Brief Life History of Arthur Thomas
When Arthur Thomas Clench was born on 14 June 1884, his father, Benjamin Arthur Clench, was 33 and his mother, Mary Gaydon Clench, was 33. He married Emma Hannah Puleston in 1907, in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Hornsey, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Tottenham, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom for about 28 years. He died in July 1944, in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 60.
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- Arthur B Clench in household of Benjamin A Clench, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Arthur Thomas Clench, "United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933"
- Arthur Thomas Clench, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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World Events (8)
1888 · The Whitehall Mystery
The Whitehall Mystery has some ties to Jack the Ripper, the victim was female and had been dismembered. The arms were found first; the headless torso to which they belonged was found a month later. The rest of the body was never discovered and the mystery was never solved.
1894 · Tower Bridge Completed
Tower Bridge was completed in 1894. It is built across the Thames and is a suspension bridge. It has gothic towers on either side of it and is sometimes confused with the London Bridge. It is also the oldest bridge in London.
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
Name Meaning
English: locative name from one or more of the various places with names deriving from Old English * clenc ‘lump, mass; hill; elevated land in a fen’, such as Clinch Green in Northiam (Sussex), Clench in Milton Lilborne, and Clinghill (recorded as le Clynche in 1409) in Bromham (both Wilts).
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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