John Clark (1853 - 1931)

Born 1853 in London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Anne (Smith) Clark — married 8 Feb 1877 in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 2 Dec 1931 at about age 78 in Uralla, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

John CLARK, son of John CLARKE and Sarah BLAKE, was born in 1853 in London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, died on 2 December 1931 in "Roseville", Dangar's Lagoon; near Uralla, New South Wales, Australia at age 78, and was buried on 3 December 1931 in Methodist Portion New Cemetery, Uralla, New South Wales, Australia. The cause of his death was from pleurisy.

John married Anne ("Annie") SMITH, daughter of Charles SMITH and Sarah EATE, on 8 February 1877 in Armidale, Colony of New South Wales.

Annie was born on 16 February 1860 in Salisbury, Colony of New South Wales, died on 15 May 1948 in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia at age 88, and was buried on 16 May 1948 in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia.

Dangars Lagoon, Uralla NSW

Sources

• "Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803 to 1954" .[1]
  The Uralla Times (NSW : 1923 - 1954) Thu 3 Dec 1931 Page 1
  OBITUARY. - JOHN CLARK.
  Mr. John Clark, of Dangar's Lagoon, Uralla, died yesterday, at the age of 78. Mr. Clark had been ailing for some weeks, and pleurisy supervened. He was a native of London, and came to this State as a youth. A bridge carpenter, he did considerable work on the great northern railway in its construction stages, and later settled at Uralla. He had engaged in grazing pursuits for the past twenty years. Mr. Clark married Miss Anne Smith, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith, formerly of Agden Green, Uralla. Mrs. Clark survives her husband, and members of the family are: Mr. T. J. Clark (Highlands, Uralla), Mr. Albert Clark (Redfern), Mrs. Hogbin (Glen Innes), Mrs. McAskill (Tamworth), Mrs. S. Faint (Uralla), Mrs. P. Luxford (Kentucky), and Miss L Clark. The burial took place this morning in the Methodist cemetery. Rev. Gordon G. Wood conducting the service. Mr. C. G. Cooper had charge of the funeral.

• "NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, 1788-1970" .[2]
  Marriage Registration: Reg. Number/Year, Groom's name, Bride's name, District
  1994/1877 - CLARKE JOHN / SMITH ANN - ARMIDALE.
• Family history -
• NSW BDM marriage reg. no. 1994/1877, of CLARKE, JOHN, and SMITH, ANN, registered at ARMIDALE
• NSW BDM death registration of CLARK, JOHN, reg. no. 20177/1931, showing parents JOHN and SARAH, registered at URALLA
• OBITUARY. (1931, December 3). The Uralla Times (NSW : 1923 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved July 23, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175180696
• OBITUARY (1931, December 5). Glen Innes Examiner (NSW : 1908 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved July 23, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article185899153
• "Australia, New South Wales, Cemetery, Military, and Church Record Transcripts, 1816-1982," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVB6-2638 : 1 March 2021), John Clark, ; citing Burial, Uralla Shire, New South Wales, Australia, Uralla New General Cemetery: Methodist section, private collection of Clarice M. Cubbins, New South Wales; FHL microfilm 1,364,029.