Bennett Clark 1849-1909 Caroline Welcome 1848-1924

Bennett Clark

Bennett Clark
Parents George Clark and Lucy Hall
Born 2 Oct 1849 Priors Dean, Hamp, England

Christening: 16 Dec 1849 Priors Dean, Hamp, England

Bennett Clark christening record. Have no idea who used a
pink marker on this page, but I clipped this from ancestry.com

Occupation(s): 

Agricultural Laborer (1871) 

Farmer (1900)

Married Caroline Welcome 19 Feb 1870 Hunston, Sussex, England

Bennett Clark and Caroline Welcome marriage record
Note: adds an "e" to his surname

Immigrated to Utah: 1890

Died: 9 Aug 1909 Slaterville, Weber, Utah
COD: Septicemia/Chronic Cystitis Translation: Massive infections
Informant:  Son-in-law Javes East

Bennett's death certificate

Bennett's obituary in the local paper, note they
also added an "e" to his surname

Buried: 12 Aug 1909 Warren Cemetery, Warren, Weber, Utah

From Family Search:  Bennett Clark wrote the following (anything in red is what I added for clarification):
  I was a Missionary in New Zealand. My wife and I had 13 children. 

When we came to America our son Charles stayed in New Zealand rather than going to America because he was recently married. 

Kauri Tree

I sent my daughter (Elizabeth Mary Clark, called 'Lizzy') at the age of 12 years old with 2 Missionaries to America.  It took her 3 weeks to cross the water. She lived with an L.D.S family as a servant for 2 years before we arrived in America. We lived in West Warren. I had a cane I brought over from New Zealand. I needed the cane because of my bad legs. My cane is quite unique. I had made it from a willow of the Kowry (Kauri) Tree. The handle is curved and I carved and tapered it to the bottom. It is lightweight and looks well used. 

I lived in Blossom across the street from the Church. I became confined to a rocking chair and never was able to use my cane again. The Elders of the Church would carry me and my rocking chair over to the church so I could teach my Sunday School class.
Note:  there is a picture of the actual cane on Family Search. I was denied permission to put it on my blog. Here is the link: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/89375280?p=420102&returnLabel=Bennett%20Clark%20(KWNL-8G8)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FKWNL-8G8
Note: link is working as of 22 November 2019

Bennett and Caroline's headstone

Sources

England and Wales Birth Registration in Petersfield, Hampshire, England

Christening: IGI Film 1041287 Batch C009762 Dated 1812- 1876
1851 UK Census Priors Dean, Sussex, England (age 1, erroneously labels him as a girl)

1861 UK Census Priors Dean, Sussex, England (age 11, with parents)

1871 UK Census for Hunston, Sussex, England (age 21, Married)

1900 US Census for Plain City, Weber, Utah page 11B (age 50)

Immigration Passenger List 1871 aboard the Merope from 9 Jun 1871 to 25 Aug 1871 arriving in Canterbury New Zealand pages 1 and 3 :  https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Digitised/Emigration/EmbarkationLists/Merope-1871/Merope-1871.pdf

Bennett, Caroline, and Charles listed on the list of those that were being
assisted to emigrate to Canterbury aboard the Merope

Bennett's name on the ship's manifest with # of family members that
were aboard the Merope. 

Article in NZ paper about the Merope
arriving in Lyttleton

The Merope which Bennett, Caroline, and Charles sailed on

Marriage: England Marriages 1538-1973 Batch 104395-7

Birth and Death dates and information: Death Certificate
Obituary: Ogden Standard 10 Aug. 1909 page 6

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60941/bennett-clark

Caroline Welcome

Caroline Welcome

Parents George Welcome and Mary Sheppard

Born 10 Nov 1848 Hunston, Sussex, England

Died: 16 Jun 1924 Warren, Weber, Utah

Caroline's obit

COD:  Hodgkins Disease/Infected teeth

Translation: Cancer of the Lymph system. She had been ill for 18 months and was taken care of by her daughter, Elizabeth.
Informant:  daughter, Elizabeth Mary Clark East

Buried: 20 Jun 1924 Warren Cemetery, Warren, Weber, Utah

Sources

Birthdate: death certificate

Obituary: 17 June 1924 issue of Ogden Standard-Examiner page 6 (see larger obit)

