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Descendants of Thomas CLARKE and Elizabeth WILKINSON, Queen's County, Ireland

Third Generation

17. Clara Rosa CLARKE (William , Thomas ) was born about 1857 in Guelph, Wellington County, Canada West.

Clara married Richard Power PALMER on 26 Sep 1877 in St George's Church, Guelph. Richard was born about 1857 in Canada West.

"Rosa" and "Power" Palmer were living with William Clarke in Palmerston in 1881. Power was an insurance agent. I have been unable to find this family in the 1901 census.

Richard and Clara had the following children:

36 M i Arthur PALMER was born¹ about 1879 in Ontario.

In 1901 there was an Arthur Palmer, 22, living in Cariboo Crossing, Yukon Territory--possibly this man?
37 M ii Herbert PALMER was born after 1880.

Herbert was named in a codicil to his grandfather's will--he was not listed in the 1881 census.

23. Emily Letitia GREENHAM (Elizabeth CLARKE , Thomas ) was born on 4 May 1853 in Nichol Tp, Wellington County, Canada West. She was christened on 27 Sep 1858 in Nichol Tp.. She died in 1924 in Woodstock, Ontario. She was buried in Woodstock, Ontario.

Emily married Charles Large (or Lionel) BANTING son of John Hall BANTING and Esther (Hester Hettie) MEREDITH in 1867 in Ontario. Charles was born on 7 Apr 1835 in Ballyfin, Queen's County, Ireland. He was christened on 4 May 1834 in Ballyfin, Clonenagh Parish, Queens County, Ireland. He died in Nov 1922 in Ontario. He was buried in Woodstock, Ontario.

The Banting family history has Charles birth date as a year after the baptism recorded in the parish register. In 1881 Charles and Emma lived in Guelph, Wellington South, Ontario, Canada (Source: FHL Film 1375894 NAC C-13258 Dist 151 SubDist C Div 1 Page 67 Family 316). Charles was said to be 42 years of age and to be a "Caretaker P. O. & C.A." Later Charles was a Custom's House Officer in Woodstock, Ontario.

Charles and Emily had the following children:

38 M i George Orton BANTING was born¹ in 1870 in Ontario.
39 M ii Leander O. BANTING was born¹ about 1872 in Ontario.
40 F iii Lillian BANTING was born¹ about 1874 in Ontario.
41 F iv Carrie BANTING was born¹ about 1876 in Ontario.
42 M v Charles BANTING was born¹ about 1877 in Ontario.
43 F vi Maggie BANTING was born¹ in Dec 1880 in Ontario.

28. Elizabeth Jane CLARKE (James , Thomas ) was born on 8 May 1852 in Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland. She was christened on 29 Jul 1852 in St Peter's Church of Ireland, Maryborough. She died on 24 Nov 1874 in West Luther, Wellington County, Ontario.

Elizabeth's death was registered under her maiden name (reg'n #10559, 1874). She died of typhoid fever at the age of 22. She had been ill for 13 months according to her death registration.

Elizabeth married Edward Harvey CULL son of Harvey CULL and Rhoda LUTER about 1871. Edward was born about 1847 in Wellington County, Canada West. He died on 28 Feb 1927 in Larimore, Grand Forks, North Dakota. He was buried on 2 Mar 1927 in Saint Thomas, Pembina, North Dakota.

Edward remarried after Elizabeth died. There is no Edward Cull listed in the 1881 Census CD--he probably had moved to North Dakota by then. His son James was living with his parents in Ontario at that time.

Edward and Elizabeth had the following children:

44 M i James Harvey CULL^{1, 2} was born on 8 Aug 1873 in Wellington County, Ontario. He died on 7 Nov 1950 in Ontario.

At the time of the 1881 census James was the living with his father's parents in Wellington County.

29. Susannah (Susan) Esther CLARKE (James , Thomas ) was born on 23 Jul 1854 in Canada West (Ontario). She died on 20 Feb 1950 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She was buried in Greenfield Cemetery, Arthur, Ontario.

