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Mary Jane <I>Weeks</I> Clark

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Mary Jane Weeks Clark

Birth
Prince Edward Island, Canada
Death
3 Apr 1919 (aged 81)
Ida Grove, Ida County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Ida Grove, Ida County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
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Memorial ID
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Clark, Mary Jane 13 Nov. 1837 Canada
03 Apr. 1919 ----- Ida County
Mother's Maiden name: Ward

She lived to the age of 81 years, 4 months, 20 days. Burial was in the Ida Grove Cemetery.

WHEN SHE WAS 10 YRS. OLD, HER PARENTS MOVED TO NEW LONDON, NEAR MONTREAL, AND WHEN SHE WAS 15, THEY CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AND SETTLED IN LINN COUNTY, IOWA. HERE SHE GREW TO WOMANHOOD AND ON AUG. 28, 1857, SHE WAS MARRIED TO CHARLES NEWTON CLARK. THEY LIVED IN LINN COUNTY FOR 19 YEARS OF THEIR MARRIED LIFE, AND IN 1876 CAME TO IDA COUNTY.

THEIR HOME ON MOOREHEAD AVE. WAS THEIR HOME FOR A PERIOD OF 40 YEARS. THE METHODIST CHURCH WAS ACROSS THE STREET TO THE EAST FROM THEIR HOME ON THE CORNER. HER HUSBAND, CHARLES NEWTON CLARK, WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE NEWSPAPER, MAPLE VALLEY ERA (THE 2ND OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN IDA COUNTY), WHICH LATER BECAME THE IDA GROVE RECORD-ERA.

THEY HAD 6 CHILDREN: MARCIA (WIFE OF DR. JOHN D. BATEMAN OF KANSAS CITY); JOY LINCOLN (DIED 19 YEARS AGO); ADDA (WIFE OF FORMER LATE AUDITOR: JOHN L. BLEAKLEY); MAUDE (WIFE OF A. D. SAUNDERS OF IDA GROVE); CHARLES MAX (DIED IN 1879); & GUY B. CLARK. THERE WERE 10 GRANDCHILDREN AND 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER, MRS. A. D. SAUNDERS ON MOOREHEAD AVENUE, IDA GROVE, IOWA.
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1870 IA Census, Floyd Co., Charles City, pg 24,
174/180 Clark, Charles N., 34, Pump (?) Dealer, value of real estate $1700, value of personal property $2000, b. NY,
Mary J., 33, b. Prince Edward's Island,
Marcia, 11,
Joy L., 8,
Addie, 6,
Maude, 3,
Charles M., 1, all children b. IA,

1880 IA Census, Ida Co., Ida Grove, Enumeration District 137, pg 14D
Clark, Chas. N, 42, Editor of "Era", b. NY, both parents b. NY,
Mary J., 41, wife, Keeping house, b. Prince Edward's Island, father b. England, mother b. Prince Edward's Island,
Marcia L, 21, daughter
Joy, 19, son, Painter,
Addie, 16, daughter,
Maud, 13, daughter,
Guy B., 3, son,
all children b. IA, father b. NY, mother b. Prince Edward's Island
Clark, Mary Jane 13 Nov. 1837 Canada
03 Apr. 1919 ----- Ida County
Mother's Maiden name: Ward

She lived to the age of 81 years, 4 months, 20 days. Burial was in the Ida Grove Cemetery.

WHEN SHE WAS 10 YRS. OLD, HER PARENTS MOVED TO NEW LONDON, NEAR MONTREAL, AND WHEN SHE WAS 15, THEY CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AND SETTLED IN LINN COUNTY, IOWA. HERE SHE GREW TO WOMANHOOD AND ON AUG. 28, 1857, SHE WAS MARRIED TO CHARLES NEWTON CLARK. THEY LIVED IN LINN COUNTY FOR 19 YEARS OF THEIR MARRIED LIFE, AND IN 1876 CAME TO IDA COUNTY.

THEIR HOME ON MOOREHEAD AVE. WAS THEIR HOME FOR A PERIOD OF 40 YEARS. THE METHODIST CHURCH WAS ACROSS THE STREET TO THE EAST FROM THEIR HOME ON THE CORNER. HER HUSBAND, CHARLES NEWTON CLARK, WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE NEWSPAPER, MAPLE VALLEY ERA (THE 2ND OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN IDA COUNTY), WHICH LATER BECAME THE IDA GROVE RECORD-ERA.

THEY HAD 6 CHILDREN: MARCIA (WIFE OF DR. JOHN D. BATEMAN OF KANSAS CITY); JOY LINCOLN (DIED 19 YEARS AGO); ADDA (WIFE OF FORMER LATE AUDITOR: JOHN L. BLEAKLEY); MAUDE (WIFE OF A. D. SAUNDERS OF IDA GROVE); CHARLES MAX (DIED IN 1879); & GUY B. CLARK. THERE WERE 10 GRANDCHILDREN AND 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER, MRS. A. D. SAUNDERS ON MOOREHEAD AVENUE, IDA GROVE, IOWA.
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1870 IA Census, Floyd Co., Charles City, pg 24,
174/180 Clark, Charles N., 34, Pump (?) Dealer, value of real estate $1700, value of personal property $2000, b. NY,
Mary J., 33, b. Prince Edward's Island,
Marcia, 11,
Joy L., 8,
Addie, 6,
Maude, 3,
Charles M., 1, all children b. IA,

1880 IA Census, Ida Co., Ida Grove, Enumeration District 137, pg 14D
Clark, Chas. N, 42, Editor of "Era", b. NY, both parents b. NY,
Mary J., 41, wife, Keeping house, b. Prince Edward's Island, father b. England, mother b. Prince Edward's Island,
Marcia L, 21, daughter
Joy, 19, son, Painter,
Addie, 16, daughter,
Maud, 13, daughter,
Guy B., 3, son,
all children b. IA, father b. NY, mother b. Prince Edward's Island


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