19 June 1924 issue of Ogden Standard-Examiner (see small obit)

Caroline's obit

Birth Registration index for West Hampnett, Sussex, England

1851 UK Census Hunston, Sussex, England (age 2, with parents)

1861 UK Census Hunston, Sussex, England (age 12, with parents)

1871 UK Census for Hunston, Sussex, England (age 22, married)
1900 US Census for Plain City, Weber, Utah page 11B (age 51)

1910 US Census for Warren, Weber, Utah page 11 (age 61, widowed)

1920 US Census for Weber County, Utah (age 71, widowed)

Emigration to Canterbury: https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Digitised/Emigration/EmbarkationLists/Merope-1871/

Utah Death Certificate

Caroline Welcome Clark death certificate

Obituary from Ogden Standard-Examiner
Note:  Her obit didn't mention anything about daughter Charlotte, preceding her death.

Bennett and Caroline's headstone

 Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60942/caroline-clark

No names were on the back of the picture, so my best guess is the following:

Back Row:  William, Elizabeth, Charles, Bennett, Joseph

Bottom Row:  Alfred, Walter, Caroline holding Amasa (male), Lucy
(Colorized using My Heritage technology)

CHILDREN

Front: LtoR: Martha Matilda Morris Clark, Roy (sitting), Charles - sitting, Eileen

Back: LtoR: Rupert (standing behind Roy), Walter

(Colorized using My Heritage technology)

Charles Clark

Charles Clark (remained in New Zealand because he had just gotten married when his parents left for the U.S.A.)

Born 10 May 1870 Hunston, Sussex, England

Married: Martha Matilda Morris 11 Nov 1889 Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand

Children:  Rupert, Walter, Eileen, Roy

Died 16 Dec 1935 Fire Station, Masterton, New Zealand 

OBITUARY:

The many friends of Mr. Charles Clark will regret to learn of his death which occurred at an early hour this morning at his residence, the Masterton Fire Station. The late Mr. Clark who was 68 years of age, was very well known in Masterton and district and the deep sympathy of a wide circle of friends will be extended to the family in their sad bereavement. The late Mr. Clark, who had only been ill for a short time, had been motorman and caretaker at the Masterton Fire Station for the past 17 years. Prior to joining the staff of the Brigade he had been engaged in the sawmilling industry in the Taueru District and had resided in and around Masterton for nearly 50 years. He was a member of the Masterton Savage Club and though of a quiet, retiring nature was very popular with his fellow members. The late Mr. Clark is survived by a widow and three sons, Messrs. Walter, Roy (Jack) Masterton, and Rupert, Featherston, and one daughter, Mrs. Yates, Martinburough. The funeral will leave the Fire Brigade Station at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Source: Wairarapa Archive, Masterton District Library, P.O. Box 444, Masterton, New Zealand 5901, library@library.mstn.govt.nz.

Buried

Sources

Birth: Alford Forest, Canterbury, New Zealand Ward Membership,1882-1884; FHL #0128889

1871 UK Census for Hunston, Sussex, England (age 0)
Marriage: Register of Marriage; Lower Hutt, New Zealand; #3003; Ref No: 1120398 129
Family Search: Obituary (Rhea Jones)
ancestry.com

William and Anna Clark
colorized

William George Clark

Born: 24 Feb 1872 Southbridge, Canterbury, New Zealand

Note: From his mother's obit, we know that he was in Roy, Utah in 1924

Occupation: Farmer, Union Pacific RR

Married: 1) Anna Christina Erickson 17 Jun 1896 (she died in 1921) 

Children: George, Carl, Mabel, Verna, Melba, Olive, Gladys, Raymond, Donald, unnamed baby girl

**William G Clark was aboard the 'Celtic' arriving on 13 Dec 1909 (36 years old) from Liverpool to New York - claims his last place of residence was Lake Point, Tooele, Utah

2) Polly Adaline Hammon June 1923 and she died a month later (see comment section) 

Polly Adaline Hammon Stoker Clark
Colorized using My Heritage technology

3) Emma Hawkeswood Hammon 2 Jan 1924 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Emma Hawkeswood Hammon Clark
Colorized using My Heritage technology

Note about Emma: look at the comment section - there is additional information to clarify the common errors made for Emma (thank you to the person that left the note!)  

