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Record #17462
Name :
: Margaret CLARK (1877 - 1951)
  aka : Maggie Clarke


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: Jun 1877

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 1951
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 6 Jun 1892
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sarmatian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Quarriers
NotesMargaret (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.


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3053 ABBOTT, Arthur1866ENG,     Jun 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Unknown  
3082 ABEL, Walter John1869ENG, MDX, London Aug 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
14809 ABLE, Walter1870ENG,     Aug 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
3110 ACE, David1869ENG,     Jun 1885 : Sarmatian CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
8528 ACHSEN, Charlotte1868ENG,     Jun 1874 : Sarmatian CAN Agricultural Labour Union  
3114 ACHSON, Elizabeth1864IRL,     Jun 1874 : Sarmatian CAN Agricultural Labour Union  
3115 ACHSON, Sarah1865IRL,     Jun 1874 : Sarmatian CAN Agricultural Labour Union  
3150 ACRES, Ada1864ENG, HAM, Winchester Jun 1874 : Sarmatian CAN Maria Rye  
3171 ADAM, Maggie1887SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
6924 ADAMS, Ann Elizabeth1867ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
25417 ADAMS, William1889SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
10339 ALEXANDER, Beatrice Carlisle1889SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
10451 ALEXANDER, Thomas George1891ENG,    , Glasgow Camlachie Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
13506 ALLMAN, Michael Joseph1870ENG,     Jul 1887 : Sarmatian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
6925 ALLSUPP, Eliza Matty1865ENG,    , Upton on Severn Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
6926 ALLSUPP, John1875ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
6927 ALLSUPP, Mary Ann1872ENG, WAR Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
22779 ANCION, Henry1872ENG,     Apr 1883 : Sarmatian CAN MacPherson Homes  
25340 ANDERSON, Barbara1884SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
25372 ANDERSON, Janet1887SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
19415 ARGENT, Henry Charles1872 Apr 1883 : Sarmatian CAN MacPherson Homes  
15905 ARMSTRONG, Robert1874ENG,     Sep 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
21883 ARMSTRONG, Robert1874ENG,     Sep 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
27438 ARNOLD, George1858 Aug 1872 : Sarmatian CAN Macpherson Homes  
9593 ARUNDALE, Jessie1873ENG,     Oct 1882 : Sarmatian CAN Unknown  
6928 ASHFORD, J. Arthur1866ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
6929 ASHMORE, Ellen1870ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
6930 ASHMORE, Minnie1871ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
6931 ASHTON, Charles1865ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
19418 ATKINS, Herbert Henry1874ENG, LND, Waterloo Apr 1883 : Sarmatian CAN MacPherson Homes  
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