Mary Couch (Pope) Clement (1825 - 1910)

Born 27 Oct 1825 in St Vincent, West Indies

Ancestors

Wife of Edwin Clement — married 4 Aug 1847 in St Charles the Martyr, Plymouth, Devon, England

Descendants

Died 11 Jan 1910 at age 84 in Collingwood, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Mary Couch Pope was born 1825 in St Vincent, West Indies where her father John had gone to work as a Wesleyan missionary. She married Rev Edwin Clement on August 2, 1847 at Plymouth St Charles, Devon.^[1]She died January 11, 1910 in Collingwood, Simcoe, Ontario.

Obituary

(from The COLLINGWOOD BULLETIN, Thursday, April 7, 1910)

CHRISTIAN MOTHER and WIFE

A contributor to the Christian Guardian, W S Griffin, refers thus to the late Mrs CLEMENT, mother of Mrs BIRNIE: ---

"Mrs Mary C CLEMENT was the daughter of the Rev John POPE, Wesleyan missionary in the West Indies, where she was born, and the sister of the Rev W B POPE, D.D., so distinguished throughout Methodism as a masterly theological writer.

In her early womanhood she lived in Plymouth, England and while living there was married to the late Rev Edwin CLEMENT. Bro. CLEMENT passed away to his reward a quarter of a century ago, and consequently was unknown to the present generation of Methodists, but in his day and his his ministerial labors, he was widely known and everywhere greatly beloved and honored.

In all the varied experiences involved in a ministerial life of 40 years, Sister CLEMENT was his constant support as a counsellor in times of perplexity and a comforter in times of sorrow. Her husband was indebted to her possibly more than he knew for the success which crowned his service in all his circuits. Her natural reserve made it impossible for her to be conspicuous in social gatherings or church conventions, but her beautiful example as a Christian and a Christian minister's wife, her prudence, wisdom and diligence in the work of the church, her faithfulness and devotion to all the interests of her family life, and the unquestioned power of her spiritual life pervaded every community in which she lived.

Her sons have risen to eminence in the circles of social and civil life of the country and her daughters to highest esteem for their womanly, Christian qualities.

At an advanced age, at the home of one of her daughters, in the perfection of Christian experience and fulness of Christian hope, she passed away to her everlasting rest."

Sources

1. ↑ "England, Devon and Cornwall Marriages, 1660-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGY9-8746), Mary Couch Pope, Spinster in entry for Edwin Clement, Minister Bachelor, 2 Aug 1847; citing Marriage, Plymouth Charles, Devon, England, United Kingdom, the Devon Record Office, Exeter.

• "Canada Census, 1851," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWRB-Z2X), Edwin Clement, Paris, Brant County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada; citing p. 11, line 7; Library and Archives Canada film number C_11714, Public Archives, Ontario.

• "Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ7X-3MT), Mary C Clemment, Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 43, line 22; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1038-1039, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,858.

• "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M435-GCW), household of Edwin Clement, Streetsville, Peel, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

• "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXL-VMF), household of Edwin Clement, Trenton, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Edwin Clement, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

• "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHGG-MHJ), Mary C Clement in household of Edward P Clement, Waterloo (north/nord), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 6, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162611885/mary-couch-clement