Francis Clark (1841 - 1927)

Born 12 Sep 1841 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

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Died 12 Dec 1927 at age 86 in Utah, Utah, United States

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Census

Census: US federal

Date: 1880

Place: Upton, Summit, Utah, United States

Source: #S596

Page: T9, roll T9_1338, Upton, enumeration district (ED) 71, p. 8.3000, dwelling 20, family 20, Francis Clark, accessed 23 Apr 2010

Quality or Certainty of Data: 3

When Francis Clark was born on September 12, 1841, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, his father, Thomas, was 34 and his mother, Ann, was 36. He married Agnes Eliza Pike on November 27, 1864, in Echo, Utah. He died on December 12, 1927, in Utah, Utah, at the age of 86, and was buried in Upton, Utah.

Francis was the youngest of seven children. His father was a shoe maker by trade and he taught the boys how to made cobble shoes. His mother was a housewife, and taught the children how to pray. his brothers and sisters were John, Tom, William, Mary, Sarah and Annie. Annie died in England, but the rest of the children emigrated to USA.

In 1851 Francis is listed in the English Census as being a scholar, living in Birmingham, England with his parents and three of his siblings.

In 1862 Francis is listed in the English Census as being a shoemaker, living in Birmingham, England with his parents and one of his siblings.

Family records show that he left England from Liverpool, on 14 Jun 1863 on the ship General McLellan, and arrived in New York on 18 Jul 1863, immediately embarking on a journey west. Once he reached the railroad, he joined a company of immigrants and drove a team of oxen across the plains, settling in Salt Lake Valley 4 Oct 1863. however, records of travel for Frank show a he may have traveled to America in 1861^[1]. There is no definitive proof that he was on the General McLellan.

The courtship between Frank and Eliza had started in England, and they were married in Echo, Summit County, Utah on 27 Nov 1864, by Henery Brown Wilde in the presence of Elias Asper and Hannah London.

Frank and Eliza had 12 children, Harriet, Francis, Thomas, Samuel, Eliza Ann, Emma, George, Sarah, William Henery, Eva, Mary, Nellie and Frank. William Henery and Frank died in infancy.

Initially the family lived in Echo, then in Henefer, Kamas where the first four children were borne. Later they settled in Upton (between 1871 - 1874) where they built their log home. There were two rooms, each with outside doors. The kitchen was 16 ft square with two small windows and a fireplace. There were shelves build in a corner for a cupboard. The first furniture in the kitchen was a hand made table and some benches. The second room, used as a bedroom was 16*18 ft, and the beds straw ticks.

The walls were whitewashed with lime, and the floors were wide boards kept clean with home made lye soap. There were later home made carpets. These were made out of old clothes torn into strips about 1.5 inches wide, with the ends sewn together. Those scraps were then given to a Mrs Neal who would then make them into carpets.

Washing was done by hand, initially with a rubbing board and later on with a washer, a dasher with four legs.

There was a one room building built a short distance from the house, which was the milk house. There was a board-walk running from one to the other. There Eliza used to pour the milk into shallow pans and when the cream covered the top, skim it off to make butter.

In 1880 Census Frank is listed as living in Upton, Utah as a farmer. His oldest son Thomas is listed as a sheep herder. His brother Thomas was living with the family working as a laborer.

In 1900 Frank is listed as living in Upton, Utah farming in the area. His sons Samuel and George are listed as sheep herders.

The 1910 Census shows Frank as farming on Chalk Creek Road, Upton, Utah, with his wife and two of his children.

Sources

1. ↑ New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957. Year: 1861; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 211; Line: 37; List Number: 452

• Life Story of Francis (Frank) Clark and Eliza Pike
• England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
• 1851 England Census
• 1861 England Census
• 1880 United States Federal Census
• 1900 United States Federal Census
• 1910 United States Federal Census
• Utah Death Registers, 1847-1966

• Source S591

Abbreviation: Charleen Dunn Harris Fewkes GEDCOM File

Title: "Harris Fewkes," supplied by Dunn, 21 April 2010; copy held by [RESEARCHER & CONTACT INFORMATION FOR PRIVATE USE]\.

Author: compiled by Charleen Dunn [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,]

Note: professional family genealogist

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Address: R. Steven Turley

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Phone Number: 801-377-5668

Phone Number: 801-372-1935

• Source S596

Abbreviation: 1880 US census, Summit, Utah

Title: 1880 U.S. census, \i Ancestry.com\i0, Digital images

Author: Utah, Summit

Publication: http://ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2005

• Source S69

Abbreviation: Ancestral File (TM)

Title: Ancestral File (TM)

Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Publication: July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996

Name: Family History Library

Address: Family History Library

35 North West Temple Street

Room 344

Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3440 USA

Phone Number: 801-240-2584

Phone Number: 866-406-1830

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Brigitte Theuma for creating WikiTree profile Clark-13091 through the import of Family Tree.ged on Jul 1, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Brigitte and others.

• This person was created through the import of rsturley20100927.ged on 16 November 2010.