James Clark

Male 1824 - 1872  (47 years)


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  1. 1.  James Clark was born on 25 Dec 1824 in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland (son of James Clark and Martha Tait); died on 15 Jan 1872 in Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Newboyne, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: M875-ZPV
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 52772953
    • _UID: A034098474154FE4AB83ACD5826A671534F6
    • Immigration: 1848, Hanover township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States
    • Census: 1850, Hanover township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States; USA
    • Immigration: 1855, Brockville-Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; from USA
    • Census: 1861, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Canada - West ward of the town of Brockville
    • Occupation: 1861, Brockville, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada; labourer
    • Religion: 1861, Brockville, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
    • Census: 1871, Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, Kitley Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Religion: 1871, Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • alt Death: 15 Jan 1871, Elizabeth-Kitley Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    (Research):?i?Looking at the 1881 map, the family home was probably in the Frankville area.

    1851 Census for Hinchinbrooke, Frontenac Cty, Schedule A, Roll C_11721; pg. 9; Line 21?/i?
    Charles S.Clark, 19, 1833, b. USA, shantyman, E. Church
    Eli C.Clark, 40, 1812, USA, b. Lumberman, E. Church
    George Ashley (Ashby), 25, 1827, b. CAN, Farmer, E. Church

    ?i?1851 Census for Storington, Frontenac Cty, Canada West Schedule A, roll C_11721, pg. 83, Line 20
    ?/i?Reuben Clarck, 35, 1817, Canada West, farmer, Church of England
    Christiann Clark, 29, 1823, Canada West
    Gilbert 11, 1841
    Daniel, 9, 1843
    Maranda, 8, 1844
    Harriet, 6, 1846
    Hanah, 3, 1849
    Elgin, 1, 1851

    ?i?1851 Census for Storington, Frontenac Cty, Canada West Schedule A, roll C_11721, pg. 75, Line 21
    ?/i?John E. Clarck, Canada East, 40, 1812, Wesleyan Methodist
    Catherine Clarck, 33, 1819, Canada West
    James, 9, 1843
    Clarinda, 9, 1843
    Mary, 7, 1845
    Jane, 5, 1847

    ?i?1851 Census for Bathurst, Lanark Cty, Canada West Schedule A, roll C_11721, pg. 21, Line 22
    ?/i?John Clark, 61, 1791, Scotland, Farmer, Church of Scotland
    Catherine Clark, 60, 1792, Scotland
    James, 26 1826,CAN
    Jannett, 23, 1829, CAN
    John, 21, 1831, CAN
    Christina, 19, 1835, CAN

    (Medical):Name?tab?James Clark Gender?tab?
    Male
    Age?tab?48
    Birth Date?tab?1824
    Birth Place?tab?Ireland
    Death Date?tab?15 Jan 1872
    Death Place?tab?Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
    Religion?tab?Church of England
    Cause of Death?tab?Ulceration of Lungs & Stomach

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M875-ZPV

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52772953

    Immigration:
    As noted by Margaret J. McCaw in the 1911 census

    Census:
    Relation to head?tab?Name?tab?Age
    Head (implied)?tab?James Clark?tab?25
    Wife (implied)?tab?Mary Ann Clark?tab?20
    Daughter (implied)?tab?Margareth J Clark?tab?3
    Daughter (implied)?tab?Rachel Clark?tab?1
    James Gilaspy?tab?45
    Hugh Clark?tab?21


    Immigration:
    See Rachel & Margaret Jane in 1911 census

    Census:
    17 James?tab?Clarke?tab?Male?tab?34?tab?1827?tab?Ireland?tab?
    18 Mary A Clarke Female?tab?32?tab?1829?tab?Ireland?tab?
    19 James?tab?Clarke?tab?Male?tab?10?tab?1851?tab?U S of A
    20 Robert Clarke?tab?Male?tab?8?tab?1853?tab?U S of A
    21 John?tab? Clarke?tab?Male?tab?6?tab?1855?tab?Upper Canada
    22 Mary A Clarke?tab?Female?tab?3?tab?1858?tab?Upper Canada

    Neighbours - almost all labourers
    Glasford, Collins, French, Pierson, Ryan, Gleason, Thommas Bobear; Willson, Bowey, Leech, Singleton, McCoffery, Rev. H. Byrnes,

    Census:
    neighbours: Bellamy, Tupper, Lingstone, Godderich, Stone, Stevens, Arnold,?b? Clark, ?/b?Brown, Stacey, Craig, Esay, Morrison, Sopher, Arnold, Percival

    Died:
    Name:?tab?James Clark
    Gender:?tab?Male
    Age:?tab?48
    Religion:?tab?Church of England
    Birth Date:?tab?abt 1824
    Birth Place:?tab?Ireland
    Death Date:?tab?15 Jan 1872
    Death Place:?tab?Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
    Cause of Death:?tab?Ulceration of Lungs & Stomach

    Died at age 49, lung problems, poor health from war experience.
    Believed to be UEL and previously lived in Pennsylvania.
    Believed to have lived in the Frankville area and that they were United Empire Loyalists.


