Eveleen Mary Clarke

Eveleen Mary Clarke was born on 1 April 1882 in Sydney, New South Wales, to Margaret "Maggie" Collins, age 38, and Adam Lawrence Clarke, age 37. #EveleenMaryClarke

At age 25, her occupation was a teacher.

School students at Five Mile Creek, near Orange, taken a year or so before Eveleen taught there. So she probably taught these children!

She was a teacher on probation at Charleville (near Orange) from 24 Sep 1907.

Eveleen Clarke, her first placement as teacher, Charleville, near Orange. From Registers of Teacher, State Records NSW. Note that her later career is in a later book.

~ Marriage ~

Eveleen Mary Clarke married James Thomas Stevens in Parramatta, New South Wales, on 26 April 1911 when she was 29 years old.

Birth of son

Her son Wilfred James (Bob) was born on 3 February 1912 in Kenthurst, New South Wales.

Death of Parents

Her father Adam Lawrence passed away on 25 November 1912 in Wyalong, New South Wales, at the age of 68.

Her mother Margaret "Maggie" passed away on 9 March 1913 in New South Wales at the age of 69.

Birth of Other Children

Her daughter Margaret Mary was born on 13 June 1913.

Her son Colin Noel Joseph was born on 26 December 1917 in Parramatta, New South Wales.

Taught Violin and Piano

Nelson played the violin but it eventually fell apart

Voluntary Work

She volunteered at the deaf and blind at Castle Hill and the boy's home at Baulkham Hills. Margaret stayed there with the nuns when Eveleen was expecting.

Death

Eveleen Mary Clarke died on 25 September 1921 in Kenthurst, New South Wales, when she was 39 years old.

Cause of death: uterine carcinoma. Informant Maggie Stevens, sister-in-law, of "The Pines" Kenthurst.