Rachel Clark

1849 - 1911  (62 years)

• Name	Rachel Clark
  Birth	17 Mar 1849	Pennsylvania, United States   [1]
  Christening	17 Apr 1849	Allen Twp, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States   [2]
  		Rachel Clark Baptism
  		Rachel Clark Baptism
  Gender	Female
  Census-Household Member	1850	Hanover twp, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States   [3]
  	USA
  	Role: Household Member Relation to head     Name     Age Head (implied)     James Clark     25 Wife (implied)     Mary Ann Clark     20 Daughter (implied)     Margareth J Clark     3 Daughter (implied)     Rachel Clark     1 James Gilaspy     45 Hugh Clark     21
  		1850 Census Hanover, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, USA James Clark
  Residence	1850	Hanover twp, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States   [4]
  Immigration-Witness	1855	Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada
  	from USA
  	Role: Witness See Rachel & Margaret Jane in 1911 census
  Census	1861	Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Canada - East Ward
  		1861 Census Brockville Leeds Rachel Clark
  Occupation	1861	Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Servant - age 13
  	Rachel, age 13, is working as a servant in the home of Alexander and Cuphemia Stewart, customs officer and his wife, no doubt assisting with the children James 7, Margaret 6, Elizabeth 3, and Jane 1.
  Census	1871	Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Canada
  	Rachel, age 21 is working as a servant in the home of Alonzo B. and Mary Dana, George 30 and Albert 27 and Helene 22.
  		1871 Census Brockville Leeds Rachel Clark
  Occupation	1871	Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Servant - age 21
  Census-Household Member	1881	Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  		1881 Census Kitley Leeds Maryann Clark
  Occupation	1881	Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Servant - age 31, may be living at home at the time
  Residence	1881	Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Census	1891	Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Canada - West Ward
  	Domestic for George and Mary Dana
  		1891 Census Brockville Leeds Rachel Clark.jpg
  Occupation	1891	Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Domestic - age 41
  	Working in home of George Dana and his mother Mary. George is a Railway Contractor.
  		1891 Census Brockville Leeds Rachel Clark
  Census-Household Member	1911	Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  		1911 Census Brockville Ontario Margaret McCaw
  FamilySearch ID	M92H-LSX
  Residence-Occupant	1911	Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	127 Church St.
  	Role: Occupant
  Occupation	1911	Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Housekeeper - Private Family
  	Rachel is serving as a housekeeper for an unspecified private family and living with her sister Margaret Clark McGaw, a nurse.
  Residence	1911	Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada
  	prior to death
  	Address: 222 Church St. Brockville, Ontario Canada
  _UID	AD8F2DA0F31C465CBCDB375FA636C874FF97
  Death	18 Sep 1911	Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Cause: Carcinoma of Larnyx
  	St. Vincent de Paul Hospital, 3 weeks Lanark Era, Wed. September 27th, 1911 D At Brockville, Mon. Sept. l8th, Miss Rachel Clark, sister of Mrs. W.H. Heffron, of.Lanark. There are four sisters and two brothers; Mrs. Wm. McCaw, Brockville; Mrs. John Ashby, Fallbrook; Mrs. Wm. F. Heffron, Lanark; Mrs. Geo. Cavanagh, Vancouver, BC; Robert, of Brockville, and John, of Lombardy. Burial at Brockville. Mrs. Wm. F. Heffron returned home on Monday from Brockville, to which place she had been summoned last week owing to the illness and death of her sister, Miss Rachel Clark. The funeral took place from the residence of her sister, Mrs. Wm. McCaw. Deceased leaves four sisters and two brothers to mourn her loss Mrs. Wm. McCaw, Brockville ; Mrs. John Ashby, Fallbrook ; Mrs. Wm. F. Heffron, Lanark ; Mrs. George Cavanagh, Vancouver, B.C. ; Mr. Robert Clark, Brockville, and Mr. John Clark, Lombardy. Many beautiful wreaths and sprays adorned the casket. Interment took place to the family plot in the Brockville cemetery on Wednesday. The Lanark Era Lanark, Ontario, Canada 27 Sep 1911, Wed  ?W  Page 1
  		Rachel Clark Death Certificate
  		Rachel Clark Death Certificate
  Burial	Brockville Old Protestant Cemetery, Brockville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada
  Notes	Source says died prior to 1920 Ev Miller notes: Suggest she may have been born in Pennsylvania (Medical):Carcinoma of Larnyx - 3 months Syncopis Cardiac - 4 hours
