Elizabeth Jane (McLennan) Clark (1865 - 1939)

Born 5 Nov 1865 in Warwick, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [uncertain]

Wife of Edward James Clark — married 28 Mar 1899 in St. Pauls Church, 43 St Pauls Terrace, Brisbane City QLD 4000

Descendants

Died 9 Jul 1939 at age 73 in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Born 5 Nov 1865^[1] in Brisbane, second eldest of eight children.

Siblings -
Catherine Stewart 1864 - 1918, Francis Roderick 1867 - 1929, Thomas Patterson 1870 - 1941, George Morrison 1872 - 1918, Alice Maud 1874 - 1955, Frederick John1876 - 1900, Alexander James Campbell Moffatt 1879 - 1879,

Ellie, who was a student at the Brisbane Girls Grammar School, and met Edward James Clark around this time, he attending Brisbane Grammer School. He was fifteen and she was eighteen. The eventually got engaged in 1897, and married 1899.

Marriage

The Brisbane Courier (Qld.) Thu 13 Apr 1899 MARRIAGES.
CLARK—McLENNAN.—On the 28th March, at Paul's Presbyterian Church, Leichhardt-street, by the Rev. T. Nisbet, Edward Clark, only son of J. J. Clark, of Brisbane and Perth, to Elizabeth McLennan, second daughter of John McLennan, Teneriffe, Brisbane.^[2]

Children

1. Winifred Joyce Clark 1900 Brisbane^[3][4]
2. Ian McLennan Clark 1901 Brisbane
3. Edward Alister Clark 1903 Manly, NSW

She was dearly loved by her husband and children, but being of Presbyterian Scottish descent, considered her sons had married beneath themselves to Irish Catholic girls. She didn't think much of her husband's family either, disapproving of her children associating with their cousins. Nor did she like grandchildren in her home.

Whenever anyone no matter who, was staying for dinner she would have the meals served with each item of food in a separate dish with lid. Her sons hated this as they were made to do all the washing up - best dinner service, silver cutlery, crystal glasses, piles of covered dishes - wiped dry and put away, a detested chore. Later the boys before they were married living on their bush farm kept washing up to an absolute minimum.

On one occasion when daughter-in-law Eileen was visiting, she began to do some ironing after lunch. Ellie was quite disgusted and instructed Eileen that 'ladies do not work in the afternoon, if you must do your own ironing, do it in the morning!' Ellie always had a succession of housemaids and nursemaids, but Eileen, a young farmers wife had house and farming chores all day to keep her occupied - her convent upbringing by Irish nuns had also played a part in perspective on keeping busy.

In later years Ellie developed a phobia to 'germs' and like Lady MacBeth, spent much time scrubbing her hands.

Death

Elizabeth died in 1939, aged 73.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth date:05/11/1865 Mother's name:Georgina Wilson Father/parent's name:John McLennan Registration details:1866/B/4764
2. ↑ The Brisbane Courier (Qld.) Thu 13 Apr 1899 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3691809
3. ↑ QLD BDM https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/6088eea4b9cdce82eaf36bbefe3759598a004fc99c46a63eaa63005a8c0aae96 Birth registration: Winifred Joyce Clark Birth date:11/06/1900 Mother's name:Elizabeth Jane McLennan Father/parent's name:Edward James Clark Registration details:1900/B/1236
4. ↑ VIC BDM Family name: CLARK Given name(s): Wfred Joyce Event: marriages Mother's name / Spouse's name: HOLLAND, Alf Geoffrey Mother's family name at birth: Father's name: Place of birth: Place of death: Spouse at Death: Age at Death: Reg. year: 1927. Reg. number: 1709/1927
5. ↑ VIC BDM Family name: CLARK Given name(s): Elizabeth Jane Event: deaths Mother's name / Spouse's name: <Unknown Family Name>, Georgina Mother's family name at birth: WILSON Father's name: <Unknown Family Name>, MCLENNAN John Place of birth: BRISBANE QUEENSLAND Place of death: ST KILDA Spouse at Death: <Unknown Family Name> Age at Death: 73 Reg. year: 1939 Reg. number: 6703/1939

Clark, Margaret L. (1993) 'The Clark (Unwin) Colonials',Wanneroo, W.A.
Chapter 5 - John James Clark and Descendants.