Peter Gemmell Clarke

Brief Life History of Peter Gemmell

When Peter Gemmell Clarke was born on 13 October 1869, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, James Clarke, was 44 and his mother, Ellen Drew Gemmell, was 30. He married Margaret Vilate Green on 5 February 1894, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Alberta, Canada in 1906 and Medicine Hat, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1911. He died on 28 August 1913, in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peter Gemmell Clarke
1869–1913
Margaret Vilate Green
1874–1965
Marriage: 5 February 1894
Jennie Clarke
1894–1894
Peter Drew Clarke
1896–1959
Infant Boy Clarke
1899–1899
Sarah Elizabeth Clarke
1901–1990
James Green Clarke
1903–1917
Donald Alphonzo Clarke
1905–1997
Alva John Clarke
1908–1995
Jesse Buckwalter Clarke
1910–1911
Wilson Jay Clarke
1912–1917

Sources (33)

  • Peter Clark in household of James Clark, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Peter G Clark, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • PETER CLARKE, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1871

British Columbia joins the confederation.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English and Irish: variant of Clark .

History: This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. Nicholas Clarke was one of the founders of Hartford, CT (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Autobiography of A. John Clarke

Alva John Clarke l was born in Magrath, Alberta, Canada on July 3, the son ofPeter Gemmell Clarke andMargaret Vilate Green My parents had two daughters and seven sons, but Jennie died in infancy and …

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