Winteringham Local History and Genealogy at winteringham.info

Henry Waterlow born in Winteringham in November 1858 and his wife Zerilda(nee Slingsby) my Great Grandparents.He lived originally in Low Burgage,in 1891 he was the Master of a vessel 'Helena' with his father as mate.  He later moved into High Burgage with his wife, 3 sons and 2 daughters, his mother in law Jane Slingsby, and his wife's sister Annie Slingsby.

Jessima Waterlow the daughter of Henry and Zerilda Slingsby, She was my Grandmother, born in Winteringham in March 1888 and sadly died aged only 31 years and is buried in Winteringham Churchyard. She had 3 brothers and one sister. One of her brothers, George, lived in High Burgage and I remember that he used to be the local Barber years ago.

Harry Clarke, taken by a professional photographer in Hull, about 1917-18. He had been born on 8th October 1914.  He was given the middle name Louvain, which came from the Belgian town of that name.  In August 1914 the Germans were already in Louvain, and had been attacked by the Belgian army. However, there was much confusion, and in an act of revenge the Germans ‘sacked’ the town on August 25th, and shot many of the residents, regardless of age or gender.

Photograph kindly supplied by Mary Fell. An evocative picture thought to have been taken at Cleethorpes, shows Mary Fell’s great aunt Frances Clarke (left), Mary Marshall (centre), and Mary Jane Clarke (right).  Mary Jane Clarke is the mother of Frances, and the great grandmother of Mary Fell, and farmed at Glebe Farm on West End with her husband George Pell Clarke.  They had taken over the farm from her father Josiah Robinson.