DC for JOHN CLARK.....

[FionaZ]

John Clark was married to Catharine Reid on 5 Nov 1820 Barony, Lanark, Scotland .

From the IGI their children were:

Margaret Paterson Clark
John Clarke born 28 Feb 1825 Barony, Lanark, Scotland
Matthew Clark
Martha Clark
George Clark
Jane Ritchie Clark
Catherine Clark

George married Elizabeth Barrowman on the 16 March 1855 Glasgow. Lanark, Scotland. Neither of his parents was listed as Deceased.

John married Margaret Russell 24th April 1846 . He was residing in Shettleston and she in Westmuir.
Their fourth child Catherine was born on the 5 Aug 1856 at 12 Burgher Street Glasgow. The birth registration was signed by John Clark, Grandfather.

BUT I cannot find his death certificate or that of Catharine Clark ms Reid (if she died after 1855). Both must have been born prior to 1800 making them older than 55 but I cannot find them on SP.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Fiona

P.S. This John Clark is the great grandfather of John Blair Drummond Clark that Davie mentioned in the post on middle names!

[sporran]

Hello Fiona,


with names like those, it is best to use wildcards.

Start with looking for the death of Clark*, forename ??th?rin* , and other name Re?d (all years, all areas). There are only 2, and the High Church one looks the best bet.

Having established that she was married to John Clarke, search for his death, which was likely to be in Glasgow. Using her age, he was likely to have been born around 1799. So Clark*, John, death from 1865, district Glasgow City, and year of birth 1797 ± 5 years. Oh look, there's a death in High Church!


Regards,

John

[AndrewP]

Hi Fiona,

BUT I cannot find his death certificate or that of Catharine Clark ms Reid (if she died after 1855). Both must have been born prior to 1800 making them older than 55 but I cannot find them on SP.

How about CATHERINE REID or CLARKE, died 1865 High Church, Glasgow, age not on the index (thus notionally indexed as aged 131 to make the database work)? (note spelling of Clark with an "e")

All the best,

Andrew Paterson

PS. - Looks like John (Sporran) was looking this one up at much the same time and beat me to the draw.

[Jack]

Hi Fiona,

John & Andrew have done the hard part! - finding John & Catherine's DCs.
I dare say you may have some of these censuses - but in case not, and sorry no more details.
Birthplaces for some children aren't exact, but this occasionally happens.
Names are in the order that they are listed on the census pages.
=
1841 cens 622 Ed 198 p 6 (Shettleston)
John CLARK 40
Catherine 40
Margaret 20
Thomas 15
John 15
William 14
Walter 12
Mathew 10
Martha 6
Catherine 3
George 7
not known (girl) under 1
Thomas CLARK 14
&
1851 cens 652 Ed 31 p 13 (Old Monkland)
John CLARK 50, b Ireland
Catherine 50, b Barony
Matthew 22, b do
George 18, b do
Catherine 13, b do
Agnes 10, b do
James 8, b do
&
1861 cens 622-3 Ed 7 p 8 (Barony)
John CLARK 61, b Ireland
Catherine 61, b Barony
Agnes 20, b do
James 18, b do
=
1851 cens 622 (606) Ed 9 p 17 (Shettleston)
John CLARK 26
Margaret 25
John 4
William CLARK 19
John RUSSELL 23
&
1861 cens 647 Ed 25 p 5 (Hamilton)
John CLARK 36, b Barony
Margaret 36, b do
John 14, b do
Robert 10, b do
Thomas 8, b do
Catherine 5, b do
Margaret under1, b do
Elizabeth 2, b Hamilton
--
Jack

[FionaZ]

John Andrew and Jack, Thank you so much for you fantastic help. I obviously could not see the wood for the trees! Thank you so much for all the census information. They are definitely my family (the 8 year old Thomas is my Great Grandfather.)
Regards,
Fiona