Brief Life History of Charles W.
When Charles W. Clark was born on 22 July 1829, in Almond, Almond, Allegany, New York, United States, his father, Joel J Clark, was 23 and his mother, Priscilla Hemphill, was 20. He married Paulina Westcott in 1851, in Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Albion, Dane, Wisconsin, United States in 1850 and Wisconsin, United States in 1870. He died on 7 October 1870, in Fulton, Rock, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Edgerton, Rock, Wisconsin, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Charles Clark, "United States Census, 1860"
- Illinois, Death and Stillbirth Index
- Charles Clark, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1829–1870 Male
1833–1896 Female
Children (1)
1857–1929 Male
Parents and Siblings
1806–1869 Male
1809–1860 Female
Siblings (9)
1828–1882 Male
1829–1870 Male
1831–1909 Male
1833–1857 Male
1835–1875 Male
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
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Name Meaning
English: from Middle English clerk, clark ‘clerk, cleric, writer’ (Old French clerc; see Clerc ). The original sense was ‘man in a religious order, cleric, clergyman’. As all writing and secretarial work in medieval Christian Europe was normally done by members of the clergy, the term clerk came to mean ‘scholar, secretary, recorder, or penman’ as well as ‘cleric’. As a surname, it was particularly common for one who had taken only minor holy orders. In medieval Christian Europe, clergy in minor orders were permitted to marry and so found families; thus the surname could become established.
Irish (Westmeath, Mayo): in Ireland the English surname was frequently adopted, partly by translation for Ó Cléirigh; see Cleary .
Americanized form of Dutch De Klerk or Flemish De Clerck or of variants of these names, and possibly also of French Clerc . Compare Clerk 2 and De Clark .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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