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Andrew and Isabella Clark

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Surnames mentioned on this page
Martha Jane Wilson, Violet Radnell, Albert John Alexander, John Samman Lummis,
Families with their own pages are
Wilson, Alexander, Radnell, and Lummis

This family is on Page 184 of the Hawick Book of 1167 pages.

William Clark, son of Robert, was born in Bowden, Roxburghshire, 10 Mar 1777 and died 7 Nov 1861 in Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland, aged 84. He married Jane Murray, born 1791, the daughter of Andrew Murray and Isabella Henderson. Jean died 17 Nov 1870 in Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland, aged 79.

Their children

1. Robert Clark 18 Jan 1821 in Hawick, Scotland. Informant for both parent's death certificates.
2. Andrew Clark 5 Jan 1826 in Hawick, Scotland, came to Australia.
3. Twin Isabella Clark 15 Jul 1830 - 27 Apr 1900, died at North Williamstown, Victoria, married first David Smith (son William) then John Christison (children John 1861 and Jessie 1863 who married John Findlay in Williamstown, Australia, 6/2/1886. John was born in Tasmania 1864).
4. Twin Margaret Clark 15 Jul 1830 in Hawick, Scotland. She married George John Riddle, Tailor, in Hawick, Scotland, 9/9/1850 and had at least 1 son - John W Riddle birth date unknown, was born in Wilton Parish, Scotland, abt 1851.
5. Elizabeth Clark 22 Mar 1834 in Wilton Parish. Betcey died after 1906. She married 18 Jan 1856 to Thomas Ferguson in Hawick, Scotland, 6 children, two migrated to New Zealand

2. Andrew Clark 5 Jan 1826 - 17 May 1878, was born in Hawick Scotland son of Jane Murray and William Clark.
After the Banns were announced in Wilton Parish, Roxburgh, Scotland, on Sunday 27/10/1850 - for which they paid 2 shillings - he married Isabella Bell 13 Mar 1826 - 30 July 1886, in Hawick, Scotland, 8 Nov 1850.
1. Jane Clark was born in Hawick, Scotland, 1852/3 and died aged 4 years on 28 Mar 1857 in Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland. Cause of death: Scarletina (3 weeks).
2. Mary Clark was born in Hawick, Scotland, 1856. Died at 4 months of age. No official birth or death records have been found.

Andrew Clark came to Australia on his own sometime in mid 1857 and Isabella followed in Feb 1858. It appears that Isabella traveled from Liverpool to Australia on the ship Shooting Star listed is Mrs Clark 40, Isabella Clarke 25 and John Clark 22.
3. William Clark 1 Jan 1859 - 23 Mar 1906, was born in Ararat, Victoria. His mother was traveling by road from Adelaide to Tarnagulla at the time - so the story goes.
4. George Hardie Clark 13 Feb 1861 -12 Sept 1936
5. Robert Clark 1863 - 1864
6. Mary Jane Clark 7 Jul 1862 - 24 Dec 1929
7. Isabella Clark 1867 - 1949
8. Elizabeth Clark 1869 - 1934

3. William Clark 1 Jan 1859 - 23 Mar 1906 (killed on the 'Sluicing' mining dredge, buried at Tarnagulla cemetery), wed c1885 Jane Hooks 1857 - 1 Mar 1922, the daughter of Robert Hooks and Prudence Anderson.

8 Children

1. Mary Jane Clark 1886.
2. Andrew Clark 1888 wed ?, children Russell, Renee 1907 and Jean 1911.
3. Isabella Clark 1889.
4. Elizabeth Clark 1892 married Harry Birchell.
5. Robert Hooks Clark 1894 married Evelyn Amelia Rivett.
6. Prudence Anderson Clark 1896 married Geo McKemmish.
7. Emma Clark 1899 married Percy Lougheed, children Joan, Elizabeth, Gwendolyn, Betty, Mary, Margaret.
8. Racheal Clark 18 Nov 1901 married Ted Bramely.

3.1. Mary Jane Clark 1886 had 3 children who took the surname Bishop when she married 1910 to Archibald Bishop born in India.

3 Children

1. Jean Clark Bishop 1905
2. Sunday Isabel Clark Bishop 27 Jan 1907 (born on a Sunday) wed James Patrick Norton, 6 chn.
3. Margaret May Clark Bishop 1910

3.5. Robert Hooks Clark 1894 married c1920 to Evelyn Amelia Rivett, 6 Children

4. George Hardie Clark 13 Feb 1861 -12 Sept 1936 married 26 June 1889 to Martha Jane Wilson 18 May 1868 - 20 Feb 1940, daughter of Ellen Eagle and James Wilson

