Robert Clark
Honor Code SignatorySigned 30 Jan 2023 | 3,927 contributions | 88 thank-yous | 1,520 connections
Signed 30 Jan 2023 | 3,927 contributions | 88 thank-yous | 1,520 connections
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Robert F. Clark
Born 1960s.
Ancestors 
and Brother of
[private brother (1960s - unknown)], [private sister (1960s - unknown)] and [private brother (1960s - unknown)]
Father of
[private daughter (2000s - unknown)]
Profile last modified
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Contents |
Biography
Bob was born in 1961.
Stickers
Robert Clark is a member of the Clark Name Study Project.
Robert Clark is a member of the Stroebe Name Study Project.
This profile is part of the Strong, Maine One Place Study.
Robert Clark has English ancestors.
Robert Clark has roots in the region now known as Thüringen, Germany.
Robert Clark has roots in the region now known as Sachsen, Germany.
Robert Clark participated with Southern Super Sweepers during the 2023 Connect-a-Thon, and added 144 connections.
Robert Clark competed in the 2023 WikiGames.
Robert Clark competed with the
Heavenly Hemlocks in the 2023 WikiGames.
Research Notes
Robert Fred Clark was named from his 2 grandfathers: Fred Adam Clark Jr. (1907-1988) and Robert Fulton Jennings (1908-1985). See their profiles to see how they were named. The name "Fred" was first derived from the brother-in-law of his 2x great-grand aunt James Fred Eastman 1833-1915.
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Robert Clark at registration.
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Robert Clark and his father Richard Stroebe Clark. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Parent, based on sharing 3462 cM across 27 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
- Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Robert Clark and his mother Geraldine (Jennings) Clark. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Parent, based on sharing 3464 cM across 27 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
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- Robert's formal name
- full middle name (F.)
- nicknames
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- images (1)
- private siblings' names
- private children's names (1)
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Robert or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Robert or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Robert Clark: Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FTD68042, FTDNA kit #B193317
- Robert Clark: Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup K1b2a1a1, FTDNA kit #B193317
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Robert Clark:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A860389 [compare], Ancestry member rclark17811
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Richard Clark
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A893059 [compare], Ancestry member rgclark1027
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Rejected matches › Robert Mason Clarke (1817-1899)
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I saw here that you added a category to your profiles. It's great that you categorize your profiles and the name was correct. Just be aware, that the category also has to exist for that. If the category shows up in red on the profile after saving, it doesn't exist. In this case, you can create the category as explained in this video. Meanwhile you don't need to install the bookmarklet, but you can also click WikiTree BEE while your on the German Wikipedia article about the place. I hope this helps. If not, please ask.
Kind regards from Black Forest
Thanks for the great assist! I had made other categories, but not a place category and I didn't know how to get the information Wikipedia/WikiData, Map, nor Map of Profiles into the category description. I have a lot of ancestors from Bad Düben!
I have another question: how do I cite references that are from my grandmother Helen Stroebe-4 's records/trees, which became an issue with Rausch-1163? Back in the late 1950s-early 1960s, my grandmother (who was an accomplished genealogist herself, writing several books) started a correspondence with a German genealogist Karl Friedrich van Frank (from West Berlin/Austria). Times what they were, von Frank enlisted unnamed assistants from Dresden, East Germany to get church records from Bad Düben, Großbreitenbach, and Opole/Oppeln. van Frank was quite successful with records from Bad Düben and Großbreitenbach, sending 100s of records. I have never seen these records online, just see them replicated in other's trees in FamilySearch, Geni, My Heritage, and Ancestry. I am a member of the Germany Project, of which I know you are in the leadership. Do you know of or do you know where I can hunt for these records online so I can authenticate them, or would you consider them already authentic?
Danke from the Thüringer Wald to the Schwarzwald! Bob
glad to help. BEE will also extract Wikidata and coordinates from anything that has them, not only Germany articles.
