Nelson Samuel Clark

Brief Life History of Nelson Samuel

When Nelson Samuel Clark was born on 14 December 1893, in Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Samuel H Clark, was 31 and his mother, Harriet Maria Royce, was 30. He married Hellen Blanche Dewey on 19 December 1914, in New Lenox, Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States for about 38 years. He died on 19 July 1958, at the age of 64, and was buried in Main Street Cemetery, Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States.

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Nelson Samuel Clark
1893–1958
Hellen Blanche Dewey
1896–1987
Marriage: 19 December 1914
Ruth Helen Clark
1917–2008
Grace Elizabeth Clark
1920–1921
Virginia Ann Clark
1924–
Mary Jane Clark
1928–2011

Sources (24)

  • Nelson S Clark, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Nelson S. Clark, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
  • Nelson E Clark, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

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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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