The Last Bartlett website

Family Documents

Here are some of the family documents I inherited along with my family photographs.

As you can see, my family hardly ever threw anything out!

Click on any picture for a larger size image.

The sections are:

Certificates - Weddings - War and Aftermath - Deaths - Letter from Gladstone - Old Newspapers - Golden Jubilee 1887 - Bible Christian Hymn Book 1883

Certificates

This section includes vaccination certificates, school certificates and a certificate for "The Quiver" Order of Honourable Service.

Vaccination certificate for Mary Jane Clarke (front)

Vaccination certificate for Mary Jane Clarke (rear)

Vaccination certificate for Mary Jane Clarke, 1868, under the Vaccination Act 1867.

George Westfield Clarke's school certificate

Mary Ann Serjeant's certificate

School certificate for George Westfield Clarke, 1879 and "The Quiver" certificate for Mary Ann Serjeant, 1887.

Emma Griffiths'  school certificate

Neville Bartlett's running certificate

School certificate for Emma Griffiths, 1904 and Neville Bartlett's running certificate, 1946.

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Weddings

This section includes wedding invites and related documents.

Menu for wedding meal, 1922

Invite to Emma and George's wedding, 1922

Emma and George's wedding telegram, 1922

Emma Griffiths and George Westfield Clarke - wedding meal menu, wedding invitation card and good luck telegram, 1922.

Mary and Neville's honeymoon hotel, 1954

Invite to Dorothy and Cecil's wedding, 1928

Mary and Neville's honeymoon hotel (The Grange Hotel, Harrogate), 1954 and the invitation to Dorothy and Cecil Clarke's wedding, 1928.

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War and Aftermath

This section includes wartime ID and ration cards, and exemptions from military service.

George Westfield Clarke's ID card, 1918

George Westfield Clarke's ID card, 1918

George Westfield Clarke's First World War ID Card, 1918.

Mary Clarke's ID card, 1948

Mary Clarke's ID card, 1948

Mary Elin Clarke's ID card, 1948.

Emma Clarke's Clothing Ration Book, 1947

Emma Clarke's Clothing Ration Book, 1947

Emma Clarke's Clothing Ration Book, 1947

Emma Clarke's Clothing Ration Book, 1947 - 48.

Frank Neville Bartlett's service exemption, 1916

Frank Neville Bartlett's service exemption, 1916

Frank Neville Bartlett's certificate of exemption from military service, 1916.

George Westfield Clarke's service exemption, 1918

It says:
George Westfield Clarke
18th July 1918
Age: 45,
Height: 5 feet 4 inches,
Weight: 102½ lb,
Hair: dark brown,
Complexion: Sallow,
Eyes: Blue.

George Westfield Clarke's certificate of exemption from military service, 1918.

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Deaths

This section includes just a small selection of the funeral cards I inherited.

Mary Jane Clarke's funeral card, 1908

John Clarke's funeral card, 1891

Funeral cards for Mary Jane Clarke, 1908 and John Clarke, 1867.

These cards were in George Westfield Clarke's writing desk. Mary Jane Clarke was an older sister and John Clarke must be a relative but I don't yet know where he fits in.

Sarah Anne Clarke's funeral card, 1891

Funeral card for Sarah Anne Feltham (née Clarke), 1891.

Receipt from Leicester Cemetery, 1899

Joshua Clarke's funeral card, 1899

Receipt from Leicester Cemetery for interment of Joshua Clarke and Joshua Clarke's funeral card, 1899.

George Westfield Clarke's funeral card, 1954

George Westfield Clarke's funeral card, 1954.

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Letter from Gladstone

In 1885 James Elijah Bartlett was Honorary Secretary of Lowestoft Liberal Club and wrote to Prime Minister Gladstone. Unfortunately I don't have his letter, but below is the reply from Gladstone's office.

Letter from Gladstone

Letter from Gladstone

Letter from Gladstone

Letter from Gladstone, 1885. I found this in my grandfather Frank's attic after he died in 1981.

The fall of General Gordon in Khartoum, Sudan, in January 1885 was a major blow to Gladstone's popularity and this letter is written in March that year. Gladstone resigned in June.

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Old Newspapers

Unemployed Special

My grandfather, George Westfield Clarke was a firm believer in social justice, and kept this newspaper from the 1932 National Hunger March.

Polska Walczaca

When my mother, Mary Elin Bartlett (née Clarke) was in her eighties, she surprised everyone by speaking Polish to nursing home staff.

Presumably she met Polish airmen stationed in Britain in World War Two and collected this 1941 Polish Free Forces newspaper at this time.

Read more on the Polish resistance movement in World War Two.

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Golden Jubilee 1887

Jubilee Programme

A very tattered programme from Northampton's celebration of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in June 1887.

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Bible Christian Hymn Book 1883

A Bible Christian hymn book given to William Henry Drew's mother, Maria Thorne, on 7th August 1883 - read about it here (PDF file, opens in a new window). Thanks to Stewart Free for sending me this file.

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