What matters for a source is that on can understand it, not that it's nicely formatted. In your case I'd suggest to state her and Karl Friedrich van Frank (preferably also with a profile that explains what he did) and their research, so people can at least see that it's not copy, paste and merge from ancestry, but thorough research. You also might want to state that she received records from him. Backing up that research with original records would of course be very cool. I would suggest checking the FamilySearch catalog for those places. It might also be, that Archion.de has something about them, but they're subscription based and will only provide scans of the pages, no index. Usually it's a good idea to check out https://www.genwiki.de for the place names, sometimes they have something on them. If those don't work, they might not be online. I would suggest asking on G2G then, so see if somebody knows more - which is a good idea for all kinds of genealogy and WikiTree questions
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I noticed your comment on your DNA tag entry on my G2G feed that you are "Interested in criteria for adding DNA confirmation for ancestry."
I also see quite a bit of DNA confirmation on your tree already.
One of the tools I highly recommend is the DNA Confirmation Citation Maker. It is great for creating and/or validating your DNA confirmation source citations and easy to use.
Please let me know if there is a specific aspect of the DNA confirmation process that you would like help with.
Cheers,
John Kingman, a DNA Project Coordinator
I did follow those guidelines. The criteria seem too rigorous with triangulation required beyond 3C. Luckily for me, my dad and mom tested so I could follow the guidelines to my 3x great grandparents, but it hardly seemed necessarily with the strong sources for family links and sharing DNA with 4th and 5th cousins well beyond 15 cM.
Also, I have strong confirmation of 3x and 4x great grandparents. There should be something in the guidelines about using that evidence to show confirmation of the generations between these and me.
Thanks, Bob
Have you tried the DNA Confirmation Maker app? It will provide all the intervening confirmations I think you are looking for. (Look for the "Bonus" section.)
John
You added several children to Matthew Clark-2693 today. With the children added today, is there any solid evidence that the baptisms in Salem for the children of "Sister Clark/e" are certain to be the children of Matthew? Several of the children added are named specifically in Matthew's will, but not all of them. His will indicates several were married, but I only see one that was. Are there any sources you can provide to be certain that the children are correct?
Glad you asked! Here is a document I made to a proponent of Samuel Clark b. Gorham MA as a son of Matthew and Abigail Clark that explains my reasoning.
At the First Church of Salem (C.R.1.) in records from "Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Vol 1. Births" (online as "Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850"), the children of Matthew Clarke and Abigail Maverick, of Marblehead, (although the parents are not shown but assumed from consistent church recording, dates and order of birth (as listed in the will of Matthew Clarke)), are: Abigail Clark, d.___, of Marblehead, bp. Aug 6 1669 Sarah Clark, d.___, of Marblehead, bp. Aug 6 1669 William Clark, s.___, of Marblehead, bp. Aug 6 1669 Rebecca Clark, d.___, of Marblehead, bp. Aug 6 1669 Elizabeth Clark, d.___, of Marblehead, bp. Aug 6 1669 Samuel Clark, s.___, bp. May 8 1670 James Clark, s.___, bp. July 21 1672 Ruth Clark, d.___, bp. May 10 1674 Mary Clark, d.___, bp. July 1 1676 John Clark, s.___, bp. May 4 1679 There are NO other Clarks baptized at the First Church of Salem in this time period. The concordance between the baptismal names and the names in the will of Matthew Clark is unmistakable.
I suppose I should have put this reasoning on Matthew/Abigail's profiles. What would be the best way?
Thanks, Bob
Just as I thought that it was supposition - a good supposition, but not completely tying to his will, at least for the older children.
I would recommend adding your sources and logic to the Children section on his profile. The Salem Church records are available in a book online and you can add the specific pages from that as well. Since it is an important set of facts to help confirm the childrens' parents, I think it would be great to add both the Salem VRs and Salem Church record links to his profile. S
I am not the only one who has arrived at this conclusion. It was also compiled by Hal W. Bradley (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/genealogy/aqwg185.htm#35888), although he used another compilation (Clark, Everett Rankin, Westward Ho - from Massachusetts Bay to Oklahoma Short Grass Country (Tahlequah, Oklahoma: E.R. Clark, 1979.), p. 67, Family History Library, 929.273 C547cer.) as his source. No idea where Everett Rankin Clark got his source material.
Matthew and Abigail's daughter Abigail does list her parents - she, the eldest, seemed to be the only one born outside Marblehead/Salem (in Winnisimmet).
Thanks, Bob
I was able to find a Boston birth record for Abigail, which does list both parents.
I didn't see her name listed in Matthew's will, though. Do you see it, and if so approximately where on the page is it? Thanks, S
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