No children (see comments section below - she was 46 when they married)

Died: 22 May 1947 Roy, Weber, Utah
COD: Uremia/Nephritis Translation: Kidney failure
The informant on the death certificate:  Emma, his wife 

William George Clark death certificate

Buried: 26 May 1947 Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah Plot 2A-10-29-1E

William's headstone

Sources

US Census 1900 for Ogden, Weber, Utah Film 1241688 Sheet 13A

Note:  claims his birth year is 1873
1910 US Census for Willard, Box Elder, Utah (age 38)
Note:  he is still married to Anna

US Census 1920 for Weber County, Utah Film 1821869 Sheet 7 (age 47)

Note: his birthplace is listed as Preuben, still married to Anna 

1930 US Census for Roy, Weber, Utah page 4A (age 58)

1940 US Census for Roy, Weber, Utah page 6A (age 68)
Utah Death Certificate

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23910194/william-george-clark

Elizabeth Mary Clark

*Elizabeth Mary Clark (Lizzie)

-M-
2nd Ggrandmother

Born: 2 Dec 1874 Southbridge, Canterbury, New Zealand

Married: Javes M East 15 Oct 1890 Plain City, Davis, Utah

Note: took care of her mother for 18 months before her mother died
Children: Alfred, Ester, Erma, George, Clarence, Hazel, Delphia, Zella, Heber, Charles

Died: 25 Apr 1958 Ogden, Ogden, Utah

History that was given at Family Reunion
25 August 1957

Javis and Elizabeth headstone

Buried: 29 Apr 1958 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Sources

1900 US Census for Plain City, Weber, Utah page 11B
1910 US Census for Warren, Weber, Utah page 12 (age 35)
1920 US Census for Weber County, Utah page 1 (age 45)
1930 US Census for Warren, Weber, Utah page 1B line 79 (age 53)
1940 US Census for Warren, Weber, Utah (age 63, widowed)
Marriage: Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Batch M74769-0 Film 1324660 cn 531
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60904/elizabeth-mary-east

Alfred John Clark and family
Back Row L to R:  Floyd, Rhoda, Florence, John
Front row LtoR: Etta, Dora, Eldon, Ruth

Alfred John Clark

Alfred John Clark

Born: 8 Nov 1876 Southbridge, Canterbury, New Zealand

Note: He was living in Warren, Utah at the time of his mother's death

Immigration year: On the naturalization papers below, it gives the date he arrived in San Francisco as on or about the 22nd day of Sep 1885.

Alfred's naturalization papers
It gives the following personal information:
He is 6'1", weighed 172, had a dark complexion, black hair, and brown eyes. He also had a birthmark on the left side of his abdomen

Occupation: Section Hand, South Pacific RR

Note: this means he laid and maintained the tracks in the years before the work was done by machines.

Married: Naomi Florence East 2 Jan 1900 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Note: She went by Florence and she was his brother-in-law's sister

Children: Alfred, Rhoda, Henrietta, Ruby, Eldon, Dora, Ruth, George

Died: 23 Mar 1950 Warren, Weber, Utah

Alfred John Clark death certificate

COD: Broncho Pneumonia/Malnutrition/Diabetes
The informant on the death certificate:  Dora, his daughter

Buried: 27 Mar 1950 Warren Cemetery, Warren, Weber, Utah

Alfred's headstone

Sources
Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Film 1324662 Batch M74769-2

1900 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah Sheet 13A (age 23)
1910 US Census for Warren, Weber, Utah page 12 (age 34)
1920 US Census for Weber county, Utah Sheet 4 (age 43)
Note:  Name given as John A in census and wife's name given was Florence N
1930 US Census for West Warren, Weber, Utah (age 52)
Note: Name given as John A in census and wife's name given was Florence N
1940 US Census for West Warren, Weber, Utah (age 63)
Utah Death Certificate
SS Death Index

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60940/alfred-john-clark

Walter Clark

Walter Clark

Born: 14 Dec 1878 Southbridge, Canterbury, New Zealand

Immigration year: 1885 according to 1910 Census

Note: At the time of his mother's death he was living in Burley, Idaho

Married: 1)Sarah  Jane Allen 31 May 1902 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Note: She was 30 and he was 24

Children: Ethan, Ethel, Goldie

2) Myra  Myleta (Margie) Tolman 14 February 1946 Burley, Cassia, Idaho

Occupation: RR (Utah) Farmer (Idaho) 

Died: 23 Nov 1956 Burley, Cassia, Idaho

Walter's obituary
23 Nov 1959 The Times (Burley, Idaho)

