THE CLARKE FAMILIES of area around Shenley and Ridge in Hertfordshire The main page for the Clarke family has address: http://www.prattens.co.uk/FAMILIES/CLARKE/start.html You can find items in this list by using the FIND capability in the EDIT menu above These notes were collected in hurried visits to record offices and libraries, or acquired from other researchers or on-line sources. If you use information from these notes you are strongly recommended to check the information against original sources. - much of the information on the Rata family came from Richard Hyland. - much of the information on the Clarke family came from Rosemary Reynolds. .....K1 Thomas Clarke, married Mary. may have had children ......J1 James Clarke, born c1782, bapt 1794 Ridge, bailiff of Arnolds Farm Ridge. married Ann. and had children .......I1 Maria Clarke, born 15.8.1813 Shenley, died before 1883. married William Spencer, born c1811 Bath, tailor and grocer of 23 Catherine Street St Margarets Westminster. and had children .......I2 Jemima Clarke, bapt 1810 Shenley. married John Rata, bapt 29.3.1807 St Marylebone, cabinet maker chairmaker and pianoforte maker, of Barclay Street St Pancras. see below for his ancestry and had children ........H1 John Rata born 1832 died 27 August 1899 St Pancras Infirmary. married 22.5.1859 Islington Eliza Terry born 1833 and had children .........G1 Arthur John Rata born 25.6.1860 St Pancras. married firstly 22.5.1886 Emily Allpress born about 1833 Hackney. and had children ..........F1 Leonard John Rata born 1887 Islington died 1887. ..........F2 Gertrude Rata born 24.7.1889 Islington. married 19.9.1921 Bombay James Patrick Hyland born 5,12.1895 Ballynahinch. and had children ..........F3 Charles Terry Rata born 1892. .........G1 Arthur John Rata born 25.6.1860 St Pancras. married secondly 1.3.1899 Annie Sear. .........G2 Charles Rata born 6.9.1865 died 31.10.1939. married firstly 1907 Ellen Eliza Codler died 10.7.1935. .........G2 Charles Rata born 6.9.1865 died 31.10.1939. married secondly Marian Ethel. ........H2 James Rata, born 18.4.1838 St Pancras, bapt 16 May 1852 Old Church St Pancras, pianoforte maker died 1909. married 1865 Elizabeth Granty, born c1841 Strand. and had children .........G1 James Rata, born 30 January 1866 St Pancras died c1924. .........G2 Harry Rata, born 7 October 1867/8 Islington, died 1920 Fresno California. married secondly Florence Mary ? born c1871, died 1962 Fresno and had children ........H3 Charles Rata, born 1840 bapt 1852 Old Church St Pancras died 23.11.1864 Leeds. ........H4 George Rata, born 1844 St Pancras bapt 1852 Old Church St Pancras died 1902. married 1870 St Pancras Elizabeth May ? born c1841 Teignmouth bapt 1841 Old Church St Pancras died c1937 and had children .........G1 May Rata, born c1871 St Pancras .........G2 Jemima Rata, born c1872 St Pancras, died 1958 Poole .........G3 Lizzey Rata born c1874 St Pancras .........G4 Eliza Rata born c1878 St Pancras ........H5 Henry Rata, born 1847 20 Greville Street Somerstown, bapt 1852 Old Church St Pancras, died c1908. married 1870 St Marys Somerstown Amelia Ann Weemes, born c1849 Somerstown, died c1933 and had children .........G1 William Henry Rata, born 1871 St Pancras married c1893 Louisa Buck, born c1867 Norwich and had children ..........F1 Harry L Rata, born c1893 St Pancras, bur Enfield ..........F2 William Rata, born 1898 Kentish Town, St Pancras, bur Enfield married Isobel Ada Weedon, bur Enfield ..........F3 James Rata, born c1899 St Pancras, bur Enfield .........G2 Amelia Ann Rata, born 1876 Kentish Town St Pancras married 1893 Kentish Town Bernard Everitt Blundell, born 1871 Kentish Town and had children ..........F1 Bernard Blundell, born c1894 St Pancras ..........F2 Violet Amelia Blundell, born 1895 St