Researching Arthur Clarey
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The name Arthur means "from Latin Artorius, legendary king" and is of Welsh origin.
Records of Arthur Clarey on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Arthur Clarey and the Clarey Family Tree
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Clarey Family Tree Databases
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Clarey Forums
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Some Famous People called Arthur Clarey
Arthur Clarey
Reynold Arthur Clarey (15 March 1897 – 9 May 1972) was an Australian politician.
Born in South Yarra to estate agent Francis William Clarey and Catherine Lawson (his half-brother Percy would also go on to be a prominent politician and unionist), Arthur attended Flemington State School, Melbourne High School and Melbourne University, graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce. He was employed as a clerk with the Victorian Public Service from 1913 to 1920 and with BHP from 1920 to 1947. On 23 September 1940 he married Irene Mary Leech, who died in 1957; he remarried on 1 July 1958 Doris Jane McGinnis, née Blythe. Clarey joined the Labor Party in 1932, and was later president of the Clerks' Union. In 1955 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Melbourne. He was the auditor of the state branch from 1955 to 1970 and the parliamentary treasury spokesman from 1967 to 1970. He died in 1972 at Fitzroy.
Source: Arthur Clarey, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Clarey
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