Children Located

1. Andrew Clark 6 Feb 1891 - 7 Mar 1970, married 25 Oct 1918 to Violet Radnell 26 Apr 1895 - 24 Jun 1998, 11th child of Annie Mathilda Titus and William John Radnell, children are Donald, Kenneth, Roy and Mary
2. Ellen Isabella Clark 28 Oct 1892 - 22 Dec 1964, married Edgar James Oxley 1885, son of Ellen Ridgeway and James Oxley, son is Allan
3. George Henry Clark 18 Jun 1894 - 18 May 1918 at 23 years of age. Killed in Action in France. Memorial plaque at Tarnagulla cemetery. Included are further details of his life and a copy of the letter sent to his parents informing them of his death.
4. Margaret Elizabeth Clark 13 Aug 1897 - 23 Aug 1897 lived 11 months.
5. Margaret Jean Clark 15 Jun 1900 - 10 Nov 1977 aged 77, married Albert John Alexander 21 Jan 1894 - 13 Sep 1971, son of Elizabeth Jane Chamberlain and William Henry Alexander, children are Melva, George, Roy, Noel and James
6. James Roy Clark 9 Feb 1903 - 25 May 1923 aged 20.
7. Mary Bell Clark 18 Jan 1910 - Aug 1999, married first 30 Dec 1934 to John Allan 4 Apr 1903 - 16 Jan 1967, and then married Les Caldwell, who died 10 Mar 1984, daughters are Jean, Heather and Anne

5. Robert Clark 18 Mar 1863 - Feb 1864 aged 11 months

6. Mary Jane Clark 7 Jul 1862 - 24 Dec 1929, daughter of Andrew Clark and Isabelle Bell, married 27 Mar 1889 at Arnold's Bridge to James Towler Wilson, 25 Jun 1862 - 2 Jun 1935, 6th child of James Wilson and Ellen, 6 Children

7. Isabella Clark 19 Jul 1867 - 25 Jun 1949 wed 1884 to George Andrew Chamberlain 25 May 1864 - 25 May 1937, 9 Children

8. Elizabeth Clark 8 Oct 1868 - 29 Nov 1934 wed 1890 to John Samman Lummis 1 Oct 1866 - 21 Feb 1968

Children I found

1. Samman Lummis 1891 - 1904 aged 13
2. John Valentine Lummis 1892 married 1915 to Louisa Fishlock 1894 - 1961, daughter of John Joseph Fishlock from Adelaide wed 1884 #2195 to Caroline Fletcher of Dunolly
1. Winifred Victoria Lummis 1915
2. Albert Arthur Lummis 1920
3. Edith Irene Lummis 1894
4. George Herbert Lummis 1897 lived 1 month
5. Agnes Alison Lummis 1899
6. Arthur Robert Lummis 1901 lived 1 year
7. Sibylla Bernice Lummis 1904
8. Ada Elizabeth Lummis 1906
9. Ethel Ferguson Lummis 1909
10. Doris Thelma Lummis 1912

From on Sat, 1 Sep 2007

Hi Eliza,
I found your website on Yahoo about the Clark Family. Helen Riddle was the sister of George John Riddle.. Husband of Margaret Clark. Helen Riddle was my Great Great Grandmother.
I have found the following in the "Hawick Word Book" by Douglas Scott concerning George John Riddle and Margaret Clark.... It is available to download on the web. Just do a search for the "Hawick Word Book"
although there seems to be rather a large amount of children mentioned.......... I am not sure if they are all theirs
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George John Riddle (1830 - 1920) son of John and Isabella Richardson. He was a tailor and clothier. He married Margaret, daughter of William Clark and Jane Murray, and she died in 1921 aged 91. The couple celebrated their Golden Wedding in 1900 when they had 5 sons, 2 daughters and 19 grandchildren, and they lived to see their 70th Wedding Anniversary.
George John Riddle wed 09 Sep 1850 to Margaret Clark at Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland
William 1853 - Census 1901
Andrew Clark 08 Oct 1856 Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland
James 06 Mar 1859 Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland
Jane 29 Dec 1861 Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland
George 02 Apr 1864 Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland
Thomas 22 Aug 1866 Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland
Bella 03 Nov 1872 Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland

List from Hawick Word Book
1. William, (below Census 1901) a joiner in Birkenhead, who married Jean Roberts;
2. Andrew C - an engineer on the Aberdeen steamships, who emigrated to Australia and married Georgina Johnstone;
3. James, a stockingmaker, who married Mary Elliott;
4. Jane, who married hoseiry manager Robert Hamilton;
5. George, a Co-Op store manager in Newcastleton;
6. Thomas, a tailor, who married Margaret Dagleish;
7. Isabel "Bella"
- may be grandchildren -
8. Robert, a Bank Clerk in South Africa;
9. Anne, hosiery worker;
10. John, a fishmonger who married Helen Elliot;
11. George J, Secretary of the Universities Club, Edinburgh, who married Lily MacKenzie; 12. - William, a Chemist, who married Hilda Evans;
13. Elliot, with the Bank of Nova Scotia in Toronto;
14. Jean, who married accountant Percy Howard of Langholm and Alexander Westwater, a Chemist.
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I am also attaching a copy of the 1901 Census Returns for William Riddle in Birkenhead in Liverpool... as it is a copy of the original document....
I hope that you get this email ok.
Bernadette

The 1901 Census shows at 30 Rodney St, Kirkenhead, Birkenhead, Page 31, number 191
William Riddle 48, shop worker of Joiners, born in Scotland
Jeannie Riddle wife 42, born in Liverpool
Maggie do dau 18, do
May do dau 16, do
Jorden Leakle Boarder 18
Benjamin Furness 41 next neighbour

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