When Lillian E (Lily) Thomson was born on 18 September 1892, in Trent Hills, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada, her father, George Thompson, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Knister, was 28. She married William Ernest Clark on 18 November 1910, in Carman, Manitoba, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Manitoba, Canada in 1916. She died on 12 November 1969, in Carman, Manitoba, Canada, at the age of 77.