Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Clark was born on 13 March 1873, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, her father, Timothy Baldwin Clark, was 25 and her mother, Lucy Augusta Rice, was 23. She married Orrin Orlando Barrus on 10 January 1895, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States in 1920 and Logan Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 4 November 1961, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States.
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Sources (96)
- Mary C Barrus in household of Orlando Barrus, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Mary G Clark in entry for Jay Reed Lance and Zina Cloene Barrus, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Mary E Clark Barrus, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
Spouse and Children
1870–1958 Male
1873–1961 Female
Children (9)
1897–1963 Female
1899–1900 Female
1902–1922 Male
1903–1986 Female
1905–1915 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1847–1924 Male
1850–1928 Female
Siblings (11)
1869–1870 Male
1871–1958 Female
1873–1961 Female
1875–1877 Male
1877–1881 Female
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 2
1877 · Logan's First Stake is Formed
Age 4
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 23
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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Orlando Clark Barrus
Orlando Clark Barrus is my mom's (Lera Barrus Merritt) brother. Mom told me how she stepped forward to help Grandpa Barrus in the fields so Clark could go on his mission. She loved spending time wit …
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