The Clarck Family
The Clarck (also Clarke, Clark) family lived at various places in the maritime region of Canada (and France), in several generations - viz. in Newfoundland, the island of St. Pierre (St. Pierre and Miquelon - a French colony and technically part of France), Nova Scotia (the North Sydney area) and New Brunswick (Riverview - Moncton).
The earliest Clarck ancestor yet researched (John Clarck) is believed to be of English origin and was perhaps one of the earliest settlers on the island of Oderin, in the Western side of Placentia Bay. Some of his children (Nelson, for certain) although born in Newfoundland, afterward lived on St. Pierre (and is buried there), though in the 1911 Census of Nova Scotia he is living in Nova Scotia. He is said to be of 'French' origin but that may refer to French ancestry through his mother, Maria Sanders (or Saunders).
Edward Clarck (son of Nelson Clarck and Martha Perham) is known by the family today to have been 'French' and from the Island of St. Pierre, which indicates that his parents and siblings were living there, and that many if not most of the latter were buried there. This island is only a few miles away from the most south-east portion of the Burin Peninsula (which is itself in south-west NFLD). Very near to this juncture (in NFLD) is Little St. Lawrence, a fishing town (today more famous for its prowess in soccer). Edward married Rachel (or 'Rachelle') Beck (daughter of Cyrus Beck and Eliza Senior) who was from this town. He may have met her on Newfoundland, or perhaps on St. Pierre. Both Rachel and Edward (or 'Eddie' as he was known) were buried in the Lakeside Cemetery of North Sydney, Nova Scotia.
There is no record of the name 'Clark' on the islands of St. Pierre & Miquelon, as taxpayers in 1871 list.
Louis Clarck, born at St. Pierre ca 1886 (died 1955, age 69 ), a brother of Edward, is indicated (in his obituary) to have come to North Sydney, Nova Scotia when he was 13 years old (or ca 1899). How many other family members (parents? siblings?) came to Nova Scotia at that time is not yet known (for, again, Nelson his father, and probably Martha (nee Perham) his mother, were buried on St. Pierre and must have returned there at some point, perhaps in later yers of retirement).
There are French and English connections and inter-twining families, of Clarck families and others thus related, and it would be interesting to know how much of either language respective individuals understood and could speak. Examples of English and French variant spellings are to be found in various places of the research: e.g. Rachel (or the French 'Rachelle'), Perham (or the French Pairham).
Charles William Clarcke (spelling as per his tombstone inscription in Lakeside Cemetery, North Sydney) lived his entire life in North Sydney, Nova Scotia. His wife Vivienne ('Vi') Bungay, was born at Rose Blanche, Newfoundland and is also buried in the Lakeside Cemetery. Their son, Eric Bungay Clark (note name spelling variation) was born in North Sydney but died in Moncton (Riverview), New Brunswick, the family (his wife Mary Evoy) having removed to that locale when he was no longer able, due to ill health, to work on the ferries that transported cars and passengers between North Sydney and Newfoundland. His daugher is Erica.