Shelby Walter Clark

Male22 November 1910–18 July 1992

Brief Life History of Shelby Walter

When Shelby Walter Clark was born on 22 November 1910, in Anacortes, Skagit, Washington, United States, his father, Walter William Clark, was 22 and his mother, Martha Amanda Meyer, was 19. He married Katherine J “Kathy” Vlatkovich on 2 February 1935, in Skagit, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Anacortes Ward 1 Election Precinct 1, Skagit, Washington, United States in 1940 and Fort Benton, Chouteau, Montana, United States in 1950. He died on 18 July 1992, in Washington, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Anacortes, Skagit, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Shelby Walter Clark
1910–1992
Katherine J “Kathy” Vlatkovich
1916–2015
Marriage: 2 February 1935
Wayne Clark
1936–

Sources (14)

  • Shelly W Clark, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Clark, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
  • Shelby Walter Clark, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 February 1935Skagit, Washington, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1911 · County-Busting

    Age 1

    In an event called the county-busting craze that took place from 1911-1925, twenty-five new counties were made in Montana

    1912 · The Girl Scouts

    Age 2

    Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

    1932

    Age 22

    Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

    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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    Story Highlight

    Shelby Walter Clark 1910-1992 Cemetery

    Shelby Walter Clark BIRTH 22 Nov 1910 Anacortes, Skagit County, Washington, USA DEATH 18 Jul 1992 (aged 81) Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington, USA BURIAL Grand View Cemetery Anacortes, Skagit …

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