Thomas John Jordan
M, #10151, b. 4 February 1869, d. before 1916
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 4 February 1869; Ontario
- Death: Before 1916; Saskatchewan
- Note: Lived on the 16th concession, Peel tp. in 1898. Had moved to Manitoba (Langford, Macdonald district) by 1901; and then to Saskatchewan (Qu'Appelle district, post office listed as Weyburn, Twp 6-Range 13) by 1906. In 1911 he is listed separately from his wife and children, but all are still in T 6-R 13. Can't find him in 1916, when Hattie is said to be a widow.
- Note: Harriett (Hattie) Elizabeth Small; Ontario marriage reg'n #2578: witnesses were Alexander Jordan and Margaret Small.
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Greta Jackson
F, #10152
Biography
- Last Edited: 22 October 2002 01:00:00
Ann Bateman
F, #10154, b. about 1814
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1814; County Cork, Ireland
- Marriage: 11 February 1834; Joseph Howes; Kilmeen Parish, County Cork, Ireland
- Note: Ann was a resident of Inchinathin, Castleventry Parish, County Cork at the time of her marriage.
- Note: Joseph Howes; Joseph HOUSE of Russell Hill, parish of Knockavilly to Anne BATEMAN of Inchinathan, parish of Castleventry, by license (Kilmeen Parish Register); Joseph Howes and Anne Bateman (MLB).
- Last Edited: 24 May 2003 01:00:00
Mary Clarke
F, #10155
Parents
Biography
- Birth: Maryborough, Queens County, Ireland
- Christening: 10 February 1820; Church of Ireland, Maryborough
- Last Edited: 4 December 2002 00:00:00
Catherine (Kate) Clarke
F, #10156, b. 4 September 1824, d. 15 July 1905
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 4 September 1824; Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Christening: 16 September 1824; Church of Ireland, Maryborough
- Marriage: 1 October 1850; William Douglas; Lea Parish, Queen's county, Ireland
- Death: 15 July 1905; Carlow, Ireland
- Note: Marriage registration lists her name as Kate. 1901 census shows Kate, age 70, living on Dublin street in Carlow; three of her unmarried children were also in the household: Rebecca, Jane Ruth and Albert Edward. Irish Times death notice, 22 July 1905: died at her residence at 44 Dublin street, Carlow, widow of William Douglas. Kate Douglas, death reg'n 3rd qtr 1905, age 76, Carlow registration district.
- Note: William Douglas; Witnesses appear to be William and George Douglas--hard to make out.
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Thomas McGee
M, #10157, b. about 1816, d. 24 September 1890
Biography
- Birth: About 1816; Ireland
- Death: 24 September 1890; Ontario
Family: Ann Kiggon (b. about 1831, d. 5 November 1901)
- Last Edited: 20 June 2004 01:00:00
Thomas Clarke
M, #10158, b. about 1774, d. 5 August 1854
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1774; Ireland
- Death: 5 August 1854; Grague, Lea Parish, Queen's County, Ireland
- Note: Thomas' father may have been named John, as he named his eldest known son John. The Maryborough register records a John Clark who was buried July 1794, and a John Clarke buried 13 Sep 1832, aged 82 years. He is believed to be a brother of Martha Clarke (m Robert Turpin) and Esther Clarke (m George Clarke), and possibly of Elizabeth Clarke (m Thomas Turpin).
Thomas and Elizabeth (nee Wilkinson) Clarke were said to be residents of Ballinderrin when their children were baptised in 1802, 1804, 1806 and 1810, and of Cappakeel in 1808--both located in Coolbanagher Parish. After that time they lived in Meelick in Maryborough Parish, where the other children were baptised. They probably lived there until Elizabeth's death, being recorded there in 1826, in the Tithes Applotment records in 1826 and 1833, and in the 1826 baptism record for their youngest child, James. In 1853, a year before Elizabeth's death, the Griffiths Valuation shows Thomas Clarke Esquire still occupying land in Meelick, both in Borris and Kilcolmanbane parishes. Lord Congleton is the land owner. In Meelick, Borris he occupies house, offices and land in Block 4 and is the landlord for Block 3. Thomas was also the occupant of land in block 23 in Meelick, Kilcolmanbane parish, and the immediate lessor of block 24 in which Mary Donohoe was the occupant. Thomas Clarke was one of two Clarkes listed in the 1853 Griffiths Valuation in Meelick. The other, William Clarke Esq., may have been a brother.
