John Clarck
John Clarck was married to Marie Sanders. They were the parents of Nelson, Henri, Richard and John.
Oderin (Harbour Buffet) Subscribers - June 17, 1857
Mrs. Sr. Clarke, Mrs. Jr. Clarke
1867 Oderin, NL Report
John Clarke, Joseph Clarke, Thomas Clarke
The following is speculative (and hopefully factual in places).
The Clarks may have come from England (or Ireland or the isle of Jersey) and settled first on Flat Island before removing to Oderin for religious reasons. (See note on Oderin and Flat Islands).
The Burin Peninsula is the closest land of Newfoundland to the Islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. I believe that the Clarck family has an English background, though marrying into French families, and that they are living at times and in various generations in Newfoundland and on the island of St. Pierre (St. Pierre & Miquelon). I am here following Oderin 'clues,' (the island in western Placentia Bay, Newfoundland - records and documents - following the 'clue' that Maria Sanders Clarck (born 1862; married to Alfred Emile Briand) was born on Oderin. There are certainly a number of the family 'Clarke' on Oderin.
Oderin, a resettled fishing community, was located on Oderin Island in western Placentia Bay, about 30 km northeast of Marystown. Oderin Island is horseshoe-shaped with its mouth facing west. It has a natural harbour. The community was resettled in 1966 with the families relocated to Rushoon, Parker's Cove, Burin and St. John's.
(Note the name 'Senior' as well, which may tie in with the fact that Rachel Beck Clarck (Mrs. Edward Clarck) was the daughter of Cyrus Wm Beck and Eliza Senior, though Eliza was 'of St. Pierre (St. Pierre & Miquelon).
Following these leads, one finds the following information:
Burin Peninsula Region ~ Burin District - Methodist Baptisms: 1833 - 1859
July 26, 1833 Burin Clark, John and Maria - John Oct 4, 1833
July 27, 1833 Oderin Clark, John and Maria - Martha Oct 4, 1833
Apr 10, 1835 Burin Clark, John and Frances - Elisa Aug 2, 1835
Sept 14, 1835 Oderin Clark, Thomas and Edna - Robert Oct 29, 1835
Dec 22, 1835 Oderin Clark, Thomas and Edna - James Aug 7, 1836
Apr 11, 1837 Flat Islands Senior, William and Hannah - Elizabeth Nov 2, 1837 (possibly to become wife of Cyrus Beck ?)
Apr 28, 1838 Oderin Clark, Thomas and Ellen - Aron (?) Oct 28, 1838
May 6, 1839 Flat Islands Senior, William and Ann - Charles July 28, 1839
Aug 5, 1844 Oderin Clarke, Thomas and Ellen - Thomas Oct 28, 1844
Nov 26, 1844 Port-de-Bras Clarke, John and Frances - John Henry Dec 1, 1844
Port-de-Bras Clarke, John and Frances - Sophia Sept 20, 1846
Sept 30, 1845 Flat Islands Senior, William and Ann - Sarah Oct 18, 1846
Nov 28, 1845 Flat Islands Senior, Thomas and Mary - Anne Oct 18, 1846
Apr 14, 1848 Flat Islands Scinard, Thomas and Mary - James Oct 3, 1848 (Senior?)
Apr 20, 1849 Flat Islands Senior, William and Ann - Joseph Oct 23, 1849
May 20, 1850 Flat Islands Senior, Thomas and Mary - Susan Oct 16, 1850
Nov 18, 1851 Flat Islands Senior, William and Ann - Susannah Apr 30, 1852
Feb 15, 1853 Flat Islands Senior, Thomas and Mary - Isaac Aug 18, 1853
Jan 12, 1855 Flat Islands Senior, William and Ann - Thomas George Oct 7, 1885 (1855?)
Dec 2, 1856 Flat Islands Senior, William and Ann - Abraham Isaac July 12, 1857
Oct 31, 1855 Flat Islands Senior, Thomas and Mary - Samuel July 12, 1857
Jan 25, 1859 Flat Islands Senior, William and Ann - Amelia July 31, 1859
Dec 22, 1858 Flat Islands Senior, Thomas and Mary - Charles July 31, 1859
Mar 6, 1859 Flat Islands Senior, William and Mary Ann - Thomas July 31, 1859
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Clark
John & Maria
Richard
02-Feb
1821
OderinClark
John & Maria
John
05-Aug
1825
OderinClark
John & Maria
Thomas
11-Sep
1830
OderinClark
John & Frances
Mary
?
