Edmund Francis (Clark) Dalrymple-Clark (1848 - 1880)

Born 14 Sep 1848 in Saint Helier, Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Frances May (Cockburn) Gwynne — married 20 Apr 1880 (to 2 Oct 1880) in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada

Died 2 Oct 1880 at age 32 in Fort Walsh, Maple Creek No. 111, Saskatchewan, Canada

Biography

Edmund Francis Clark was born 14 September 1848 and was baptised on 30 October 1848 at Saint Helier, Jersey^[1]. He was the son of John Clark and Charlotte Sophia Dalrymple. His father was a Lieutenant Colonel in the 54th Regiment of Foot.

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census:
2, Terrace, St Heliers, Jersey, Channel Islands:

In the 1861 England Census, Edmund T J Clark (aged 12) was recorded living with his father John Clark (61, Major General Army), his mother Charlotte T Clark (44) and his siblings Charlotte T Clark (23), Margaret H M Clark (16), Henry W Clark (9), Evelyn H D Clark (4) and Julian W S Clark (2) at 62 Landsdowne Place, Hove, Sussex. Also in the household was one servant, Ann W Collin (25).

His mother Charlotte died on 17 December 1864 at age 48, and his father Major General John Clark died three months later, on 22 March 1865 at about age 63.

Edmund joined the Military, attaining the rank of Captain and Adjutant with the North West Mounted Police in Canada.

He was aged about 32 when he married 20 year Frances May Cockburn (the daughter of Canadian Politician James Cockburn and his wife Isabella Susan Patterson) on 20 April 1880 at Christ's Church in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada^[2].

They went on to have one son; Edmund James Dalrympe Clarke (b. 16 Jan 1881)

Sadly Captain Edmund Francis Dalrymple Clark passed away on 2 October 1880, three months before the birth of his only son. He was buried at Fort Walsh NWMP Cemetery, Fort Walsh, Maple Creek Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada^[3][4].

Death Notice

Belfast Morning News dated 20 October 1880, page 1:

DALRYMPLE-CLARK—October 2, at Fort Walsh, Manitoba, Edmund Francis James Dalrymple-Clark, Captain and Adjutant of the North-West Mounted Police, eldest surviving son of the late Major-General Clark, K.H.^[5]

His widow Frances May Clark married Barrister William Durie Gwynne on 20 September 1887 at St. George's Church, Ottawa, Canada.

Sources

1. ↑ Jersey Heritage; St Helier, Jersery; Jersey Parish Registers; Reference Number: G/C/03/A2/15. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Jersey, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Anglican Parish Registers, Jersey Archive, Jersey Heritage, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.
2. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMJ7-3GD : 8 March 2021), Edmund Dalrymple Clarke and Frances May Cockburn, 20 Apr 1880; citing registration , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,869,506.
3. ↑ "Canada, Saskatchewan Cemetery Transcripts, ca. 1850-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9G-4Y6M : 1 March 2021), E Dalrymple Clark, 1880.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50151926/edmund-francis_dalrymple-clark: accessed 05 July 2023), memorial page for Captain Edmund Francis Dalrymple Clark (1848–2 Oct 1880), Find A Grave: Memorial #50151926, citing Fort Walsh NWMP Cemetery, Fort Walsh, Maple Creek Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; Maintained by Ed Smith (contributor 47100545)
5. ↑ Belfast Morning News dated 20 October 1880, page 1 https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=BL/0000428/18801020/032&stringtohighlight=clark%20fort%20walsh (requires suscription to view)

• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cansacem/fort_walsh_nwmp.html

• http://gramstedt.com/getperson.php?personID=I28025&tree=all

See also:

• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG8B-K5Z : 8 November 2019), Edmund F Clark in household of John Clark, St Heliers, Jersey, Channel Islands; citing St Heliers, Jersey, Channel Islands, p. 1, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7BF-Y5S : 3 March 2021), Edmund F J F J Clerk in household of John Clerk, Hove, Sussex, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMJ7-3GF : 11 March 2018), Edmund Dalrymple Clarke and Frances May Cockburn, 20 Apr 1880; citing registration , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,869,506.