Tony (Edward Anthony) Clarke 29 Dec 1919 - 25 Dec 2010
1929	1943	1980	2009

A brief overview of Tony's life, forebears, children and grandchildren is here. This page provides a lot more detail.

Tony passed away 70 years (give or take 7 hours) after the troop-convoy that he was in was shelled by a German cruiser somewhere near the Azores, 1,000 miles west of Portugal (see the last, very large convoy on that page, WS 5A).

Tony' Life:

• Tony's Story in his own words
• Tony's Choral Music over 81 Years – 1926-2007
• Outline Chronologies:
  • Their Lives - 1919-2010
  • Their Working Lives - 1919-2010
• Tony's Album – or 'A Life in 132 Photographs':
  • Title Page and Tony's Parents
  • Early Years and Family
  • The War Years: 1940-41 and 1941-46
  • Tony and Rene's Wedding 1948
  • UK-to-Aus and Kingaroy 1953-54
  • Choirs and The Players
  • Sydney 1965-74 and 1976-77
  • Roger's Wedding 1977
  • Trips and Trips
  • Mid-1980s and Late 1980s
  • Carole's Wedding 1989
  • 1990s and Around 2000
  • Early 2000s and Mid-2000s
  • Mid-2000s and Mid-2000s
  • Late 2000s and 2009-10
  • Farewell Tony, Dad, Opa

Tony's World War II:

• Overview – Jan 1940 to Jun 1946
• 'A Dunkirk Hero(??) Remembers' – late May 1940
• Roger and Russell's Visit to Dunkirk – 21 Jan 2017
• 'All at Sea' – Dec 1940 to Feb 1941
• Greece and Crete – 28 Mar to 21 May 1941

His wife, Rene:

• Rene's Home-Page
• Rene's Life
• Rene's War
• Her Parents' Lives

Tony's Death:

• Notice of Tony's Passing on 25 December 2010
• Order of Service – Outside, Inside
• His Eulogy

Here are his 30 closest ancestors, laid out in what I call a FamilyWeb, which identifies in tabular form his family up to his 16 great-great-grandparents.

Here is the story of Tony's father and mother:

• Willie Tony Clarke (1892-1955)
• Queenie (Ethel Mary) Haskins (1896-1968)

Here are Tony's 54 (!) First Cousins on his father's side.

Here's the most interesting part – Tony's father's father:

• the lively Anthony Jacques Cheeper / Clarke (1837-1918), who had 33 children by 5 wives or partners, and has several hundred (known) descendants
• his families (the fourth being Tony's line):
  • with Catherine Spilsbury (10 children, 1858-c.1877), and many known descendants
  • with Mary Wanless (3 children, 1872-1882), and 32 known descendants
  • with Emma Terry (4 children, 1882-c.1895), and 29 known descendants
  • with Kate Davidge (11 children, 1883-c.1904), and 131 known descendants
  • with Amy Clarke (5 children, 1901-1910), and >9 known descendants

Here is the family of his mother – Queenie (Ethel Mary) Haskins:

• the index page for the Haskins tree as a whole
• the early Haskins (as far back as 1706)
• the middle Haskins (Joseph Haskins 1840-1913 and his son Frederick Haskins 1870-1951)
  • the Roberts Line (back to c. 1750)
  • the Ward Line (back to 1735)
  • the Darman Line (back to c. 1745)
  • the side-branch from Joseph's brother John Haskins (1837-1917)
• the Cecil Haskins Line since 1894
• the Freda Haskins/Miller Line since 1905

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

Contact: Roger Clarke

Created: 2 Oct 2005; Last Amended: 1 Mar 2011, 4 Feb 2017 (Dunkirk Visit), 11 Dec 2022 (Rene's War), 4 Jul 2023