Pancras married 1914 Kentish Town Jack Kirk, born 1893 ..........F3 William Blundell, born c1895 St Pancras married Mabel ? ..........F4 Frederick W Blundell, born c1896 St Pancras ..........F5 Percival Henry Blundell, born 1897 Kentish Town St Pancras ..........F6 Florence Vida Blundell, born 1899 Kentish Town St Pancras married Humphrey Kirk ..........F7 Constance Blundell ..........F8 Dorothy Blundell married Walter Cable ..........F9 Harry Blundell ..........F10 Eric Francis Blundell, born 1911 St Pancras, died 1966 married 1931 St Pancras Lilian Hettie Humphreys, born 1911 St Pancras, died 1954 .........G3 Annie Maria Rata, born c1878 Kentish Town St Pancras married 1898 St Pancras .........G4 Edward Joseph Rata, born c1880 Kentish Town St Pancras ........H6 Catherine Rata, born 1849 Old Church St Pancras died c1849. ........H7 Edmond Rata, born 4.8.1851 St Pancras bapt 1852 Old Church St Pancras. married c1858 Eliza A ? born c1858 Bloomsbury and had children .........G1 Kate A Rata, born c1881 St Pancras .........G2 Edmund J Rata, born c1883 St Pancras .........G3 Maud Rata, born c1889 St Pancras .........G4 Olive Rata, born c1891 St Pancras .........G5 Ethal Rata, born c1893 St Pancras .........G6 Alfred Rata, born c1896 St Pancras ........H8 Frank Rata, born 1853 St Pancras. married 1876 St Pancras Jane Emma Perbrick born 1854 St Pancras. and had children .........G1 Eliza Kate Rata, born 1877 St Pancras. married 1901 John Hardcastle .........G2 Maud Louisa Rata, born 1879 St Pancras, died 1879. .........G3 Frank John Rata, born 1880 St Pancras, died 1879. married 1912 Maud Hinton .........G2 Samuel Rata, bapt 1888 St Pancras. .........G1 Herbert Charles Rata, bapt 1883 St Pancras. married c1876 Alice Mary Watts. and had children .........G3 Walter George Rata, bapt 1894 St Pancras. ........H9 Maria Rata born c1930 at 19 Howard Street Willesdon in 1901. ........H10 Edward Rata, bapt 1851 St Pancras. ........H11 Charles Rata, bapt 1852 St Pancras. ........H12 George Rata, bapt 1852 St Pancras. ........H13 Henry Rata, bapt 1852 St Pancras. ........H14 James Rata, bapt 1852 St Pancras. .......I3 Ann Clarke, born c1822, of Fitzroy Square and of 5 Chenies Place Pancras Road, died 1883. married 1851 St Pancras George Smith. ......J2 Ann Clarke, born c1789, bapt 1792 Shenley. ......J3 Bartholemew Clarke, born c1785, bapt 1793 Ridge. ......J4 Samuel Clarke, born c1791, bapt 1793 Ridge, bur 1793 Shenley. ......J5 William Clarke, born c1787, bapt 1793 Ridge. ......J6 Thomas Clarke, bapt 1794 Ridge. ..N1 Denis Rata born 1640 married Marie Erard and had child ...M1 Denis Rata born 1702 died 1737 married Margurite Le Romaine and had children ...L1 Charles Rata died 1730 married Marie Magdalene Mesevey and had children ....K1 Philip Rata died 5 May 1741 ....K2 Gabriel Rata married 31 January 1757 at Westminster St James Catherine Smith and had children .....J1 John Rata born 22 November 1768 married Elizabeth and had children ......I1 John Rata born 28 Feb 1807 St Pancras baptised 29 March 1807 at St Marylebone died 23 Jun 1884 5 Chenies Place St Pancras married Jemima Clarke born 1810 at Shenley see above for descendants ......I2 Thomas Charles Rata born 1810 died 1888 married 8 March 1852 St Dunstan Stepney Elizabeth Bardell died 10 January 1857 ......I3 Eliza Rata baptised 9 October 1814 .....J2 Catherine Rata born 24 October 1763 .....J3 Fanny May Rata born 18 October 1772 ...L2 Marvin Rata ...L3 Anne Rata married Lurglois and had child ....K1 Louis Charles de Christol .....J1 James Rata married Elizabeth and had child ......I1 James Rata bapt 1813 Chatham .....J1 John Ratat married Mary and had children ......I1 Mary Ann Ratat bapt 1788 at Lying in Hospital Endell Street Holborn ......I2 Ann Ratat bapt 1797 at St Martin in the Fields