Herman François Clarkson
Events
Previously recorded as 30 Mar 1945. Japanese internment; War Graves Foundation category NOI.
Grave VI/335
Parents
Marriage and children
No marriage record found for Herman François Clarkson and Piah Engkok. Children born 1915-1918, after his 1910 divorce.
Date entered as "12/9/1925"; day/month order not confirmed by a record (read as MDY).
- Living person
Found: Stadsarchief Rotterdam, register of marriages and divorces 1907 (toegang 999-06, inv. 1907K). The groom is Herman Francois Clarkson, 26, born Soerabaia, son of Abraham Clarkson and Hermina van Ede Van Der Pals; the bride is Josina Elizabeth van den Bos, 23, born Rotterdam, daughter of Nicolaas Gijsbertus van den Bos and Henriette Wilhelmina Hopmans (one index copy reads "Hopmans van Wurmond"). This is the record that proves generation 3 to generation 4.
Den Helder marriage register 1910, akte 190 (Noord-Hollands Archief 358.33, inv. 21910; same event indexed by Regionaal Archief Alkmaar as 77.1.2.030 inv. 627 akte 1910/188). A divorce was inscribed in the marriage register of the municipality of residence; the couple appear together on a Den Helder-region gezinsblad covering 1880-1917.
Notes in the tree
Birth date and place are confirmed by civil records independent of the War Graves Foundation: the Rotterdam alleenstaandenregister D-31 gives "Herman Francois Clarkson, geb. 24-08-1880, Soerabaja", and the 1907 Rotterdam marriage gives his age as 26 and his birthplace as Soerabaia. The Nationaal Archief holds his Oorlogsgravenstichting person dossier (2.19.255.01, inv. 25446A).