1830
Port au BrasClark
Thomas & Ellen
William
28-Nov
1832
OderinClark
John & Frances
Ann
05-Jul
1833
Port au BrasClark
John & Maria
John
26-Jul
1833
BurinClark
John & Maria
Martha
27-Jul
1833
OderinClark
John & Frances
Elisa
10-Apr
1835
BurinClark
Thomas & Elenor
Robert
14-Sep
1835
OderinClark
Thomas & Edna
James
22-Dec
1835
OderinClark
Thomas & Ellen
Aron (?)
28-Apr
1838
OderinClark
Thomas & Ellen
Thomas
05-Mar
1843
OderinClark
Thomas & Francis
John Henry
31-May
1844
Port au BrasClark
Thomas & Ellen
Thomas
05-Aug
1844
OderinClark
Thomas & Francis
Sophia
20-Sep
1846
Port au BrasClark
James & Jane
Thomas James
14-Oct
1861
Red HarbourClark
Robert & Helan
Charles
31-May
1863
Flat IslandsClark
James & Jane
Charles
07-Oct
1863
Flat IslandsClark
James & Jane
Sophia
26-Sep
1865
Red HarbourClark
Robert & Ellen
John
26-Mar
1866
Flat IslandsClark
James & Jane
Mary Maria
28-Apr
1871
Flat IslandsClark
Robert & Ellen
Susannah
13-Jul
1871
Flat IslandsClark
James & Jane
Lydia
18-Apr
1873
Red HarbourClark
Robert & Ellen
Thomas Henry
18-Jun
1873
Flat IslandsClark
James & Jane
William Edward
26-Oct
1875
Red HarbourClark
James & Jane
Jane Elizabeth
18-Jan
1877
Red HarbourClark
Robert & Eleanor
Suzanna
20-Jun
1877
Flat IslandsClark
James & Jane
George Wilson
19-Apr
1880
Red HarbourClark
James & Jane
Elizabeth Hannah
26-Aug
1882
Red HarbourClark
John & Amelia Nina
Meta? Pearl
20-Nov
1893
Flat IslandsClark
John & Amelia Nina
Sarah Ellen Muriel
28-Feb
1896
Davis Island
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Burin Peninsula Region ~ Burin District: Methodist Marriages: 1850 - 1879
Oct 24, 1865 Samuel Senior, Flat Islands [and] Ann Crann, Flat Islands L.T. Teed Jonathon Parsons and William Coady
Oct 13, 1869 William Seviour (Senior?), Flat Islands [and] Sarah Bayley, Flat Islands James A. Duke Henry Butler and John Collins
Sept 29, 1871 Joseph Seniour, Flat Islands [and] Susannah Butler, Flat Islands James A. Duke John Butler and J.R. Parsons
Sept 29, 1871 Thomas Seniour, Flat Islands [and] Ann Bayley James A. Duke William Forbes and William Moulton
Oct 26, 1878 Samuel Senior, Fisherman, Flat Islands [and] Lydia Murcks, Flat Islands S. Matthews J. Bishop and Charlotte Bishop
Jan 14, 1884 John Clarke, age 24 [and] Harriet Senior, age 23, Flat Islands Charles Lench Thomas Clark and Jacariah Smith
Nov 16, 1887 William Clark, age 28, Chance Cove [and] Sarah Smith Joyce, age 22, Flat Islands
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Burin Peninsula _ Lovell's Directory 1871
Port au Bras (fishing settlement on the west side of Placentia Bay, district of Burin. Distant from Burin by road 1 mile. Mail fortnightly. Population 195.)
Clarke George fisherman; Clarke Richard fisherman; Clarke William fisherman
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Methodist Marriages, District of Burin (PANL Box 1 & 3, Marriages 1816_1972)
John Clarke, of Port Aux Bras date of marriage: Nov 9, 1829 spouse: Francis Lake place: Oderin witnesses: William ? and William Lake
Robert Clarke, of Poole, Dorset date of marriage: July 19, 1832 spouse: Elizabeth Morrissy place: Burin witness: Thomas Angwin and Thomas Miller?
