Brief Life History of Mary Ethel
When Mary Ethel Clark was born on 25 April 1905, in Big Pine, Madison, North Carolina, United States, her father, James Elbert Clark, was 33 and her mother, Laura Elzedia Hasseltine Ruff, was 32. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Ira Hobson Henderson. She lived in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States in 1920. She died on 8 April 1971, in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States.
Photos and Memories (1)
Do you know Mary Ethel? Do you have a story about her that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- Ethel Clark in household of Laura Clark, "United States Census, 1920"
- Ethel Clark Henderson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mrs Ethel Henderson, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
Spouse and Children
Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1916 · Anthony Crawford Lynched
South Carolina native, father to 13 children, and a local farmer, Anthony Crawford, is lynched on October 21, 1916, in Abbeyville, South Carolina. The lynching is followed after Crawford has an arguement with a white storekeeper.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
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.
Possible Related Names
Discover Even More
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.