At the time of his death, Thomas was a resident of Grague, Lea Parish. He was apparently living with his daughter, Rebecca, wife of William Hughes, after his wife's death. A letter from William Hughes to his grand-daughter Eliza Vanston, Jane Clarke's daughter, written 13 July 1854 notes: "Your grandada is very ill - Dr Fisher was with him three times, he has an enlarged liver attended with severe inflamation producing a tendency to Dropsey. I do not think you will ever see him drink again in Maryborough as he has been obliged to give up whiskey altogether his stomach not being strong enough to retain it. I do not say but he may so far recover as to go to Maryborough but his drinking days are over." Thomas died less than a month later.
From
"Earliest Vestry Meeting Recorded [for St Peter's Church, Maryborough:]
"The earliest record for St Peter’s Church is for Easter Tuesday 20 April 1824. A meeting was held in the Court House. Members of the Select Vestry attending were: Rev Thomas Harpur (Rector), Mr Haslam, Mr John Robinson, Robert Metcalfe, Mr W Kelly, Henry Broomfield (Warden), Thomas Clarke, Richard Ince."
From all we have been able to find, there was only this one Thomas Clarke living in Queen's county in the early to mid 1800s. Therefore, I believe the following excerpt from ch. 17 of: "Laois: History and Society" (edited by Lane, P.G., & Nolan, W., 1999, Dublin: Geography Publications) must be about this Thomas Clarke:
In the early 1800s there was extensive unrest, secret societies such as the Whiteboys and the Rockites–this latter group would post anonymous threatening notices and send threatening letters, signed "Captain Rock." Tithes to the English church were a source of much malcontent. Houses and farms were burned–in QC the winter of 1822/23 was very bad. By 1827 things had become more peaceful, but there was an increase in uprisings again in 1829. In 1832 anyone who paid their tithes was threatened with violence. The County MPs at the time were Sir Henry Parnell and Sir Charles Coote. In 1832 there were 226 "illegal notices" posted and 215 attacks on homes; in 1833 320 illegal notices and 622 home attacks.
[The following excerpt describes one such instance which occurred in 1832, and may refer to Dr. William Clarke, son of Thomas, and who immigrated to Canada West in 1837. Biographical information on William Clarke refers to his being forced to leave Ireland because of political unrest.]:
From the Leinster Express, 1832:
"Thus one Thomas Clark sent his son to Ballylinan to arrange for a piece of land to be ploughed. The property had been in Clarke’s possession for ten years. The son, on his arrival, found a notice attached to a stick thrust into the soil:
"To Thomas Clarke
"Sir - you are requested to take notice to resign the four acres of land held by Andrew Byrne of Mullamore to his son Dennis Byrne and never dare to put a plough on the same land again this is the first and last notice remark if you do not comply with this you will be sorry when too late for, if not plenty of powder and fall awaits you.
"Captain Rock
"The Andrew Byrne referred to had in fact sold all interest in the land not ten, but twenty years previously, the purchaser on that occasion being at least one owner anterior to Clarke. On the next morning the notice was followed up. Four men called at the house where the younger Clarke was staying. He was told in no uncertain terms to leave the area that day and warned that the threats in the notice would indeed be executed if the instructions were not heeded. One of the men drew a pistol and fired it into the air, after which they departed." (pp. 503-504)
By 1837 things were somewhat quieter, but there was still a considerable level of crime in the area. By the late 1840s the famine was being used by the government as a means of clearing people out, landlords assisted by evicting tenants and by forced sales.
"Much of this criticism was founded on [Lalor’s] vehement detestation of the family who represented the bastion of conservatism in the Queen’s County, the Cootes of Ballyfin" (p. 544).
This incident was reported in the Leinster Express of March 10th 1832: "A son of Thomas Clarke, who resided near this town, having a few days hence, proceeded to the neighbourhood of Ballylinan, for the purpose of having land (which he has held for 10 years) ploughed for tillage----------------, was ordered to leave the county that day."
Also from the Leinster Express, Sep 24th 1831: "A Foundling named Bazzil apprenticed to Mr Clarke of Meelick in endeavouring to stop a horse running away with a car of which he had charge was knocked down by the side of the car striking him in the back. He survived only very few minutes."
