Ann Broyhill Clark

Brief Life History of Ann Broyhill

When Ann Broyhill Clark was born on 21 October 1821, in Patrick, Virginia, United States, her father, John Norman Clark, was 27 and her mother, Eliza Branch Sandifur, was 27. She married John Crow Thompson on 20 March 1845, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Weber, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Riverdale, Weber, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 17 September 1872, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Crow Thompson
1821–1900
Ann Broyhill Clark
1821–1872
Marriage: 20 March 1845
Elizabeth Jane Thompson
1843–1845
Larkin Sandifer Thompson
1848–1902
John Clark Thompson
1850–1930
Ann Eliza Thompson
1852–1853
Sarah Ellen Thompson
1854–1942
Mary Louise Thompson
1856–1941
Atelia Ann Thompson
1857–1915
Amanda America Thompson
1859–1944
George Franklin Thompson
1859–1893
Joseph Matthew Thompson
1861–1888
Mary Eliza Thompson
1862–1939
Linzy Clark Thompson
1863–1884
William Lawrence Thompson
1867–1941

Sources (22)

  • Ann Thompson in household of Larkin Thompson, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Ann Broyhill Clark - birth-name: Ann Broyhill Clark
  • Ann B Clark, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"

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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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