    Buried:



    This cemetery was previously know as the ?b?Old Protestant Cemetery adjacent to County Road #2 (Old highway #2)
    ?/b?
    Inscription
    [Side 1]
    JAMES CLARK
    BORN DEC.25,1823
    DIED JAN.15,1871
    [Side 2]
    MARY A. WIFE OF JAMES CLARK
    MAR.14,1900
    AGED 73 Y'RS.
    [Side 3]
    JAMES CLARK BORN NOV.28,1851
    DIED JAN.20,1863
    DAVID CLARK BORN
    JAN.19,1868
    DIED MAR.20,1868
    Willa Clark's letter - Burial noted as in St. Peter's Cemetery, New Boyne, ON, CDN Doesn't seem to be a tombstone at this cemetery, but found this on Canadian Headstones.

    Name:?tab?Mary Ann Gillespie Clark
    Cemetery:?tab?St. Peter's / Newboyne Anglican+
    Burial Place:?tab?Leeds & Grenville, Ontario, Canada
    Notes:?tab?JAMES CLARK BORN DEC. 25.1828. DIED JAN.15. 1871 MARY A. WIFE OF JAMES CLARK DIED MAR. 14. 1900. AGED 73 Y'RS
    Picture Available:?tab?https://canadianheadstones.com...

    ?i?James CLARK
    St. Peter's / Newboyne Anglican+, Ontario

    TRANSCRIPTION
    JAMES CLARK [Jr.] BORN NOV.28.1851. DIED JAN.20.1863. DAVID CLARK BORN JAN.19.1868 DIED MAR.20. 1868. [Son's of James and Mary Ann Clark]

    ADDITIONAL NAMES
    David CLARK
    SUBMITTED BY: ronaldw@xplornet.com on 2012-04-09 17:29:27?/i?

    James married Mary Ann Gillespie on 4 May 1846 in Dunboe Parish, Coleraine Barony, County Londonderry, Ireland. Mary (daughter of James Gillespie and Jane Lees) was born on 3 Apr 1828 in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died on 16 Mar 1901 in Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1903 in St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Newboyne, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    Citation Information
    Transcript
    "Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGYQ-V7PC : 12 April 2018), James Clark in entry for James Clark and Mary Anne Gillespie,
    Marriage 4 May 1846, Articlave, County Coleraine, Ireland; citing General Register Office, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,275.
    James Clarkmentioned in the record of James Clark and Mary Anne Gillespie Name: James Clark Sex: Male Son: James Clark
    Other information in the record of James Clark and Mary Anne Gillespiefrom Ireland Civil Registration Name: James Clark Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 4 May 1846 Event Place: Articlave, County Coleraine, Ireland Event Place (Original): Articlave, Coleraine Gender: Male Age: 22 Birth Year (Estimated): 1824 Father's Name: James Clark Spouse's
    Name: Mary Anne Gillespie Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 19 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1827 Spouse's Father's Name: James Gillespie
    Source Information
    Title
    "Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913,"
    Note
    "Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGYQ-V7PC : 12 April 2018), James Clark in entry for James Clark and Mary Anne Gillespie, Marriage 4 May 1846, Articlave, County Coleraine, Ireland; citing General Register Office, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,275.
    James Clark mentioned in the record of James Clark and Mary Anne Gillespie Name: James Clark Sex: Male Son: James Clark
    Other information in the record of James Clark and Mary Anne Gillespie from Ireland Civil Registration
    Name: James Clark Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 4 May 1846 Event Place: Articlave, County Coleraine, Ireland
    Event Place (Original): Articlave, Coleraine Gender: Male Age: 22 Birth Year (Estimated): 1824 Father's Name: James Clark Spouse's Name: Mary Anne Gillespie Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 19 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1827 Spouse's Father's Name: James Gillespie

    First name(s)?tab?James
    Last name?tab?Clark
    Age?tab?-
    Marital status?tab?-
    Marriage year?tab?1846
    Marriage date?tab?04 May 1846
    Marriage place?tab?0123,Dunboe,Londonderry,Ireland
    Father's first name(s)?tab?-
    Father's last name?tab?-
    Mother's first name(s)?tab?-
    Mother's last name?tab?-
    Spouse's first name(s)?tab?Mary Anne
    Spouse's last name?tab?Gillespie
    Spouse's age?tab?-
    Spouse's birth place?tab?-
    Spouse's marital status?tab?-
    Spouse's father's first name(s)?tab?-
    Spouse's father's last name?tab?-
    Spouse's mother's first name(s)?tab?-
    Spouse's mother's last name?tab?-
    Residence?tab?-
    Place?tab?Dunboe
    County?tab?Londonderry (Derry)
    Country?tab?Ireland
    Record set?tab?Ireland Marriages 1619-1898
    Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
    Subcategory?tab?Parish Marriages
    Collections from?tab?Ireland
    ?i?Ireland Marriages 1619-1898 Transcription
    Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl?/i?

