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Record #21838
Name :
: Martha CLARK (1879 - )
  aka : Clarke


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Date of Birth
: 1879 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 8 Jun 1891
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Norwegian

Placement Family
: Wright
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Quarriers
NotesMartha Wright (Clarke)

Martha traveled to Canada with her older sister Margaret (Maggie) from the Quarriers Home in Scotland. They arrived at the Fairknowe HOme in Brockville where they were separated. Maggie went to work for a family in Newboro, Ontario while Martha went to stay with a family in South Mountain, Ontario. While they both lived in Eastern Ontario the did not see each other for many years until after both were married and had children.

Martha was "adopted" into the Wright family with which she was placed and eventually married William (Will) Wright - one of the son's of that family. The couple ran a dairy farm and raised four children while living in South Mountain: Two boys (Tom and Bob) and as well two girls (Margaret and Ann) all of whom eventually lived in Prescott, Ontario where Bob worked at a funeral parlor. Margaret married a local barber, Elsie Nesbitt. All of Martha's children are buried in the cemetery in Prescott.

Many years after the separation of Martha and Maggie, the two sisters were reunited. They and their families became relatively close. Martha's children visited often at Maggie's place on Lake Street. After Maggie's death in her late 60's her children and their cousins from Prescott stayed in contact after Martha's passing many years later in her late 80's.



Martha's sister Maggie's obituary in which she is mentioned

Margaret (Maggie) Clarke
As a young girl in Glasgow, Scotland, Maggie was orphaned along with her sister Martha. They were taken in by the authorities and sent to the Bridge-of-Wier Home operated by the Quarriers Society. They stayed there briefly before traveling - Maggie at the age of 13 years and Martha - then 9 years old - to Canada by ship arriving in Montreal and eventually at the Fairknowe Home in Brockville, Ontario (1890). From there Maggie was placed with a family in Newboro where she worked as a domestic servant until she met and married Nathanial Alonzo (Lon) Carl from "up on the mountain" north of Westport, Ontario. Maggie was separated from Martha who was placed with a family in South MOuntain, Ontario.

The couple lived in several communities, including several in Eastern Ontario and a brief stay in Natural Bridge, New York State after which they returned to Canada to live a spell in Yarker, Ontario (near Kingston) before settling on Lake Street between Plum Hollow and Soperton. Lon worked in lumber yards, a furniture factory, and on road crews as well as other jobs where he acquired the nick-name "The Boss". Maggie stayed at home to raise their growing family as was the custom for women at that time. Finally they settled on a farm on Lake Street about half way between Plum Hollow and Soperton, Ontario where they ran a general farming operation until Maggie's death. They raised and sold pigs, various types of fowl, cattle and horses as well as selling eggs and maple syrup in season. ASide from their famiy their first love was the old Plum Hollow Baptist Church to which they were both devoted.

Their first child William enlisted when the war began and was killed in battle of Amines at the end of World War 1. Their daughter, Martha, names after Maggie's sister became a school teacher, taught in many schools around Eastern Ontario including the Plum Hollow School located on the hill beside the church before she was married to Wilbert Collier and began her own family (two daughters Irene and Florence) James was born in the States and eventually took up farming with his Dad on Lake Street. He never married but lived with his parents until their deaths. Their youngest child Mabel, born on St. Patrick's Day grew up on Lake Street, graduated from Athens High School and became a Registered Nurse graduation from the Brockville General Hospital of nursing. She married Harold John Stanford of Brockville and they raised three children (one daughter Belva and two sons- John, AKA Jack, and Robert AKA Bob. Maggie loved spoiling her Grandchildren on their frequent visits to the farm.

Maggie worked very hard all of her life. Farm life was not easy in her day but she loved the work "doing for her family" and was very successful as a wife and mother. She remained illiterate all her life but understood well the value of education and encouraged her children and grandchildren to pursue it as far as possible. She had reason to be proud of her accomplishments as she achieved so much after such humble beginnings as an orphan alone in the world able to fend for herself and prosper in rural Ontario.
Maggie (1877-1951) and Len (1874-1952) lie buried in the beautiful little Plum Hollow Cemetery with their children Martha (1897-1960), James and Mabel (1907-001) Their graves overlook the changing beauty of the seasons all they year round. William lies with fallen comrades in a military cemetery in France. 
ContributorsCreated : 2013-09-05 17:11:10 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-09-05 17:33:57 /

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3061 ABDALE, John George1873ENG, NBL, Newcastle Upon Tyne Mar 1891 : Norwegian CAN Barnardos  
25882 ADAMS, Alexander1886 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25845 ADAMS, Jane1882 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25792 ADAMS, Mary Jane1875 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25850 ALLEN, Ina1882 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
16344 ANDERSON, Walter Robert1877ENG, LND, Middlesex Mar 1891 : Norwegian CAN Barnardos  
22830 ANDREWS, C A1872ENG,     Mar 1891 : Norwegian CAN Barnardos  
16486 BERTIE, Mary1881SCT,    , Dundee Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25841 BRADSHAW, Janet1881 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25815 BRADSHAW, Victoria1878 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25828 BRITTON, Katie1880 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25805 BROWN, Lizzie1877 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25865 BROWN, Mary1884 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25802 BURNS, Maggie1877 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25837 BUSH, Louisa1881 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25789 CAINE, Mary J1873 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25808 CAMERON, Lizzie1878 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
21838 CLARK, Martha1879ENG,     Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25871 CLARK, Susan1886 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers Jo-Dee Huberdeau  
25875 COLLISTER, Eliza1886 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25843 COLLISTER, Nellie1881 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25823 CONNEL, Jane1879 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers mcintaylor  
3485 COOK, Mary1881 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
13595 COTTIER, Isabella1885GBM,    , Douglas Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25878 COUGHTREY, Emily1889 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25856 COUGHTREY, Katie1883 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25851 COWAN, Jessie1880 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25811 COWAN, Sarah1878 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25876 CUBBON, Emily1886 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
25862 CUTHBERTSON, Maggie1884 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
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