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Watchmakers in the Douglas Family

 

William Staffurth  Clarke

William Staffurth Clarke based at Chatteris, and born in St Ives 1851 was the son of Charles Clarke,  It may be the Kings Cliffe business is run by him. He trained in Dorking, Surrey , and worked as a watchmaker in High Street, Chatteris  Cambridgeshire, dying in 1907. He married Eliza Ansell from Surrey, and they married in Dec 1873 quarter in Dorking.

They had two Children Harold Staffurth Clarke, and Kate A Clarke. Harold became a Watchmaker too at his father’s business in 1901.

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