  Person ID	I4197	Lanark County Origins | This is my Maternal LIneage, My maternal grandmother's Lineage, My Maternal Great Grandmother's Lineage, My 2 Great Grandmother's Lineage
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	James Clark,   b. 25 Dec 1823, Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland d. 15 Jan 1872, Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Gillespie,   b. 3 Apr 1828, Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland d. 16 Mar 1900, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	4 May 1846	Dunboe, Coleraine Barony, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
  Family ID	F1271	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Mar 1849 - Pennsylvania, United States Christening - 17 Apr 1849 - Allen Twp, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States Census-Household Member - USA - 1850 - Hanover twp, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States Residence - 1850 - Hanover twp, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States Immigration-Witness - from USA - 1855 - Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - East Ward - 1861 - Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Servant - age 13 - 1861 - Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - 1871 - Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Servant - age 21 - 1871 - Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1881 - Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada Occupation - Servant - age 31, may be living at home at the time - 1881 - Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada Residence - 1881 - Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - West Ward - 1891 - Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Domestic - age 41 - 1891 - Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1911 - Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Residence-Occupant - 127 Church St. - 1911 - Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Housekeeper - Private Family - 1911 - Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Residence - prior to death,Address: 222 Church St. Brockville, Ontario Canada - 1911 - Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Death - Cause: Carcinoma of Larnyx - 18 Sep 1911 - Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Brockville Old Protestant Cemetery, Brockville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ontario. Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010., Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1947, (Ancestry.ca :n.d.), Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada." 1911, 85, 018142, Rachel Clark, accessed 13 Jan 2019. (Reliability: 3). [S503] Family Search, USA, Pennsylvania, Births & Christenings, 1709-1950, ((Ancestry.ca)), accessed 13 Jan 2019), Rachel Clark Baptism; "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2FZ-SN7 : 11 February 2018), Rachel Clark, 17 Apr 1849; Christening, citing PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, ALLEN TWP, NORTHAMPTON, PENNSYLVANIA; FHL microfilm 501,916. (Reliability: 3). [S298] USA, 1850 Census Population Schedule, (www.ancestry.ca: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), M432, roll NARA M432, Hanover, Lehigh, p. 341, dwelling 102, family 121, James Clark, accessed 13 Jan 2019 (Reliability: 3). [S16] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch, Family Trees, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 31 Oct 2023), entry for Rachel Clark, person ID M92H-LSX. (Reliability: 3). [S58] Public Archives of Canada, Canada, 1861 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 20 Jun 2019), Rachel Clark; Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1044. (Reliability: 3). [S120] Public Archives of Canada, Canada, 1871 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 20 Jun 2019), Rachel Clark; Year: 1871; Census Place: Centre Ward, Brockville, Ontario; Roll: C-10002; Page: 36; Family No: 137. (Reliability: 3). [S317] Statistics Canada Fonds, Record Group 31-C-1. LAC microfilm C-13162 to C-13286. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa., Canada, 1881 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 18 Jun 2019), Maryann Clark household; Year: 1881; Census Place: Kitley, Leeds and Grenville North, Ontario; Roll: C_13230; Page: 54; Family No: 267. (Reliability: 3). [S330] Government of Canada, Canada, 1891 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 20 Jun 2019), Rachel Clark; Year: 1891; Census Place: Brockville City West Ward, Brockville, Ontario; Roll: T-6327; Family No: 157. (Reliability: 3). [S334] Canada., Canada, 1911 Census, district 58, sub-district A, Brockville, p. 8, dwelling 83, family 83, Margaret McCaw (McGaw); FHL microfilm (Reliability: 3).