Clara Emma (Babcock) Patterson (1859 - 1949)

Born 26 Feb 1859 in Midgic, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Thalbert Patterson — married 23 Feb 1916 in Manse, Port Elgin, Westmorland co., New Brunswick

Descendants

Died 19 Nov 1949 at age 90 in Port Elgin, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

This profile is part of the Babcock Name Study.

Clara Babcock was born on 26 Feb 1862 (Uncertain) in Upper Sackville, Sackville Parish, Westmorland Co., New Brunswick daughter of David Babcock and Abbie (Sears) Babcock. These names are seen in Clara's marriage record and death records. Additional last names that she used in public records are: Sears, Thompson, Polley, and Pauley based on her mother's remarriage and her own marriages and possibility that her mother and father had not married. This makes following her records somewhat difficult.

Clara's father David Babcock is not seen in records with her, except for in one marriage record. Her mother is known to have married Jacob Thompson. During the 1871 and 1881 Canada Censuses Clara resides with extended family. In 1871 she is noted as 6 years old and lives with Caleb Babcock, age 77. This Caleb Babcock had a son named David Babcock as well as a nephew named David Babcock. ^[1] During the 1881 Census 16 year old Clara resides in the household of Willard Thompson and attends school. ^[2] . By 1891 Clara, now married, is seen in the Census as Claria Pally. ^[3]All these records suggest her birth year was 1865.

Clara married twice. ^1st Richard Dixon Polley 13 Nov 1887 in the Polley Residence, Upper Cape, Westmorland, New Brunswick. (He went by the name Dickson Polley.) Her name in the record is Clara E. Sears supporting the theory that her mother and father had not married. ^[4] Children:

1. Greta (Gladys) ^[5]
2. Beatrice ^[6]
3. Murdock Mcloed ^[7]
4. Basil Belmont ^[8]

Clara married ^2ndThalbert Patterson on 23 Feb 1916 in The Manse, Port Elgin, Westmorland Co., New Brunswick^[9]

Clara passed away 19 Nov 1949 in Port Elgin, Westmorland, New Brunswick. Her death record lists her last name as Pauley and may contain a mistake regarding her year of birth based on a possible over-estimation of her age at death. ^[10] She was buried in Fernwood Cemetery, Port Elgin, Westmorland, New Brunswick. Find A Grave: Memorial #128363317

Notes

• On Clara's marriage registration to Thalbert Patterson it lists Clara's parents and David and Abbie Babcock, Abbie later married Jacob Thompson. I find no other record of this David Babcock,

• On Clara's death registration it lists her husband as Richard Dixon Polley (deceased) and her mother as Abbie Sears with father being unknown.

• 1871 Caleb Babcock household contains children William, Cerrepta, and Clara all Babcocks. This would be Serepta Babcock who later married Nathan Sears. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4MD-32Q : 7 April 2022), Clara Babcock in household of Caleb Babcock, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6D-F6N : 2 March 2021), Clara Babcock in household of Willard Thompson, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Willard Thompson, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
3. ↑ "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWKK-T7P : 3 August 2016), Claria Pally, Botsford, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148107.
4. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MF-VWZY?i=526&cc=1824707 Image of marriage of Clara E. Sears to Richard Polley]
5. ↑ Birth Record Gretta Polley
6. ↑ Death Record of daughter Beatrice
7. ↑ Birth of son Murdock
8. ↑ Birth of son Basil
9. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick - Marriage
10. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick - Death
11. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128525774/sarepta-sears

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