His last will and testament were written 24 January 1956 and witnessed by Margurite Hogg and Marjorie Gerratt

Walter's death certificate

COD: Coronary Occlusion and Gastric Ulcer

Informants name: Ethan Clark (son)

Buried Pleasant View Cemetery, Burley, Cassia, Idaho

Walter's headstone

Sources

1900 US Census for Farr West, Weber, Utah Sheet 2A ( age 20, living with Richard Slater)
1910 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 30)

1920 US Census for Cassia County, Idaho Sheet 3 (age 40)
1930 US Census for Springdale, Cassia, Idaho sheet 2A (age 50)

1940 US Census for Springdale, Cassia, Idaho page 4B (age 60)

WW1 and 2 draft Registration cards

U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims

Idaho US Death Index

Idaho U.S. Wills and Probate Records 

Note: he left his biological children $1 each and the rest to his "stepson" Marvin Macintosh and Irene, Marvin's wife
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10336494/walter-clark

Lucy Caroline Clark Bennington
Colorized

Lucy Caroline Clark

Lucy Caroline Clark

Born: 9 Jul 1880 Alford Forest, Canterbury, New Zealand

Immigration year: 1887 according to the 1910 Census, 1881 according to the 1920 Census

Married: William Bennington 15 Oct 1898 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Children: William, Mary Ann, Burton, Bennett, Edward, Ethan, George, Gertrude, Sarah, Lucy 

Died: 28 Jun 1924 Dee Hospital, Ogden, Weber, Utah

Lucy's obituary

Lucy's death certificate

COD: heart disease/gall bladder/appendicitis

Note: the obit claims peritonitis (massive infection after surgery) 
The informant on the death certificate:  Walter S Wilson (son-in-law - husband of Merry, her daughter)

Buried: 1 Jul 1924 Warren Cemetery, Warren, Weber, Utah

Sources

New Zealand birth Index

1910 US Census for Warren, Weber, Utah (age 29)

Lucy and William headstone

1920 US Census for Weber County, Utah Sheet 2 (age 39)

Marriage: Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Film 1324659 Batch M74693-7

Utah Death Certificate

Obituary: 30 June 1924 issue page 8 Ogden Standard-Examiner

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60986/lucy-caroline-bennington

Joseph Frederick Clark

Joseph Frederick Clark

Born: 23 Nov 1882 Alford Forest, Canterbury, New Zealand

Immigration year: on or about 28 Sep 1888 according to his naturalization papers

Joseph's naturalization papers 27 Sep 1918
It gives the following personal information:
he is 35 years old, dark complexion 6' tall, weighs 180, and has brown hair and eyes. 

Married: Mary Etta (Called Etta) Bullock 16 Feb 1918 Ogden, Weber, Utah

No children

Occupation: Swift & Co. (meat packing company)

Died: 20 Dec 1953 Ogden, Weber, Utah
COD: Heart disease/Diabetes
The informant on the death certificate:  Etta Clark (his wife)

Joseph Fred Clark death certificate

Buried: 23 Dec 1953 Warren Cemetery, Warren, Weber, Utah

Joseph Frederick Clark headstone

Sources

1900 US Census for Warren, Weber, Utah, as son: Sheet 11B

1910 US Census for Warren, Weber, Utah page 11 (age 27)
1920 US Census for Weber, Utah: as Head of House, Film 1821869 Sheet#15 (age 37)

1930 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 48)

Note:  incorrectly lists Australia as his birthplace

1940 US Census Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 58)

Note:  incorrectly lists Nevada as his birthplace

WW1 Draft Registration card

WW2 Draft Registration card

Naturalization papers

Utah Death Certificate

Obituary

Joseph's obit 
Colorized and enhanced

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60948/joseph-fredrick-clark

Deceased LDS member record

Amasa and Hortensia Clark

Amasa Raywitt Clark

Born: 21 Apr 1884 Tenecore, Wellington, New Zealand

His signature - showing how HE spelled his name

Immigration year: 1890 in 1900 Census, 1888 in the 1930 Census

Married: 1) Hortensia (Tensie) Mehetable Wadman 23 Oct 1909 Ogden, Weber, Utah Note:  she died in 1939
Children:  Amasa, Margaret, Edwin, Ivy, Hazel, Myrtle, Ramona, Orson, Clarence