And the Leinster Express, Feb 25th 1832: "Since our last the houses of twelve farmers have been attacked and deprived of fire arms in different parts of the county. If we gave a minute detail of each of the outrages that occur every week they would occupy the greater part of our journal. Murders, breakings, abductions, taking of arms, etc. are all so prevalent that accounts of such awful occurances seem to be looked on with no more than ordinary concern in this hitherto peaceful county."
In 1844 Thomas Clarke of Meelick, farmer, was among those licensed to carry arms; he was allowed three guns (pistols were licensed as a separate category). It was a turbulent time in Irish history.
- Note: Elizabeth Wilkinson; Marriage license bond, Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin.
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Elizabeth Wilkinson
F, #10159, b. about 1781, d. 1 May 1849
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1781; Ireland
- Death: 1 May 1849; Meelick, Maryborough Parish, Queen's County, Ireland
- Note: Burial record says Elizabeth Clarke of Meelick, Maryborough parish was 68 when she died.
- Note: Thomas Clarke; Marriage license bond, Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin.
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John Clarke
M, #10160
Parents
Biography
- Christening: 20 May 1801; Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Note: John is the first child of Thomas and Elizabeth suggesting the paternal grandfather may have been named John Clarke.
No further confirmed info on this man. However, the familysearch database notes the death registration of a John Clarke age 82, 1st qtr 1885, registered Mountmellick District (film #101593, Vol. 3, p. 433). The Griffiths shows John Clarke land holdings in the parishes of Aghaboe, Borris, Lea and Straboe, suggesting there were probably at least two of them in the county at that time.
- Last Edited: 24 August 2010 01:00:00
Thomas Clarke
M, #10161, d. after April 1881
Parents
Biography
- Christening: 7 June 1812; Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Death: After April 1881; Ontario
- Note: The Queen's county Voters list for Maryborough East shows "Thomas Clarke (Jun)", farmer and leaseholder of Meelick and Woodville registered 8 April 1840--probably this man? Thomas was living with his sister Elizabeth Greenham and her family in both the 1851 and 1881 censuses. In 1851 they were in Eramosa tp, and in Fergus in 1881. It appears he never married. His death does not appear to have been registered.
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Elizabeth Clarke
F, #10162, d. 15 October 1885
Parents
Biography
- Christening: 11 October 1814; Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Death: 15 October 1885; Fergus, Ontario
- Burial: Belsyde Cemetery, Fergus Ontario
- Note: In 1861, only a few months after the death of her husband, Elizabeth and daughters Elizabeth 12, "Jamsy" 9 [must be Jane], Emma 7 and Caroline 4 were living in Nichol tp; James Shaw, also born in Ireland and a widower, was a member of the household--occupation was "labourer". In 1871 Elizabeth and daughters Elizabeth, Augusta and Caroline were living with her eldest daughter and son-in-law, Charles and Emma Banting, in Fergus, Ontario. In 1881 she was living with her brother, Thomas Clarke, in Fergus.
Ontario death reg'n #17834: born Maryboro parish, Queen's county; age 68; widow of John Greenham, late of Nichol tp; cause of death apoplexy; informant her brother, James Clarke of Peel tp.
- Note: John Gibbs Greenham; Witnesses were William Hughes (probably Elizabeth's brother-in-law) and James Clarke. Both John and Elizabeth were residents of Maryborough parish (Register, p. 21, #61).
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James Clarke
M, #10163, d. before December 1826
Parents
Biography
- Christening: 25 March 1817; Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Death: Before December 1826
- Note: Another James born to this family December 1826.
- Last Edited: 25 January 2003 00:00:00
Edward Clarke
M, #10164, d. December 1839
Parents
Biography
- Christening: 2 February 1819; Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Death: December 1839; Meelick, Queen's County, Ireland
- Burial: 17 December 1839; Maryborough Church of Ireland
- Note: Edward Clarke of Meelick age 21, buried Maryborough 17 Dec. 1839.
