Old Bible Challenge - CLARKE family

[deeiluka]

Physio,

We've had a wonderful time finding out Ashley Clarke's family tree, as you can see. It's also been good to actually be in contact, both on here and on the phone, with another Clarke descendant through one of Ashley's brothers.

At this stage we haven't made it to Orrorro, as I became a full time carer.

Did you find the link to the thread with the photos of the old bible?

One more message and we can use the personal message system.   


Dee   

[physio]

Thanks Dee for your reply

I am so excited finding out more about my grandmothers side of the family and my mother who is quite frail and recently moved into a nursing home has picked up since hearing this news.  She is very keen to fill me in with a lot of family history when we visit her at Christmas time.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

JD 

PS I have seen the photo of Ashley Clarke that was posted in my mothers photo album and I agree he is very good looking!!

[deeiluka]

I've now spoken to Physio and there are some very exciting developments for this thread.

We'll update the thread and let you know what happens.



Dee     

[Rufous Treecreeper]

I've teared up reading the last few posts.   

What a wonderful, heartwarming story.

Mo

[physio]

Thank you to the owners of the Old Bible for your warm hospitality and for inviting me to view the bible at short notice.  The slide presentation that you made is fantastic and fills in a lot of gaps of our family tree.  I took my computer along with the disk and showed my mother the next day which was very exciting.  Although her short term memory is quite fuzzy she immediately recognised the bible from her childhood on the farm at Colton. This maybe confirms that the bible was in the possession of my Grandmother Edna and not Caroline Myrtle as originaly thought. I also showed mother the photo I took of the pressed flower that we discovered in the bible that day which apparently fits as Edna spent a lot of time pressing flowers.
As for the name rubbed out, this still remains a mystery.  Mother told me she remembers a death of an infant but I wonder if she is confused with the death of her mother's (Edna) son at Colton.  We know there was no ill feelings between Edna and Caroline and as far as we know their were no other disputes.
We are still trying to gather old photos to post but I have come across a photo I took 14 years ago of Ashley Clarke's headstone at Colton.  If anyone is interested let me know and I will post it on the site.
Happy New Year to all and thank you   JD

[deeiluka]

Hello JD,

You and your family were most welcome, and I'm so glad your mother enjoyed the Powerpoint presentation we did for History Week about the old Bible and our search.

It was most interesting to hear that your grandmother Edna  (nee Clarke) is also buried in Victor Harbor.

We'll definitely be in touch with you again once we've been in touch with the folk in the area where Ashley and Caroline's families lived before they married. We'll try to arrange for you to contact them.

And I'm sure we'd love to have a photo of Ashley's headstone on the thread.


Dee   

[Tracey Joy Kelly]

I have been reading this thread today and wow how awesome. I would love to know where the bible finally ends up

and i am glad that  JD's mother picked up on hearing of her family history such a lovely thing to hear.

[deeiluka]

My friend and I had previously decided where the Bible was going, but due to family circumstances in the past year we hadn't been able to make the long trip to deliver it. Now we are torn two ways, and will have to do some serious talking, negotiating and thinking about it's future home.   


Dee 

[Tracey Joy Kelly]

Hi Dee

reading these posts i can understand the dilema   it will be a hard decision regardless. 

while having it in a museum where everyone can see it, is a lovely idea.   I personally think the people who would appreciate it most would be the family that it belongs too.  but thats just my two bobs worth. will wait to hear the outcome