Susan Clarke lived most of her life in Saskatchewan, and died there. However, her name is on the headstone marking her husband's grave in Greenfield Cemetery, Arthur, Ontario. She was widowed in 1898 at the age of 43, left with five children aged 10 to 18. In 1901 she and the children were living in Grand Valley, Ontario. I suspect she moved to Saskatchewan shortly after that, but do not have any confirmation of this. Her granddaughter, Lois Reid, told me that she thinks that Susan and her children first lived in Belcarres, Saskatchewan before they settled in Strasbourg. The small building in which she homesteaded in Saskatchewan still stands near the village of Strasbourg.The National Archives online index to prairie homesteads indicates that Susan homesteaded NW 6 T25 R21 W2, just north of Strasbourg, Saskatchewan (Reel C-6290 Liber 439 Folio 354). The small building in which she homesteaded still stands near the village of Strasbourg. In 1911, her children all grown, she was forced to give up her homestead and lived the rest of her life with various of her children. I remember her living in Sutherland, now part of Saskatoon, when I was very young.

Susannah married Samuel Andrew SMALL son of John SMALL and Margaret J. MITCHELL on 1 Jan 1878 in Ontario. Samuel was born on 24 Sep 1857 in Arthur, Wellington County. He was christened on 15 Feb 1857 in Arthur, Wellington County, Canada West. He died on 19 Mar 1898 in Arthur, Ontario.

Appears to have been a transcribing error in baptism record (Vol. 2, p. 299, Wellington County); Ontario birth registration #22144, 1898. Samuel and Susan Small (nee Clarke) lived in Melancthon Tp. on the 1891 Census (Div. 2, p. 44). Other families nearby included Edward and Annie Small, Jeremiah and Harriet Clarke, and James and Barbara Clarke (nee Small) (all on p. 43). Ontario Death Reg'n, 1898, #022144 : Samuel Andrew Small d. 19 March 1898, 40 years 5 months; Died at Charles Street, Arthur; Pumpmaker b. Glenallan, Peel Twp. Consumption protracted Dr. : DE Allen Religion: Methodist Reported by : T? J. Marshall on 21 March 1898.

Samuel and Susannah had the following children:

45 M i John James SMALL was born on 1 Oct 1879 in Arthur, Ontario. He died on 8 Oct 1958 in Guelph, Ontario.

Ontario birth registration #35053, 1879.
Jack Small lived much of his life in Guelph, Ontario. Entries in the Vernon's Guelph City Directory indicate the following:
1915: Secretary-treasurer of the George E.B. Ginger Co., Ltd., res. 62 Glasgow
1916 and 1917: Prop. Guelph Paper Box, same residence
1918 and 1919: John J. Small, Tolton Mfg. Co., same residence; also John Small empl. Page-Hersey Co., res. 16 Wood
1920 and 1921: president Guelph Paper Box, same residence.

John married Jennie MCNICHOL daughter of Thomas MCNICHOL and Ann on 11 Mar 1911 in Erin, Ontario. Jennie was born on 3 Jan 1880 in Ontario. She died on 12 Jul 1968.
46 M ii Samuel Lorne SMALL was born on 8 Sep 1881 in Arthur, Ontario. He died on 25 Jun 1973 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He was buried¹ on 27 Jun 1973 in South Hill Cemetery, Prince Albert.

In 1901 Lorne was a printer and living with his mother and sisters and brothers. He homesteaded NE 28 T24 R23 W2 in Saskatchewan (Reel C-6259 Liber 402 Folio 154). Ontario birth registration #34418, 1881.

Samuel married Mabel Alice PHILIP daughter of Robert PHILIP on 30 Jun 1909 in Ontario. Mabel was born on 2 Apr 1881. She died on 29 Apr 1959 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

Lorne and Mabel had no children.
47 F iii Irene Esther SMALL was born on 16 Jan 1884 in Arthur, Ontario. She died on 19 Jul 1978. She was buried in Saskatoon.