    First name(s)?tab?James
    Last name?tab?Clark
    Registration year?tab?1846
    Registration quarter?tab?1846
    Registration district?tab?Coleraine
    Volume?tab?4
    Page?tab?123
    MarriageFinder??tab?James Clark married one of these people
    Margaret Purdy, Mary Anne Gillespie, Margaret Miller, Anne Andrews
    County?tab?Antrim, Londonderry (Derry)
    Country?tab?Ireland
    Record set?tab?Irish Marriages 1845-1958
    Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
    Subcategory?tab?Civil Marriage & Divorce
    Collections from?tab?Ireland
    ?i?copyright Family Search?/i?

    Children:
    1. Margaret Jane Clark was born on 2 Mar 1847 in Ireland; died on 28 Sep 1929 in Brockville-Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 30 Sep 1929 in Brockville-Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Rachel Clark was born on 17 Mar 1849 in Pennsylvania, United States; was christened on 17 Apr 1849 in Allen Twp, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States; died on 18 Sep 1911 in Brockville-Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Brockville-Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. James Clark, Jr. was born on 28 Nov 1851 in Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States; died on 20 Jan 1863 in Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Newboyne, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Robert M. Clark was born on 26 May 1853 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States; died on 26 Apr 1920 in Brockville, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Rideau Ferry, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    5. John Robert Clark was born on 24 Jun 1854 in Frankville, Kitley Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Apr 1925 in Frankville, Kitley Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1925 in St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Newboyne, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Mary Anne Clark was born on 8 Oct 1858 in Brockville-Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Feb 1941 in Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 28 Feb 1941 in Pinehurst Cemetery, Playfairville, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Martha Clark was born on 12 Oct 1862 in Frankville, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; died on 21 Jul 1925 in Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    8. David Clark was born on 19 Jan 1868 in Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; died on 20 Mar 1868 in Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Saint Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Newboyne, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Maria Emily Clark was born on 31 Dec 1871 in Kitley Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; died on 28 Mar 1962 in Coquitlam, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Clark was born about 1787 in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died on 3 Mar 1860 in Watkins, Benton County, Iowa, United States; was buried in Mound Cemetery, Watkins, Benton County, Iowa, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: L1W3-BXD
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46377152
    • _UID: A757E607765045669A2FB02BF62401F91407

    Notes:

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L1W3-BXD

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46377152

    Died:
    First name(s)?tab?James
    Last name?tab?Clark
    Birth year?tab?-
    Death year?tab?1860
    Death date?tab?? Mar 1860
    Cemetery?tab?Mound Cemetery
    City?tab?Watkins
    County?tab?Benton
    State?tab?Iowa
    Country?tab?United States
    Image link?tab?http://billiongraves.com/pages/record/James-Clark/9713165
    Record set?tab?United States Billion Graves Index
    Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
    Subcategory?tab?Civil Deaths & Burials
    Collections from?tab?Americas, United States

    James married Martha TaitCounty Coleraine, Ireland. Martha was born about 1792; died on 18 Oct 1879 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States; was buried on 21 Oct 1879 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Martha Tait was born about 1792; died on 18 Oct 1879 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States; was buried on 21 Oct 1879 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: L1W4-KWX
    • _UID: C7B16A81B2A6400DA10F44695A04DF2ED00D

    Notes:

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L1W4-KWX

    Buried:
    First name(s)?tab?Martha
    Last name?tab?Clark
    Age?tab?87
    Birth year?tab?1792
    Death year?tab?1879
    Death date?tab?18 Oct 1879
    Burial year?tab?1879
    Burial date?tab?21 Oct 1879
    Address?tab?-
    Parish?tab?-
    Diocese?tab?Westmoreland
    State?tab?Pennsylvania
    Country?tab?United States
    Institution?tab?Newspaper deaths
    Archive?tab?Historical Society of Pennsylvania
    Register?tab?Burial
    Date range?tab?1866-1900
    Record set?tab?Historical Society Of Pennsylvania, Deaths & Burials
    Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
    Subcategory?tab?Civil Deaths & Burials
    Collections from?tab?Americas, United States
    copyright Findmypast 2017

    Children:
    1. 1. James Clark was born on 25 Dec 1824 in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died on 15 Jan 1872 in Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Newboyne, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary Jane Clark was born about 1825 in County Londonderry, Ireland; died on 10 Oct 1882 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States; was buried in Elcado Cemetery, Peru, Chautauqua County, Kansas, United States.
    3. William Clark was born on 15 Aug 1828 in Ireland; died on 7 Dec 1901 in Benton County, Iowa, United States; was buried in Mound Cemetery, Watkins, Benton County, Iowa, United States.
    4. Hugh Clark was born about 1829 in Ireland; and died.
    5. Anna Jane Clark was born on 24 Apr 1832 in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died on 20 Aug 1899 in Ramona, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, Washington County, Oklahoma, United States; was buried in Buck Creek Cemetery, Vera, Washington County, Oklahoma, United States.




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