- Last Edited: 26 March 2009 01:00:00
William Clarke
M, #10165, b. about 1785, d. 13 May 1878
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1785; Ireland
- Marriage: 6 March 1810; Alicia Hill; Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Death: 13 May 1878; Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Burial: 16 May 1878; Church of Ireland, Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Note: The Gentleman's and Citizen's Almamack, 1814, lists William Clarke of Maryborough as a "Collector of Excise." (accessed by EH on FindMyPast, January 2012).
There was a William Clarke listed in the 1824 Pigot Directory for Maryborough who was a miller. I believe that must have been this William, as Wm and Alicia's eldest son, James Hill Clarke, was listed as a miller in the 1844 lists of those licensed to bear arms.
William Clarke, Esq. was one of two Clarkes listed in the 1850 Griffiths Valuation in Meelick townland of Kilcolmanbane parish, Queen's county, Ireland. Thomas Clarke may have been a brother. A headstone in the Maryborough/Portlaoise cemetery indicates William was aged 90 at the time of his death in 1878. However, the parish register indicated he was 99. As well, the death registration 2nd qtr 1878 Mountmellick District gives his age at death as 102; widowed, Gentleman, cause of death "Debility and old age, Four years, uncertified, no medical attendant," informant was Robert Clarke, also of Green Road, Maryborough--would have been his son, John Robert.
The Maryborough parish register also notes the burial of Jane, daughter of William Clarke, 27 Mar 1811--I can't think of another possible family for that child--her age was not recorded, but possibly a stillborn?
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Alicia Hill
F, #10166, b. about 1789
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1789; Ireland
- Marriage: 6 March 1810; William Clarke; Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Burial: 25 May 1827; Church of Ireland, Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Note: Aged 38 at the time of her death; a resident of Maryborough parish.
- Last Edited: 4 December 2002 00:00:00
James Hill Clarke
M, #10167
Parents
Biography
- Christening: 16 December 1810; Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Note: Confimed Maryborough 1 May 1822, along with Eliza Clarke, Jane Clarke & Rebecca Clarke.
- Last Edited: 18 March 2014 11:26:39
Jane Clarke
F, #10168
Parents
Biography
- Christening: 21 January 1812; Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Death: Queen's county, Ireland
- Burial: 7 February 1839; Maryborough
- Note: Burial record: Jane Clarke of Maryborough, age 27.
- Last Edited: 30 March 2014 11:25:22
Elizabeth Clarke
F, #10169
Parents
Biography
- Christening: 11 January 1813; Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Note: Register, p. 61.; possibly either the Elizabeth Clarke, daughter of Wm Clarke Esq., who married Wm Bradwell in 1855? or Eliz “Clarke” of this parish m Robert Walpole of St Johns parish, Dublin in 1829. If the latter she would have been very young?
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Jane Clarke
F, #10170, d. 1829
Parents
Biography
- Christening: 27 February 1814; Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Burial: 17 February 1829; Church of Ireland, Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Note: Baptism, Register p. 65; Jane, daughter of William Clarke, aged 15, buried 1829 (p. 12, #112).
- Last Edited: 24 January 2008 00:00:00
John Robert Clarke
M, #10171, d. 7 December 1907
Parents
Biography
- Birth: Queens County, Ireland
- Christening: 16 April 1815; Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Burial: 10 December 1907; Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Note: Headstone gives name as Robert J. Clarke, age 92 at time of death (same stone as his father, William), suggesting he may have been known as Robert. The Maryborough Parish Register gives his name as John Robert Clarke, both in the baptism (p. 70) and the burial records (burial register also notes age of 92 ). Lived on Green Road, Maryborough (from death registration for his father).
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Jonathan Thomas Clarke
M, #10172
Parents
Biography
- Christening: 28 May 1817; Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Note: Baptism Register, p. 79. Jonathan, son of William, called to the bar in 1839.
There was a death registration for a Jonathan Clarke in Rathdown District, 3rd qtr 1887, age 70--possibly this man?
- Last Edited: 18 March 2014 11:24:14
Alicia Clarke
F, #10173, d. 29 November 1911
Parents
Biography
- Christening: 2 November 1818; Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Marriage: 13 November 1847; Robert Seymour; St Luke's, Dublin, Ireland
- Death: 29 November 1911; County Wicklow
- Burial: Deansgrange Cemetery, County Wicklow
- Note: Baptism Register, p. 85.