Ontario birth registration #37535, 1884. In 1901 her birth date was given as 17 January; at that time Irene was a milliner.

Irene married John Christopher WILLIAMS on 2 Nov 1909 in Strasbourg, Saskatchewan. John was born on 14 Jan 1880 in Hamilton, Ontario. He died on 5 Feb 1949 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
48 F iv Annette Margaret SMALL was born on 24 Apr 1888 in Arthur, Ontario. She died after 25 Jun 1973.

Ontario birth registration #37837, 1888. The 1901 census records her birth year as 1887(?).

Annette married (1) Living on 27 Sep 1913 in Detroit, Michigan.

Annette married (2) Clifford Henry KELLY on 17 Aug 1920 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Clifford was born on 10 May 1888 in Mallorytown, Ontario. He died on 26 Oct 1953. He was buried in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
49 M v Lester Meredith SMALL was born¹ on 15 Aug 1889 in Melancthon Tp, Ontario. He died on 26 Apr 1949 in Regina, Saskatchewan. He was buried in Regina.

Lester Small was only 8 years old when his father died in Ontario. His mother brought her family west to homestead in Saskatchewan. Lester published the newspaper in Strasbourg, Saskatchewan until the family moved to Regina. There he established his own printing company. He died before his 60th birthday, following a lengthy illness. Although it was not diagnosed as such, the family now believes he suffered from lung cancer.
Ontario birth registration #206299, 1889. Lester homesteaded SW 2 T26 R22 W2 in Saskatchewan (Reel C-6319 Liber 476 Folio 297). His time in Strasbourg is documented in the local history of that community. See: for the family story; and
for the story of the newspaper Lester and his brother Lorne established in 1906.

Lester married Eva May MAPES daughter of Calvin Wesley MAPES and Bridget (Beatrice) Rae REYNOLDS on 9 Jul 1913 in Strasbourg, Saskatchewan. Eva was born on 5 Oct 1890 in Ingersoll, Ontario. She died on 20 May 1978 in Regina, Saskatchewan. She was buried on 25 May 1978 in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Eva's family moved to Manitoba and then to Saskatchewan when she was a child. They settled in Strasbourg, where she became a seamstress. She told me about her work, amazing me with stories of how she could take a person's measurements and then design and make a dress without using a pattern. Her hand stitching was remarkably fine and delicate until her death many decades lates. She and her sisters maintained a close relationship throughout their lives, with most of them raising their families in Strasbourg. I remember spending an afternoon with three of them about 1960 and being impressed by the obvious pleasure they took in one another's company.

When her husband died in 1949 Eva had to earn a living--she took a course in practical nursing and did home nursing for several years. She suffered a major heart attack in 1970 and was a semi-invalid until her death.

When we were children our Grandma Small was the person who stayed with us when our parents went on holidays. She was a much loved grandma, remembered particularly for the wonderful and imaginative stories she created for us--stories about "Witchy", the good witch who used her magic to do grand and wonderful things for all humanity--what a role model!

30. James Rice CLARKE (James , Thomas ) was born on 5 Nov 1855 in Canada West.

James and Barbara Clarke were living in Melancthon Tp. at the time of the 1891 census (Div. 2, p. 43) and in 1901 (Subdist. E-4, p.7). In 1891the families of Jeremiah and Harriett Clarke, and Edward and Annie Small (both p. 43) and Samuel and Susan Small (nee Clarke) were nearby (p. 44).

James married Barbara Jane Lawson SMALL daughter of John SMALL and Margaret J. MITCHELL on 16 Nov 1881 in Arthur, Wellington County, Ontario. Barbara was born on 24 Jun 1861 in West Garafraxa Twp, Wellington County, Canada West. She was christened on 6 Oct 1861 in Garafraxa Tp, Wellington County.

They had the following children:

50 F i Ethel Jane CLARKE was born¹ on 16 Oct 1882 in Arthur, Ontario. She died in 1968.

Ethel married Wyc EWING.
51 M ii John J. R. CLARKE was born¹ on 27 Sep 1884 in Melancthon tp, Grey County, Ontario.

