Hi, Everyone,
I've recently come across a strange anomaly in a generation of siblings born into the CLARKSON family of Macclesfield, silk weavers.
A John CLARKSON and an Alice CASEY marry on 4th August 1903 at the Registry Office in Macclesfield. Thereafter, if you refer to the freeBMD website, the only CLARKSON births are an Annie and William Robert in 1904, a Lewis in 1906, an Alice Violet in 1908, a John in 1910, an Irene M in 1911 (where the mother's maiden name CASEY is given for the first time; a David in 1912 (not the same family, as mother's name given as STUBBS), an Anthony N in 1925 (CASEY), and finally a Patricia (CASEY) in 1927...
So, you see, there's this big gap between 1911 and 1925, which is puzzling. I realise that the Great War (1914-18) could have been a factor, but has anyone come across similar examples in their own families, or who could indeed make some suggestions as to what might have been the reason for this 14-year gap in this particular CLARKSON generation.
very best wishes, keith