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James Clark

James Clark

Male 1821 - 1906  (85 years)

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  • Name James Clark  [1
    Birth Jun 1821  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Immigration date 1860  [3
    • According to the 1900 census`
    Census 1865  Wheatland Twp., Monroe Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1870  Scottsville, Wheatland Twp., Monroe Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Census 1875  Wheatland Twp., Monroe Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Census 1880  Wheatland Twp., Monroe Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Census 1892  Wheatland Twp., Monroe Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Census 1900  Wheatland Twp., Monroe Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1905  Wheatland Twp., Monroe Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Occupation laborer on 1870; butcher on 1880 census 
    Religion Catholic 
    Death Sep 1906  Scottsville, Wheatland Twp., Monroe Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Scottsville, Wheatland Twp., Monroe Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • According to the 1900 census, he immigrated in 1860. More likely he immigrated earlier, however, since the 1865 NYState census says that all of his children, including the oldest, were born in New York state. So, he seems to have immigrated by 1855. He does not seem to appear in the 1860 US census in New York State. This puts him at the start of or just prior to the potato famine years in Ireland.

      He appears in Wheatland Twp. in the 1865 NYState census, aged 50. He and his wife Catherine (no maiden named mentioned) were born in Ireland, and James is marked as Naturalized. All of their children are listed as born in Monroe County, including daughter “Ann J.” (Honora), aged 10. Other children in the household are Thomas (8), Bridget (6), Maria (4), James (3) and Peter (1).

      He was, it is said, a “builder of bridges during the Civil War.” There was a James Clark who served in the 50th New York Engineers, originally organized at Elmira; this one had a middle initial "C." There was a James C. Clark living in Genesee county in the 1860 census, but married to Augusta Clark, so I don't think this is the same one.

      The censuses in 1870 and 1880 again place this family in Wheatland, a bit west of their Post Office in Scottsville, New York, in Monroe County south of Rochester. Pictures of this family show Oatka Creek, on which folks used to go boating, with a paper mill and a blacksmith shop identified next to the creek. Oatka Creek is now a public park near Scottsville. I assume the park was near the house, and available close by for family outings. It was possible for boats to transit from the Genesee Valley Canal to the Creek at one point via a lock.

      In 1905, in the NYState census, he was living on Main Street in Wheatland with his son James, a butcher, and daughter Anna, doing housework.
    Person ID I778  BisantzCaldiero
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2023 

    Family Catharine
              b. Abt 1835, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Bef 1900, New York State Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 64 years) 
    Children 
     1. Jane Honora "Jenny" Clark
              b. Oct 1854, Scottsville, Wheatland Twp., Monroe Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 17 Aug 1924, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     2. Thomas Clark
              b. Abt 1856, New York State Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Bridget Clark
              b. Abt 1858, New York State Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Fannie Clark
              b. Abt 1858, New York State Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 19 Jul 1933, Scottsville, Wheatland Twp., Monroe Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     5. Maria Clark
              b. Abt 1860, New York State Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1893 (Age 33 years)
     6. Martha Clark
              b. Abt 1861, New York State Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. James Clark
              b. Aug 1862, New York State Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1914 (Age 51 years)
     8. Peter Clark
              b. Abt 1864, New York State Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Anna Clark
              b. Mar 1867, New York State Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1940, Scottsville, Wheatland Twp., Monroe Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     10. Elizabeth "Libbie" Clark
              b. Abt 1868, New York State Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Michael Clark
              b. Abt 1873, New York State Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Jun 1913, Rochester, Monroe Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
    Family ID F215  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2023 

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    James Clark, immigrant ancestor
    James Clark, immigrant ancestor

  • Reference  Pitard, D.. "James Clark". Pitard.net - Buffalo Families. https://buffalo.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I778&tree=caldiero1 (accessed March 19, 2024).

  • Sources 
    1. [S104] New York, Death Index, 1880-1956, New York Department of Health; Albany, NY; NY State Death Index.

    2. [S12] Awesome Findagrave Contributors, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.

    3. [S53] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Wheatland, Monroe, New York; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0134; FHL microfilm: 1241077.

    4. [S59] New York, State Census, 1865.

    5. [S51] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Wheatland, Monroe, New York; Roll: M593_971; Page: 479A; Family History Library Film: 552470.

    6. [S60] New York, State Census, 1875.

    7. [S52] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Wheatland, Monroe, New York; Roll: 862; Page: 574D; Enumeration District: 070.

    8. [S62] New York, State Census, 1892.

    9. [S63] New York, State Census, 1905, New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1905; Election District: A.D. 04 E.D. 01; City: Wheatland; County: Monroe.