2) Rose Rhinebold Staples Jones 23 Oct 1940 Ogden, Weber, Utah

No Children

Died: 9 Dec 1969 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Buried Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah Plot J-11-2-1W

Amasa's headstone

Sources

1900 US Census for Plain City, Weber, Utah as a son (Film
1241688 Sheet 11B)

1910 Census for Warren, Weber, Utah page 12 (age 25)
1920 US Census for Weber County, Utah Sheet 15 (age 35)

1930 US Census for Harrisville, Weber, Utah (age 45)
Marriage to Hortensia: Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Film 1324678 Batch M74774-1

WW1 Draft Registration card

Naturalization papers

Death: Deceased LDS member record

Billion Graves Index
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29619813/amasa-r-clark

Charlotte Louise Clark

Born: 2 Sep 1886 Te Ore Ore, New Zealand

Immigration year: 1890

Died: 4 Jul 1904 (9 pm) Ogden, Weber, Utah
Note: 17-year-old Charlotte was engaged at the time to Thomas Gibson and preparing for a September wedding. They were attending the fireworks celebration with her mother. One of the mortars used in the celebration exploded and she was struck in the chest - see the article. Thomas never did get married. They were sealed in the Temple after he passed away 25 years later.

News article from Standard-Examiner
about the fatal explosion that killed her

Charlotte's death certificate

COD: Chief Cause of death: Lacerated wound of breast and perhaps heart and... (unreadable) Contributory: hemorrhage -shock

The informant on the death certificate:  Bennett Clark, her father

Buried Warren City Cemetery, Warren, Weber, Utah

Sources

Birth: New Zealand Civil Records Index, Registration Family Name Number 1886/15779

1900 US Census for Plain City, Weber, Utah page 11B

Utah Death Certificate

Family Search

ancestry.com

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60943/charlotte-louise-clark

Article: Ogden Standard-Examiner 5 Jul 1904 page 7
Funeral announced:  Ogden Standard-Examiner 7 Jul 1904 page 6

Edwin's headstone

Edwin Rudolph Clark

Born: 15 Dec 1888 Mangapai, New Zealand

Died: 20 Nov 1890 Plain City, Weber, Utah

Buried: Plain City Cemetery, Plain City, Weber, Utah

Sources

Family Search

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20273496/edwin-randolph-clark

Rosalia or Rosalla Clark

Born: 31 Oct 1889 Murray, Salt Lake, Utah

Died: 31 Oct 1889 Murray, Salt Lake, Utah

Note: There is a baby's grave in the Murray City Cemetery that may be hers
Sources

Family Search

ancestry.com

Nellie Clark Davis

Nellie Clark

Born: 6 Sep 1891 Warren, Weber, Utah

Married: Chester Arthur Davis 24 Jun 1908 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Nellie Clark and Chester Davis marriage license

Note: In the marriage record, the age of the groom is 25 and the bride is 16

Children: John, Nellie, Chester, Ruby

Died: 21 Oct 1950 Sacramento, Sacramento, California

Buried: Washington Heights Memorial Park, Ogden, Weber, Utah

Nellie's Headstone

Sources

1900 US Census for Plain City, Weber, Utah Sheet 11B

Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Film 1324675 Batch M74768-9

1910 US Census for Warren, Weber, Utah page 10 (age 19)
1920 US Census for Weber County, Utah Sheet 1 (age 28)
1930 US Census for Curlew, Box Elder, Utah (age 38)

1940 US Census Lakeside, Box Elder, Utah page 1A (age 48)
Death: California Death Index 1940-1997
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32657168/nellie-davis

Parley Clark
Born: 2 Jun 1894 Slaterville, Weber, Utah

Note: Was in Denver at the time of his mother's death (1924)
Married Elsie P Oaks 2 Jun 1915 Ogden, Weber, Utah
Children:  Alice, Pauline, Hal

Died: 3 Aug 1976 Aurora, Adams, Colorado
Buried: Fairmount Cemetery, Aurora, Adams, Colorado

Sources

1900 US Census for Plain City, Weber, Utah as a son, Sheet number 11B

1910 US Census for Warren, Weber, Utah page 11 (age 15)
1920 US Census for Weber, Utah as Head of House: Film 4390823 Sheet 7 Image 474

1930 US Census for Denver, Denver, Colorado Sheet 48A (age 34)
Marriage: Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Film 1324691 Batch M74776-0

1976 Social Security Death Index for Colorado
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149632123/parley-clark