Samuel Clark

2 November 1823–2 May 1885 (Age 61)
Alfreton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Samuel

When Samuel Clark was born on 2 November 1823, in Alfreton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Clark, was 35 and his mother, Martha England, was 31. He married Mary Ann Hoyland on 4 May 1845, in Pentrich, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 2 May 1885, in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Coalville Cemetery, Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Clark
1823–1885
Mary Ann Hoyland
1825–1902
Marriage: 4 May 1845
Walter Clark
1847–1910
Samuel Joseph Clark
1849–1919
Martha Clark
1850–1861
James Clark
1851–1851
Joseph R. Clark
1852–1922
William Clark
1855–1922
Mary Clark
1857–1858
Jemima Clark
1859–1925
Mary Ann Clark
1860–1930
James O Clark
1863–1937
Harriet Clark
1864–1865
George Henry Clark
1871–1944

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    4 May 1845Pentrich, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (12)

    +7 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1825 · The Crimes Act
    Age 2
    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
    1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
    Age 10
    The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
    1846
    Age 23
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 195819;2007: 410027; 2010: 562679)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 .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Clarke
    Clerk
    Clerkin
    Calarco
    Clerc
    Clarkson

    Story Highlight

    History of Samuel Clark (1823-1885) & Mary Hoyland Clark (1825-1902)

    Samuel and Mary Hoyland Clark by Jennie Bishop Greenwood (1914-2000) KWXC-1DP, great granddaughter Samuel Clark, the son of James Clark and Martha England, was born November 2, 1823 at Somercotes, D …

    Sources (41)

    • Samuel Clark, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Samuel Clark in entry for George Henry Clark and Marie Christina Strong, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
    • Unkn in entry for George Henry Clark, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

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