Thomas CLARK and Ann WALCH

Born in Enborne, Berkshire in 1821, Thomas was a farm labourer. His parents were James CLARK and Sarah MUNDAY.
He married Ann WALCH, the daughter of Walter WALCH, a bailiff, at Enborne in 1841. They were both unable to sign their names. They had ten children and their youngest son, who emigrated to Tasmania, was my great grandfather.
Thomas died at Enborne in 1895. His wife died in 1899 at Crockham Heath near Enborne.
Ann WALCH was born in Enfield, Middlesex in 1821.

Alexander CLARK

Born in the village of Enborne in Berkshire in 1854. He was the fourth son and one of ten children of Thomas CLARK and Ann WALCH.
He was a farm labourer and probably met his wife Elizabeth Mary WIGMORE when she was working in service nearby.

They married in 1877 in Reading and went to Tasmania in 1884 as assisted immigrants on SS Nurjahan. He was assigned to HB Evans' sawmill at Surges Bay near Geeveston and acquired land for a farm while working for the road trust. Four children were born in Enborne, then another six in Tasmania.
He represented Surges Bay in the first Esperance Municipal Council elected in 1907.
He died in 1918 and is buried at Surges Bay.