Huldah Meriah Clark

Brief Life History of Huldah Meriah

When Huldah Meriah Clark was born on 21 October 1823, in Conesus, Livingston, New York, United States, her father, Gardner Clark, was 32 and her mother, Delecta Farrar, was 27. She married Richard Ballantyne on 17 February 1847, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Weber, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 2 April 1883, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Richard Ballantyne
1817–1898
Huldah Meriah Clark
1823–1883
Marriage: 17 February 1847
Richard Alando Ballantyne
1848–1926
Delecta Annie Jane Ballantyne
1849–1876
David Henry Ballantyne
1851–1863
Meriah Cedina Clark Ballantyne
1856–1931
John Taylor Ballantyne
1857–1910
Annie Ballantyne
1860–1952
Roseltha Ballantyne
1862–1945
Bertha Matilda Ballantyne
1863–1882
Isabel Ballantyne
1864–1927
Joseph W Ballantyne
1868–1944

Sources (44)

  • Maria Ballentyne in household of Rich Ballentyne, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Hulda Mariah Ballantyne, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Huldah M Clark in entry for Annie Ballantyne, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

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.

1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.

1841

EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Josiah Nelson BIRTH 1841 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA DEATH 1841 (aged less–than 1 year) Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA BURIAL Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 240526232 · View Source

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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