice Dolley, Jill Clarke (203)
Lesley Clarke and Jonathan Brennan (207)
Ian Freeman (210)
Vivian Watson (212)
Jill Abbott (216)
Dean Wilson (217)
Katherine Owen (220)
Ken Monger and David Copeland (223)
David Copeland, Anne Kratzmann (224)
Paul Clarke (229)
Jacob Sievwright (231)
Tim Smith (232)
Ian Freeman (235)
Helen Wilson, Dean Wilson (236)

Photos by Angela Rogers

Ian Freeman (615)
Paul Clarke, Katelynne Wilson-Walker (617)
Linda Spinaze (619)
Geoffrey Abbott (625)
Jill Abbott, Barbara Sidebotham (633)
Roger Clarke (638)
June Billam (639)
Susan Lane, David Lane (645)
Group (647)
Helen Wilson, Craig Wilson, Dean Wilson, Katelynne Wilson-Walker, Colin Freeman (647PC)
Doreen Watson, Vivian Watson (647VW)

Photos by Deb Abbott

Glyn Abbott, Paul Clarke (6118)
Anne Kratzmann, Susan Clarke, Paul Clarke (6119)
Vivian Watson, Philip Watson, Erika Watson, Doreen Watson (6120)
Ruth Phillips and David Phillips (6123)
Anthony Owen, Katherine Owen, Carol Owen, Jill Clarke (6124)
Susan Lane, Rosie Abbott (6126)
Angela Rogers, Craig Wilson, Colin Freeman (6129)
Dean Wilson, Katelynne Wilson-Walker, Helen Wilson, Ian Freeman (6130)
Steve Rogers, Emma Rogers (6131)
Linda Spinaze and Roger Clarke (6132)
Rachel Dean, Dudley Dean, Lyncoln Cranfield, Sophie Cranfield (6134)
Jim Kelly and Jill Abbott, Kester Abbott, Sharon Abbott, Jo Abbott (6137)
Jill Abbott, Debbie Abbott, Sharon Abbott, Jo Abbott (6138)
Janice Dolley, Peter Abbott, Lesley Clarke, Jonathan Brennan (6140)
Ian Freeman, Colin Freeman, Helen Wilson (6162)
Roger Clarke, Vivian Watson (6163)
Roger Clarke, Anne Kratzmann (6165)
Jane Smith, Susan Clarke (6166)
Jill Abbott, Jim Kelly, Jacob Sievwright, David Smith, Linda Spinaze, Roger Clarke, Tim Smith (6169)

List of Participants

The numbers before each name indicate the family position, e.g. 1.3.5.2 is the 2nd child of the 5th child of the 3rd child of the 1st wife.
A 'P' after the number indicates that the person is a Partner or relative by marriage, not a blood-relative.

The numbers after each name indicate photos in which they appear.

A list of family-members down as far as the great-grand-children / second-cousins is here. To see the full details that we currently have about each line, you need to go to the pages for each particular Family. The links to those pages are provided in the headings below.

Family 1 – Spilsbury

1.3.5.2 Ruth Phillips 185P, 180, 185, 6123
1.3.5.2P David Phillips 185P, 180, 185, 6123

Family 2 – Wanless

2.1.1.1P Jill Clarke 6124, 203
2.1.1.1.1 Lesley Clarke 207, 199, 6140
2.1.1.1.1P Jonathan Brennan 207, 199, 6140
2.1.5.1 Janice Dolley 118JD, 118, 199, 203, 6140

Family 3 – Terry

3.3.1.2 Carol Owen 199, 126, 180, 185
3.3.1.2P Anthony Owen 126, 6124
3.3.1.2.1.2 Katherine Owen 220, 199

Family 4 – Davidge

The Kay Family

4.1.1.1 Janet Fenner 110, 156, 161
4.1.1.2 June Billam 639, 161
4.1.1.2.1 Stephen Daine 161, 194
4.1.1.3 Susan Cross 110, 134, 161

The Charles Copeland Family

4.3.1.2 Barbara Sidebotham 136, 121, 124, 633

The Gwen Copeland Family

4.3.2.1 Vivian Watson 212, 647VW, 6120, 6163
4.3.2.1P Doreen Watson 647VW, 6120
4.3.2.2 Philip Watson 114, 6120
4.3.2.2P Erika Watson 118EW, 6120
4.3.2.3 Angela Rogers 106, 127, 121, 6129
4.3.2.3P Steve Rogers 123, 6131
4.3.2.3.1 Emma Rogers 123, 6131
4.3.3.1 David Copeland 223, 121, 124, 224
4.3.3.1P Ken Monger 223, 121, 124

The Pat Copeland Family 647PC

4.3.4.1 Helen Wilson 121HW, 236, 647PC, 6130, 6162
4.3.4.1.2 Craig Wilson 647PC, 125, 6129
4.3.4.1.3 Dean Wilson 647PC, 217, 236, 121, 125, 6130
4.3.4.1.3.1 Katelynne Wilson-Walker 617, 125, 647PC, 6130
4.3.4.2 Colin Freeman 121, 125, 647PC, 6130, 6162
4.3.4.3 Ian Freeman 615, 210, 235, 6129, 6162

The Willy Tony Clarke Family

4.6.1.2 Anne Kratzmann 118AK, 152, 110, 118, 180, 185, 224, 6119, 6165
4.6.1.3 Paul Clarke 155, 229, 617, 6118, 6119
4.6.1.3.2 Susan Clarke 144, 6119, 6166
4.6.2.1 Roger Clarke 638, 125, 6132, 6163, 6165, 6169
4.6.2.1P Linda Spinaze 619, 6132, 6169

The Smith Family 113

4.6.4.2 David Smith 113, 147
4.6.4.2P Jane Smith 113, 6166
4.6.4.2.1 Tim Smith 113, 232, 235, 6169
4.6.4.3.3 Jacob Sievwright 113, 147, 231, 6169

The Abbott Family 163, 166, 175

4.8.1.1 Glyn Abbott 119, 6118
4.8.1.1P Rosie Abbott 119, 6126
4.8.1.2 Geoffrey Abbott 142, 109, 625
4.8.1.2P Sharon Abbott 142, 175, 6137, 6138
4.8.1.3 Peter Abbott 109, 166, 175, 6140
4.8.1.3P Debbie Abbott 153, 109, 166, 6138
4.8.1.3.1 Kester Abbott 109, 166, 6137
4.8.1.4 Jill Abbott 216, 633, 116, 166, 6137, 6138, 6169
4.8.1.4P Jim Kelly 116, 166, 6137, 6169
4.8.1.5 Jo Abbott 163, 166, 6137, 6138

Family 5 – Clark

Family 5 Participants 173

Dean Family 163, 166, 169

5.2.1P Dudley Dean 122, 169, 6134
5.2.1.2 Rachel Dean 169, 173, 166, 6134
5.2.1.2P Lyncoln Cranfield 122, 6134
5.2.1.2.2 Sophie Cranfield 122, 169, 173, 6134

Lane Family

5.4.2 David Lane 173L, 645
5.4.2P Susan Lane 173L, 645, 6126

Large Group Shots 189, 194, 198

The Surroundings 103, 111, 190


This a page within Roger Clarke's Family Web-Site

Contact: Roger Clarke and/or Anne Kratzmann

Created: 3 July 2013; Last Amended: 5 July 2013