Martha Clark

1862 - 1925  (62 years)

• Name	Martha Clark
  Birth	12 Oct 1862	Frankville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Census-Household Member	1871	Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member neighbours: Bellamy, Tupper, Lingstone, Godderich, Stone, Stevens, Arnold, Clark, Brown, Stacey, Craig, Esay, Morrison, Sopher, Arnold, Percival
  		1871 Census Kitley Leeds James Clarke
  Census	1881	Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada
  	Canada
  	Martha is recorded twice in the 1881 census. She is listed by both her mother and her employer.
  		1881 Census Kitley Leeds Elisabeth Leverett & Martha Clark servant.jpg
  Census-Household Member	1881	Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  		1881 Census Kitley Leeds Maryann Clark
  Occupation	1881	Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Servant
  	Even though her origin is listed as 'English' I believe this may be Martha. She appears to be a 'servant' in the household of  Elisabeth Leverett, b. 1823, a widow. She is also listed elsewhere as a family member by her mother. Name     Martha Clark Gender     Female Age     18 Birth Year     1863 Birthplace Ontario Religion     Methodist Church of Canada Nationality     English Occupation     Servant Province     Ontario District Number     107 District     Leeds and Grenville North Sub-District Number     A Subdistrict     Kitley Division     2 Household Members     5
  Census-Household Member	1891	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  Census-Household Member	1901	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  		1901 Census Bathurst Lanark William Francis Heffron
  Census-Household Member	1921	Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  Occupation	Toronto (York), Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
  	Teacher
  _UID	4F6D4638147D45DC956E7115CBAF01958545
  Death	21 Jul 1925	Waterloo Regional Municipality (Waterloo County), Ontario, Canada
  Burial	Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark Village, Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Notes	(Medical):Suffered from Narcolepsy and experienced daytime sleepiness and uncontrollable episodes of falling asleep during the day. Willa Clark  said" As a child I was intrigued how this womman fell off to sleep while we were talking to her."
  Person ID	I4372	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

  
  

  Family	William Francis Heffron,   b. 1863, Fallbrook, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Jan 1956, Kitchener (Berlin), Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	16 Sep 1885	Frankville, Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Name     William Francis Heffron Age     21 Birth Year     1864 Birth Place     Fall Brook Marriage Date     16/09/1885 Marriage Place     Leeds Ontario Canada Father     John Heffron Mother     Julia Westerdick Spouse     Martha Clark Name     Martha Clark Age     22 Birth Year     1863 Birth Place     Brockville, Ontario Marriage Date     16/09/1885 Marriage Place     Leeds Ontario Canada Father     James Clark Mother     Mary Ann Gilespie Clark Spouse     William Francis Heffron
  		William Heffron & Martha Clark marriage
  Children	+ 1. Ernest Clark Heffron,   b. 30 Sep 1886, Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 1966, Kitchener, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada (Age 79 years)   2. Edith May Heffron,   b. 21 Mar 1889, Fallbrook, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 16 May 1919, North Bay, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada (Age 30 years) + 3. Lillian Estella "Lily" Heffron,   b. 10 May 1893, Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Jun 1978, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Illinois, United States (Age 85 years)   4. Mabel C. Heffron,   b. 1 Aug 1896, Fallbrook, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 1 Jul 1981 (Age 84 years) + 5. Francis Campbell "Frank" Heffron,   b. 24 Aug 1899, Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 1964 (Age 64 years)   6. Elsie Heffron,   b. 23 Apr 1902, Frankville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Oct 1862 - Frankville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1871 - Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - 1881 - Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1881 - Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada Occupation - Servant - 1881 - Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada Marriage - 16 Sep 1885 - Frankville, Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1891 - Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1901 - Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1921 - Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Teacher - - Toronto (York), Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada Death - 21 Jul 1925 - Waterloo Regional Municipality (Waterloo County), Ontario, Canada Burial - - Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark Village, Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S120] Public Archives of Canada, Canada, 1871 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 13 Jan 2019), James Clark Household; Year: 1871; Census Place: Kitley, Leeds and Grenville North, Ontario; Roll: C-10004; Page: 54; Family No: 212. (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). [S375] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1881 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2009 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Year: 1881; Census Place: Kitley, Leeds and Grenville North, Ontario; Roll: C_13230; Page: 46; Family No: 227, 1,1577::0. (Reliability: 4). [S437] Ancestry.com, 1891 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2008 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Year: 1891; Census Place: Bathurst, Lanark South, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6349; Family No: 42, 1,1274::0. (Reliability: 4). [S18] Ontario. Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1937, (ancestry.ca :n.d.), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 50." 1885, 328, 006510, Heffron-Clark, accessed 19 Jun 2019. (Reliability: 3).