Deansgrange Cemetery: In | Loving Memory | of | ALICIA | Widow of ROBERT SEYMOUR | of Seapoint, Bray, Co. Wicklow | who entered into rest | 29th October 1911 | aged 93 years | "Her children arise up and | called her blessed" | Proverbs XXXI. 28. | "Absent from the body | Present with the Lord". | II Cor. V. 8.
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William Clarke
M, #10174, d. 11 June 1882
Parents
Biography
- Christening: 30 December 1804; Coolbanagher parish, Queen's county, Ireland
- Death: 11 June 1882; Queen's County, Ireland
- Burial: Coolbanagher parish, Queen's county
- Note: Baptism record in the Parish register, RCBL, #P429.011.
It is a bit challenging trying to sort out the Williams. The baptism register for children of William and Eliza Clarke indicates that William Clarke, Esquire was of Rathleague. Rathleague is the townland immediately east of Meelick, home of the Thomas Clarke family. The 1850 Griffiths Valuation shows Wm. Clarke occupying a house in Rathleague, as well as two different listings for William Clarkes holding land in the townland of Borris little (Borris civil parish), where there are records for both a "Wm. Clarke, jun., Esq." and "Wm. Clarke, sen., Esq." Wm. jun. occupies a house in Borris, little. Wm. sen. holds land, but does not occupy a house there. My guess is that Wm. of Rathleague could have been Wm. sen.
There is also William Clarke in the Griffiths holding Block 3 A, B, C & D in Killimy, leased from the Earl of Portarlington: a total of about 20 acres; valued at £9/10. A house on Block 3D was subleased to Michael Salmon. As well, a William Clarke, whose wife was named Catherine, leased land in Morett--one of the three Morett holdings included a house, so that is probably where he lived--altogether, we are still trying to sort out the Williams. However, it is now certain that William of Rathleague was the son of George and Esther.
Death notice in "Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser," 13 June 1882: "CLARKE -- June 11, 1882, at Rathleague, Maryborough, William Clarke, Esq, Coroner for Queen's County, aged 78. Funeral will leave at 11 o'clock for Coolbanagher. Friends will please accept this invitation." Death registration Maryborough: occupation Gentleman and Coroner of Queen's county; cause of death "Natural causes to wit syncope." The age at death of this William suggests he was the son of Esther and George Clarke, although we do not have documentation on this.
The Irish Times, September 4, 1882:
"TO BE SOLD, the Tenant's interest in the Dwellinghouse, Offices, and Lands of Rathleague, late in the occupation of William Clarke, deceased, containing 202a 3r 21p I.P.M. held under lease from Lord Congleton (one of the best of landlords), for one life, now aged 45 years, at the yearly rent of £271 19s 1d.
The House contains 2 parlours, drawingroom, 5 bedrooms, kitchen, pantries, servants' apartments, &c., and is fit for the immediate reception of a gentleman and his family.
The Offices are ample for and suitable to the farm, all being in thorough repair.
There is also attached to the premises a good walled-in garden, pleasure ground, conservatory, &c.
The lands are under grass, with the exception of 30 acres (12[?] of which have been newly laid down), are ornamentally planted, well fenced and watered.
Gate-lodge and workmen's houses.
Rathleague is situated 1 1/4 miles from Maryborough, a station on the G.S. and W. Railway.
Purchaser to be approved of by landlord.
Every information can be obtained from, and proposals received up to 20th September next, by
Messrs. T. & H. TURPIN, Solicitors, Maryborough; or H.P.RHODES, Glenoak, Crumlin, County Antrim."
- Note: Elizabeth Drought; Marriage license bond Dublin 1836; marriage announcement in Leinster Express, 11 June 1836, p.3:
"In St. Thomas's church, by the Rev. Dr. Handcock, Wm Clarke, Esq., of Rathleague, Queen's county, to Eliza, eldest daughter of John Drought, Esq., of Tullamore."
- Last Edited: 31 March 2014 10:34:58
Elizabeth Drought
F, #10175, b. before 1820, d. after 1855
Biography
- Note: William Clarke; Marriage license bond Dublin 1836; marriage announcement in Leinster Express, 11 June 1836, p.3:
"In St. Thomas's church, by the Rev. Dr. Handcock, Wm Clarke, Esq., of Rathleague, Queen's county, to Eliza, eldest daughter of John Drought, Esq., of Tullamore."
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