John married Ella.
52 M iii Arthur Lloyd CLARKE was born¹ on 13 Aug 1900 in Melancthon Tp, Ontario. He died on 20 Apr 1968.

Arthur married Living on 14 Jun 1923 in Ontario.

31. William Charles CLARKE (James , Thomas ) was born on 26 May 1857 in Canada West. He died in 1952 in Toronto.

Nephew, Bruce Small, has told me that William and Jane lived in Toronto during the Second World War. In 1901 the family lived in Peel tp., Wellington County.

William married Jane M. THOMSON daughter of William Millar THOMSON and Anne SIM on 26 Jul 1881 in Peel Tp, Wellington County, Ontario. Jane was born on 14 Oct 1857 in Ontario. She died in 1943 in Toronto, Ontario.

They had the following children:

53 F i Evelyn Annie CLARKE was born on 14 Aug 1884 in Peel twp.

Birth reg'n # 901193, 1927
54 F ii Beatrice Celeste CLARKE was born on 29 May 1886 in Peel twp.

Registration 236203 (1887) and 901271 (1927)

Beatrice married Living.
55 F iii Elma Winnifred CLARKE was born on 14 Jun 1887 in Peel twp.

Reg #901246 (1927)
56 F iv Jessie CLARKE was born on 20 Oct 1892 in Ontario.

35. Herbert Wilkinson CLARKE (James , Thomas ) was born on 1 Jul 1862 in Wellington County, Canada West. He died in 1932. He was buried in Greenfield Cemetery, Peel Twp., Wellington County, Ontario.

Raycroft has birth date July 10, 1862. 1901 Census: Farmer, living on west half of Lot 5, Concession 16, Peel Tp (100 acres). Their house had three rooms (Peel Tp, div. 3, p. 3).

Herbert married Bethea BLYTH about 1892 in Ontario. Bethea was born on 5 Nov 1868 in Ontario. She died on 25 Nov 1931 in Fergus, Ontario. She was buried in Greenfield Cem., Wellington County, Ontario.

Obituary in Mount Forest Confederate (10 Dec., 1931) says first name was Bertha.

Herbert and Bethea had the following children:

57 F i Adella CLARKE¹ was born² on 10 Aug 1894 in Ontario.
58 M ii Clarence James CLARKE was born¹ on 26 Apr 1897 in Wellington County, Ontario. He died in 1986. He was buried in Greenfield Cem., Wellington County.

Clarence served in the army in World War I. In January 1951 he lived on St. Andrew Street in Fergus, Ontario.

Clarence married Merle MORRISON. Merle was born in 1902 in Arthur tp., Wellington County, Ontario. She died on 1 Oct 1972 in Fergus, Ontario. She was buried in Greenfield Cem., Wellington County.

Obituary in Mount Forest Confederate (12 Oct. 1972): "Mrs. Clarke passed away at Groves Memorial Hospital on Sunday, October 1, after a lengthy illness. She was in her 70th year. Mrs. Clarke was born in Arthur Township, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Morrison. Left to mourn her loss besides her husband are two sons, John, Chattanooga, Tenn., and George, Fergus; three brothers, Harold, Stratford; Carson and John, Mount Forest; one sister Elva, Mrs. Henry Hellyer, Kenilworth; and three grandsons. Mrs. Clarke was an active member of Bethel Baptist church, Fergus, where the funeral service was conducted by the Rev. H.B. Hooper, assisted by a former pastor, Rev. Ronald Mills of Woodstock. Interment was in Greefield Cemetery, Arthur. The pallbearers were Herbert Thompson, Earl Robson, Kenneth Burs and Carl Larsen."
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	36	M	i	Arthur PALMER was born¹ about 1879 in Ontario. In 1901 there was an Arthur Palmer, 22, living in Cariboo Crossing, Yukon Territory--possibly this man?
	37	M	ii	Herbert PALMER was born after 1880. Herbert was named in a codicil to his grandfather's will--he was not listed in the 1881 census.

