Albert Clarke Smith 1867 to 1930
Albert Clarke Smith was born on 31 May 1867 in Walpole, Suffolk, England. His birth certificate had no father listed and his mother was shown as Sarah Smith. It indicated that Albert was illegitimate. His mother, Sarah Smith married Albert Clarke on 15 July 1867 in Walpole, Suffolk about six weeks after her son, Albert was born. Because of the name she gave to her son, it seems likely that Sarah was naming the father of him so that the village she lived in would have been aware of who should take responsibility. Perhaps she was shaming Albert Clarke into marrying her. This is still to be resolved with the use of DNA. Albert Smith birth certificate 31 May 1867 at Walpole, Suffolk England census records for 1871 confirm Albert Clarke jnr was living with his parents and one sibling, George in Halesworth, Suffolk where his father was a wheelwright. By the time the 1881 census was recorded, Albert and Sarah Clarke were living in Westhall, Suffolk and Albert snr. was a carpenter. In bo