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Record #21838

Name :: : Martha CLARK (1879 - )
aka : Clarke
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1879 (approx.)
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

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): :
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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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 42 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
17246	CLARK, Alfred Charles	1901	ENG,	Jul 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
6136	CLARK, Annie G.	1878	ENG,	Jun 1894 : Mongolian	CAN	Maria Rye
7937	CLARK, Archibald	1916	SCT, , Plean	Apr 1930 : Letitia	CAN	Quarriers
4657	CLARK, Arthur Everett	1901	ENG, LAN	Jul 1921 : Minnedosa	CAN	MacPherson Homes
11617	CLARK, Augustus	1900	ENG,	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
18123	CLARK, Charles	1875	ENG,	May 1887 : Parisian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
15323	CLARK, Ellen	1862	ENG,	Jun 1871 : Prussian	CAN	Maria Rye
10742	CLARK, Emily	1867	ENG,	Jan 1880 : Peruvian	CAN	Maria Rye
22969	CLARK, F.	1892	ENG,	Apr 1908 : Lake Champlain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
11233	CLARK, George S	1891	ENG,	Sep 1899 : Arawa	CAN	Barnardos
7879	CLARK, George Victor	1915	ENG, , Southwark	May 1931 : Laurentic	CAN	Waifs & Strays
19570	CLARK, Henry	1887	ENG,	May 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Annie Macpherson Homes
27043	CLARK, Henry	1914	ENG, ESS	Oct 1928 : Beltana	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
7964	CLARK, Henry F W	1914	WAL, , Abertillery	Apr 1930 : Letitia	CAN	Church Army
21301	CLARK, Henry J.	1874	ENG,	May 1887 : Parisian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
8100	CLARK, Herbert	1911	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Apr 1927 : Athenia	CAN	Quarriers
17477	CLARK, Jessie	1901	ENG,	Jul 1910 : Virginian	CAN	Louisa Birt
12266	CLARK, John	1925	CAN,	May 1932 : Jervis Bay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
23625	CLARK, John	1922	ENG,	Aug 1937 : Andania	CAN	Waifs & Strays
25622	CLARK, John Alfred	1911	ENG, LND, Woolwich	Feb 1924 : Euripides	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
10477	CLARK, John Arthur	1913	ENG, LDN, London	Sep 1923 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
17767	CLARK, Joseph	1901	ENG,	Oct 1905 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
5857	CLARK, Mabel F	1894	ENG,	Oct 1904 : Bavarian	CAN	Barnardos
17462	CLARK, Margaret	1877	ENG,	Jun 1892 : Sarmatian	CAN	Quarriers
21838	CLARK, Martha	1879	ENG,	Jun 1891 : Norwegian	CAN	Quarriers
20518	CLARK, Mary	1892		May 1908 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
22622	CLARK, Mary Jane	1898	ENG,	Apr 1912 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
7828	CLARK, Matilda	1859	ENG,	Jul 1870 : Prussian	CAN	Maria Rye
17475	CLARK, May	1893	ENG,	Jun 1902 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
15867	CLARK, Norman	1884	ENG,	Sep 1895 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
12527	CLARK, Robert	1893	ENG,	Jul 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
4902	CLARK, Rose	1913	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1925 : Aurania	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
26699	CLARK, Rose	1900		Oct 1910 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
14756	CLARK, Samuel	1877	ENG,	Apr 1886 : Buenos Ayrean	CAN	Quarriers
25871	CLARK, Susan	1886		Jun 1891 : Norwegian	CAN	Quarriers	Jo-Dee Huberdeau
26797	CLARK, Thomas	1926		Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
17349	CLARK, W J	1873	ENG,	Jun 1891 : Circassian	CAN	Barnardos
14063	CLARK, William	1889	ENG,	Oct 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
22252	CLARK, William	1889	ENG,	Apr 1900 : Dominion	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
11304	CLARK, William J	1884	ENG,	Mar 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
24813	CLARKE, Elizabeth	1877	ENG,	May 1883 : PERUVIAN	CAN		RoyLeigh
19672	CLARKE, Robert	1902	ENG,	Apr 1913 : Teutonic	CAN	Hurst House Training Home
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 42 Entries

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