John T. Clark

Male10 March 1891–26 March 1961

Brief Life History of John T.

John T. Clark was born on 10 March 1891, in Spring Lake, Utah, Utah, United States. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 26 March 1961, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Roosevelt Memorial Park, Gardena, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Newton Pfost
1872–1946
Louisa Ann Dowdle
1864–1954
Sarah Levinna Clark
1889–
John T. Clark
1891–1961
Elroy Clark
1893–1953
Willis Louise "Lulu" Pfost
1909–1909
William Lafayette Pfost
1909–1958

Sources (7)

  • John T Clark, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • John T Peterson in household of Louisa Petersen, "United States Census, 1900"
  • John T Clark, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

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Siblings (5)

World Events (8)

1896 · Utah becomes a state

Age 5

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

Age 15

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

1910 · The Denver and Rio Grande Western Depot

Age 19

The Denver and Rio Grande Western Depot, the Rio Grande Depot, is a former train station on the western edge of downtown Salt Lake City. The depot was constructed by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad to surpass the nearby Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot and was the main jewel of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. The depot included a barber shop, a telegraph office a gift shop, a restaurant, a men's smoking room and a women's lounge. The depot opened Salt Lake City to a new influx of immigrants, and was also a central point in shipping soldiers off to war in both World War I and World War II. The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. After the State of Utah purchased the depot in 1977, the building was converted to house the Utah State Historical Society and its research center, the Utah Department of Heritage & Arts, as well as the Rio Gallery.

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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