William Senior, of Flat Islands date of marriage: Oct 19, 1832 spouse: Ann Collins Flat Islands
Thomas Clarke, of Oderin 1832 spouse: Lilly? (Ellen) Gaulton
William Blake Planter ofo Hampshier in England Nov 17, 1835 spouse: Mary Clark at: Oderin witnesses Daniel Mackay and John Slade
James Monk, of Flat Island Oct 31, 1837 spouse: Susan Clark Oderin Henry Foot and ? Bailey
Thomas Senior, of Davies Island Oct 30, 1839 spouse: Mary Andrews Collins Davies Island witnesses: William Collins and Isaac Collins
Thomas Denty, Fisherman of Harbour Buffett Oct 26, 1845 spouse Sarah Clarke Harbour Buffett witnesses John Hodder and Thomas ?
NOTE: Rick Clarke, Fisherman, of Oderin marriage: Nov 2, 1846 to Mary Ann Denty at Isl Vallen (this is Richard Clarck and Mary Ann Dunty - elsewhere)
NOTE: John Clarke, Fisherman of Oderin marriage: Oct 22, 1849 Charlotte Denty Oderin witness: J. Brinston (this is John Clarck, brother of Nelson.)
Charles Senior, Fisherman of Flat Islands marriage: Nov 8, 1861 Mary Ann Butler Flat Islands witnesses: John Collins and Richard Moulton
Samuel Senior, Fisherman of Flat Islands married: Oct 24, 1865 Ann Crann Flat Islands witnesses: Jonathon Parsons and William Coady
William Senior, Fisherman of Flat Islands marriage: Oct 13, 1869 Sarah Bayley Flat Islands witnesses: Henry Butler and John Collins
Joseph Seniour, Fisherman of Flat Islands marriage: Sept 29, 1871 Susannah Butler Flat Islands witnsses: John Butler and J.R. Parsons
Thomas Seniour, Fisherman of Flat Islands marriage: Sept 29, 1871 Ann Bayley Flat Islands witnesses: William Forbes and William Moulton
Samuel Senior, Fisherman of Flat Islands marriage: Oct 26, 1878 Lydia Murcks Flat Island witnesses: J. Bishop and Charlotte Bishop
John Senior, Fisherman of Flat Islands marriage Nov 24, 1887 Jane Eliza Hollett Burin witnesses: James Hodder and Jane Hodder
Isaac Senior 24 Bachelor Fisherman Flat Islands marriage: Nov 3, 1875 Emilia Bailey 17 spinster Flat Islands witneses: James Bromley and Issac Collins
Samuel Senior 35 Widower Fisherman Davis Island marriage: July 11, 1877 Mary Ann Pike Spinster Davis Island witness: Thomas Senior
Thomas Senior 22 Bachelor Fisherman Davis Island marriage: Nov 2, 1877 Caroline Butler 18 spinster Davis Island witnesses: Samuel Butler and Jacob Senior
John Clark 24 Bachelor Fisherman Baine Harbour marriage: Jan 14, 1884 Harriett Senior 23 spinster Flat Islands witnesses: Thomas Clark and Zacariah Smith
Willaim Henry Senior 23 Bachelor Fisherman Western Creek Dec 8, 1886 Jane Joyce 17 Spinster Hay Cove witnesses: Richard Senior and John Henry Joyce
William Clark 28 Bachelor Fisherman Chance Cove Nov 16, 1887 Sarah Smith Joyce 22 Spinster Flat Islands witnesses: Elizabeth Dicks and Rueben Dicks
Thomas Senior 28 Bachelor Fisherman Flat Islands Nov 21, 1887 Elizabeth Dicks 25 Spinster Flat Islands witnesses: Richard Senior and Margaret Dicks
Richard Senior 24 Bachelor Fisherman Western Creek Nov 18, 1889 Jessie Ella Collins 19 Spinster Flat Islands witnesses: Rueben Dicks and John Bailey
Charles Clark 27 Bachelor Fisherman Flat Islands Nov 31, 1891 Mary Ann Collins 25 Spinster Flat Islands witnesses: John Senior and Flora P Collins