38	M	i	George Orton BANTING was born¹ in 1870 in Ontario.
39	M	ii	Leander O. BANTING was born¹ about 1872 in Ontario.
40	F	iii	Lillian BANTING was born¹ about 1874 in Ontario.
41	F	iv	Carrie BANTING was born¹ about 1876 in Ontario.
42	M	v	Charles BANTING was born¹ about 1877 in Ontario.
43	F	vi	Maggie BANTING was born¹ in Dec 1880 in Ontario.

45	M	i	John James SMALL was born on 1 Oct 1879 in Arthur, Ontario. He died on 8 Oct 1958 in Guelph, Ontario. Ontario birth registration #35053, 1879. Jack Small lived much of his life in Guelph, Ontario. Entries in the Vernon's Guelph City Directory indicate the following: 1915: Secretary-treasurer of the George E.B. Ginger Co., Ltd., res. 62 Glasgow 1916 and 1917: Prop. Guelph Paper Box, same residence 1918 and 1919: John J. Small, Tolton Mfg. Co., same residence; also John Small empl. Page-Hersey Co., res. 16 Wood 1920 and 1921: president Guelph Paper Box, same residence.
			John married Jennie MCNICHOL daughter of Thomas MCNICHOL and Ann on 11 Mar 1911 in Erin, Ontario. Jennie was born on 3 Jan 1880 in Ontario. She died on 12 Jul 1968.
46	M	ii	Samuel Lorne SMALL was born on 8 Sep 1881 in Arthur, Ontario. He died on 25 Jun 1973 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He was buried¹ on 27 Jun 1973 in South Hill Cemetery, Prince Albert. In 1901 Lorne was a printer and living with his mother and sisters and brothers. He homesteaded NE 28 T24 R23 W2 in Saskatchewan (Reel C-6259 Liber 402 Folio 154). Ontario birth registration #34418, 1881.
			Samuel married Mabel Alice PHILIP daughter of Robert PHILIP on 30 Jun 1909 in Ontario. Mabel was born on 2 Apr 1881. She died on 29 Apr 1959 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Lorne and Mabel had no children.
47	F	iii	Irene Esther SMALL was born on 16 Jan 1884 in Arthur, Ontario. She died on 19 Jul 1978. She was buried in Saskatoon. Ontario birth registration #37535, 1884. In 1901 her birth date was given as 17 January; at that time Irene was a milliner.
			Irene married John Christopher WILLIAMS on 2 Nov 1909 in Strasbourg, Saskatchewan. John was born on 14 Jan 1880 in Hamilton, Ontario. He died on 5 Feb 1949 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
48	F	iv	Annette Margaret SMALL was born on 24 Apr 1888 in Arthur, Ontario. She died after 25 Jun 1973. Ontario birth registration #37837, 1888. The 1901 census records her birth year as 1887(?).
			Annette married (1) Living on 27 Sep 1913 in Detroit, Michigan.
			Annette married (2) Clifford Henry KELLY on 17 Aug 1920 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Clifford was born on 10 May 1888 in Mallorytown, Ontario. He died on 26 Oct 1953. He was buried in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
49	M	v	Lester Meredith SMALL was born¹ on 15 Aug 1889 in Melancthon Tp, Ontario. He died on 26 Apr 1949 in Regina, Saskatchewan. He was buried in Regina. Lester Small was only 8 years old when his father died in Ontario. His mother brought her family west to homestead in Saskatchewan. Lester published the newspaper in Strasbourg, Saskatchewan until the family moved to Regina. There he established his own printing company. He died before his 60th birthday, following a lengthy illness. Although it was not diagnosed as such, the family now believes he suffered from lung cancer. Ontario birth registration #206299, 1889. Lester homesteaded SW 2 T26 R22 W2 in Saskatchewan (Reel C-6319 Liber 476 Folio 297). His time in Strasbourg is documented in the local history of that community. See: for the family story; and for the story of the newspaper Lester and his brother Lorne established in 1906.
			Lester married Eva May MAPES daughter of Calvin Wesley MAPES and Bridget (Beatrice) Rae REYNOLDS on 9 Jul 1913 in Strasbourg, Saskatchewan. Eva was born on 5 Oct 1890 in Ingersoll, Ontario. She died on 20 May 1978 in Regina, Saskatchewan. She was buried on 25 May 1978 in Regina, Saskatchewan. Eva's family moved to Manitoba and then to Saskatchewan when she was a child. They settled in Strasbourg, where she became a seamstress. She told me about her work, amazing me with stories of how she could take a person's measurements and then design and make a dress without using a pattern. Her hand stitching was remarkably fine and delicate until her death many decades lates. She and her sisters maintained a close relationship throughout their lives, with most of them raising their families in Strasbourg. I remember spending an afternoon with three of them about 1960 and being impressed by the obvious pleasure they took in one another's company. When her husband died in 1949 Eva had to earn a living--she took a course in practical nursing and did home nursing for several years. She suffered a major heart attack in 1970 and was a semi-invalid until her death. When we were children our Grandma Small was the person who stayed with us when our parents went on holidays. She was a much loved grandma, remembered particularly for the wonderful and imaginative stories she created for us--stories about "Witchy", the good witch who used her magic to do grand and wonderful things for all humanity--what a role model!

