Please note: this part of the family tree is conjectural.Ancell Clark lived in Leonard Stanley, a little Cotswold village near Stonehouse on the road leading to Stroud, Gloucestershire.  Centred around the ancient parish church, the village includes a couple of public houses, a vicarage, post office, general store, a manor house and a variety of…

Ann Mary Edwards, the eldest daughter of George and Ann Edwards, was born on 10/5/1847 in Gravesend, Kent. She married Eusebio Finco, an Italian engineer, on 1/1/1877 in Vienna. He died in April 1878 in Rome after a fracture to his left leg caused by an accident with a horse. She married Dr James Mullin…

Arthur Iorwerth Clark, the eldest son of John and Frances Clark, was born on 29/10/1875 in Cardiff and died on 30/8/1954. He served in the Boer War in a Yeomanry Regiment.  He married Gladys Mullin on 21/1/1911. In the census for 1911, they are staying with Dr James Mullin. His occupation is listed as ‘accountant…

Pendyris, Conway Road According to an inscription on the stonework at the front of the house, it was built or altered in 1872. It was originally known as Tydfil House as shown on an entrance gate pillar. In 1884, it was occupied by Mr Lewis Tylor who was the coal owner of a colliery at…

James Mullin, the only child of James and Bridgit Mullin, was born in 1846 at Cookstown, Northern Ireland. His father died that year, leaving the family in great poverty. His mother worked in the fields in the summer and for a weaving factory in the winter months, spinning flax. She was able to augment her…

Eliza Blanche was born on 23rd May 1853, the youngest daugher of James H and Sophia Clark.  She was one of the first pupils of Howell’s School, Llandaff, Cardiff. She was believed (without any evidence) to have been admitted as a beneficiary of the trust established by the founder of the school, Thomas Howell, a…

The eldest daughter of James Henry Clark, Emily Sophia, married John Biggs, a brewer of Cardiff. John Biggs lived at 37 Park Place, Cardiff and later at Old Well, Penylan Hill, Cardiff. He died at Bath, May 1920, aged 87. Their children were: Dr. John James Egerton Biggs, Lt Col. RAMC, Alderman & Lord Mayor…

Frances Howe Yorath was born on 14.10.1852, and baptised on 8.12.1852, the daughter of Richard Joseph and Mary Ann Yorath. Her brothers were Richard Joseph Yorath, who died single on 11.11.1909, and William Gatward Yorath, who had a son, William Joseph Gatward Yorath. Her sisters were Elizabeth Ellen, born 13.8.1849, who married Edward Digby Holdaway; …

Gladys Mullin was born on 21/8/1884 in Cardiff and died in London on 2/12/1962.  She was the daugher of Dr James and Ann Mullin. Here are some photos of Gladys as a child:   She attended school in Cardiff and was also sent abroad. Here is a photo of her at a school in Germany.…

James Clark, son of James and Sarah Clark, was christened at St Michaels, Gloucester on 22/1/1781, and was educated at the Blue Coat School of Christ’s Hospital. On completion of his classical education, he was apprenticed in the office of the Gloucester Journal, one of the oldest provincial newspapers in the kingdom. In 1823 James…

James Henry Clark was born on 23/1/1818, the second son of James and Mary Clark. At the age of 15, together with his elder brother George Alfred Clark, aged 24, he set out on foot for Usk on New Year’s Day 1834 to start as the first printers in Usk. They settled in a cottage…

John Arthur Clark was born on 3rd  January 1850 in Usk, Monmouthshire. He was the third son of James Henry Clark. He married Frances Howe Yorath on 19th January 1875 at St John’s Church, Cardiff. John Arthur Clark’s seven children were: John Arthur Clark was a brewer. The following is an extract from a letter…

Justin James Patrick Mullin was born on 19/4/1887, the second child of Dr James Mullin and Annie Mullin.  He was educated at the Intermediate School, Cardiff. He joined the army and spent two years at Aldershot, then was transferred to the 12th Lancers. He was sent to India. While in India, there was an outbreak…

Moses Clark, the son of William and Elizabeth Clark, was christened at Leonard Stanley on the 26th January 1682. He became an apprentice of John Hall, a baker and freeman of Gloucester on the 20th January 1729. In the same year on 24th August 1729. Moses Clark married Ann Williams, both of St. Michael, Gloucester.…

The following is a timeline of the Clark and Mullin ancestors, covering the life of James Henry Clark, 1818-1913, to Gladys Mary Mullin, 1884-1962.

William Edward Clark, son of James and Mary Clark, was born on 24th September 1820 at Trowbridge. He spent all but a couple of years in Chepstow. He became his father’s partner in 1842. In August 1861 he moved to 16 High Street, and on May 20th the following year he married Jane New of Southam…