50	F	i	Ethel Jane CLARKE was born¹ on 16 Oct 1882 in Arthur, Ontario. She died in 1968.
			Ethel married Wyc EWING.
51	M	ii	John J. R. CLARKE was born¹ on 27 Sep 1884 in Melancthon tp, Grey County, Ontario.
			John married Ella.
52	M	iii	Arthur Lloyd CLARKE was born¹ on 13 Aug 1900 in Melancthon Tp, Ontario. He died on 20 Apr 1968.
			Arthur married Living on 14 Jun 1923 in Ontario.

53	F	i	Evelyn Annie CLARKE was born on 14 Aug 1884 in Peel twp. Birth reg'n # 901193, 1927
54	F	ii	Beatrice Celeste CLARKE was born on 29 May 1886 in Peel twp. Registration 236203 (1887) and 901271 (1927)
			Beatrice married Living.
55	F	iii	Elma Winnifred CLARKE was born on 14 Jun 1887 in Peel twp. Reg #901246 (1927)
56	F	iv	Jessie CLARKE was born on 20 Oct 1892 in Ontario.

57	F	i	Adella CLARKE¹ was born² on 10 Aug 1894 in Ontario.
58	M	ii	Clarence James CLARKE was born¹ on 26 Apr 1897 in Wellington County, Ontario. He died in 1986. He was buried in Greenfield Cem., Wellington County. Clarence served in the army in World War I. In January 1951 he lived on St. Andrew Street in Fergus, Ontario.
			Clarence married Merle MORRISON. Merle was born in 1902 in Arthur tp., Wellington County, Ontario. She died on 1 Oct 1972 in Fergus, Ontario. She was buried in Greenfield Cem., Wellington County. Obituary in Mount Forest Confederate (12 Oct. 1972): "Mrs. Clarke passed away at Groves Memorial Hospital on Sunday, October 1, after a lengthy illness. She was in her 70th year. Mrs. Clarke was born in Arthur Township, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Morrison. Left to mourn her loss besides her husband are two sons, John, Chattanooga, Tenn., and George, Fergus; three brothers, Harold, Stratford; Carson and John, Mount Forest; one sister Elva, Mrs. Henry Hellyer, Kenilworth; and three grandsons. Mrs. Clarke was an active member of Bethel Baptist church, Fergus, where the funeral service was conducted by the Rev. H.B. Hooper, assisted by a former pastor, Rev. Ronald Mills of Woodstock. Interment was in Greefield Cemetery, Arthur. The pallbearers were Herbert Thompson, Earl Robson, Kenneth Burs and Carl Larsen."
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