Our Maritime Ties

1887 - 1964 (77 years)

Generation: 1

William Isaac Clark was born 5 Mar 1887, Kensington, , Prince Edward Island, Canada (son of John Montague Clark and Sarah Margaret Reeves); died 10 Oct 1964, Blackfalds, , Alberta, Canada.

Other Events:

Military: WW I; US Army
Occupation: Blackfalds, , Alberta, Canada; a fox rancher
Census: 1891, Summerside, , Prince Edward Island, Canada
Residence: Bef 1930, Topeka, , Kansas, United States

Notes:

Census:
4 in 1891 census

Generation: 2

John Montague Clark was born 8 Oct 1854, Wilmot Valley, Lot 19, Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 25 May 1936, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada.

Other Events:

Occupation: Summerside, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; a lumber business
Residence: Summerside, , Prince Edward Island, Canada
Residence: Bef 1882, Wilmot Valley, Lot 19, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Residence: Between 1882 and 1886, , , Colorado, United States
Occupation: Aft 1886, Kensington, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; a lumber business
Residence: Aft 1886, Kensington, , Prince Edward Island, Canada
Census: 1891, Summerside, , Prince Edward Island, Canada
Occupation: 1891, Summerside, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; a lumber merchant
Occupation: Aft 1916, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada; employed with Dept of Agriculture
Residence: Aft 1916, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada
AltDeath: 1935, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada

Notes:

Census:
36 in 1891 census

John married Sarah Margaret Reeves 8 May 1877, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Reeves and Sarah Jane Strang) was born 27 Feb 1855, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 24 Feb 1922, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Sarah Margaret Reeves was born 27 Feb 1855, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada (daughter of Thomas Reeves and Sarah Jane Strang); died 24 Feb 1922, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada.

Other Events:

Census: 1891, Summerside, , Prince Edward Island, Canada
Residence: Nov 1918, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada

Notes:

Census:
36 in 1891 census

Children:

Eleanor Jane Clark was born 28 Jan 1878, Wilmot Valley, Lot 19, Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 16 Jan 1913, Saranac Lake, , New York, United States.
Margaret Isabella Clark was born 19 Dec 1879, Wilmot Valley, Lot 19, Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 1979.
Peter Gordon Clark was born 12 May 1881, Wilmot Valley, Lot 19, Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 3 Feb 1960, Summerside, , Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Theophilus Thomas Clark was born 14 Apr 1883, Longmont, Boulder, Colorado, United States; died 1943, Otthon, , Saskatchewan, Canada.
William Isaac Clark was born 27 Jun 1885, Longmont, Boulder, Colorado, United States; died 1886, , , Colorado, United States.
1. William Isaac Clark was born 5 Mar 1887, Kensington, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 10 Oct 1964, Blackfalds, , Alberta, Canada.
Annie Maude Clark was born 28 Oct 1888, Kensington, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Horace Easton Clark was born 20 Dec 1890, Summerside, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 1975.

Generation: 3

Thomas Reeves was born 14 May 1827, , , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 9 Oct 1911, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; was buried , Church of Scotland Cemetery, Wilmot Valley, , Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Other Events:

Occupation: farmer
Residence: Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada
Residence: Jan 1851, Bedeque, , Prince Edward Island, Canada
Census: 1881, Lot 25, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Occupation: 1881, Lot 25, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada; a farmer
Census: 1891, Lot 25, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Occupation: 1891, Lot 25, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada; a farmer

Notes:

!NAME: - Catherine Dickie 18/10/92 BD: DD: WIF:

Census:
55 in 1881 census

Census:
62 in 1891 census

Thomas married Sarah Jane Strang 21 Jan 1852. Sarah (daughter of Nathaniel Strang and Elizabeth Schurman) was born 3 Aug 1828, Chelton, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 2 Nov 1918, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; was buried , Church of Scotland Cemetery, Wilmot Valley, , Prince Edward Island, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Sarah Jane Strang was born 3 Aug 1828, Chelton, , Prince Edward Island, Canada (daughter of Nathaniel Strang and Elizabeth Schurman); died 2 Nov 1918, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; was buried , Church of Scotland Cemetery, Wilmot Valley, , Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Other Events:

Misc: seven children
Residence: Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; on the farm where Robert Burns now lives (1971)
Education: Jan 1851, Bedeque, , Prince Edward Island, Canada
Census: 1881, Lot 25, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Census: 1891, Lot 25, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
AltDeath: 1892
Misc: Nov 1918; thirty-six grandchildren and forty-one great grand children
Obituary: 20 Nov 1918, Summerside, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada; Summerside Journal

Notes:

!NAME: - Catherine Dickie 18/10/92 PARN: BD: DD: HUS: 7 children

Birth:
year only in Island Refuge & Weeks

Census:
53 in 1881 census

Census:
62 in 1891 census

Obituary:

Obituary

The death occurred at the home of her son in Calvin on November 2nd, of Sarah Jane Strang, aged ninety years. She leaves to mourn one brother Garett, one sister Mrs. Alice Littlefield, both of California; two sons, Joseph T., of Freetown, and Calvin (referred to above) Lower Freetown, three daughters, Mrs. E. J. Clark, of Wilmot, Mrs. J. M. Clark, of Edmonton, and Mrs A. A. MacCaul, of Ellerslie, and one adopted daughter, Mrs. Peter Reeves, of Freetown. She also leaves thirty-six grandchildren and forty-one great grand children. Interment was made in the Kirk Cemetery at Wilmot, and the pallbearers were her four nephews, Picton Reeves, Hubert Reeves, Colin Reeves and Bert Reeves and her two grandsons Thos. MacCaul and Walter Reeves.

Children:

Eliza Alice Reeves was born 8 Aug 1853, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 17 Aug 1941, Kelvin Grove, , Prince Edward Island, Canada.
3. Sarah Margaret Reeves was born 27 Feb 1855, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 24 Feb 1922, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada.
Mary Murdina Reeves was born 7 Apr 1857, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 9 Jan 1950, Ellerslie, , Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Joseph T Reeves was born 1 Mar 1859, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 13 Jun 1945, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Asenath Jane Reeves was born CA 1861, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 21 Sep 1908, Medford, , Massachusetts, United States.
Calvin Thomas Reeves was born 5 Mar 1865, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 10 Sep 1947, Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada.
William Alfred Reeves was born 14 Apr 1870, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 11 Dec 1894, Muddy Creek, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; was buried , Church of Scotland Cemetery, Wilmot Valley, , Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Generation: 4

14.

Nathaniel Strang was born 7 Apr 1804, Bedeque, , Prince Edward Island, Canada (son of Jesse Strang and Sarah Wright); died 5 Jul 1884, Duxbury, , Massachusetts, United States; was buried , Ashdod Cemetery, West Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Other Events:

Occupation: contractor and farmer
Residence: Chelton, , Prince Edward Island, Canada
AltBirth: 7 Apr 1804, North Bedeque, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Will: 10 Jun 1836, Bedeque, , Prince Edward Island, Canada
Residence: Aft 1847, Duxbury, , Massachusetts, United States
Occupation: Jan 1852, Duxbury, , Massachusetts, United States; a farmer
Census: 1880, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Notes:

!NAME: - Catherine Dickie 18/10/92 PARN: BD: BP: DD: DP: MD:(1st) WIF:(1st) WIF:(2nd)

Birth:
year only in Island Refuge(Strang & Schurman) & Weeks

Will:
son - a lamb

Role: Heir

Census:
77 in 1880 census

Died:
year/place only in Island Refuge(Strang) & Weeks, year only in Island Refuge(Schurman)

Nathaniel, died 5 July, 1884, aged 80 years, 2 months, 10 days - on headstone

Nathaniel married Elizabeth Schurman 13 Nov 1827. Elizabeth was born 20 Jun 1802, Central Bedeque, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 7 Dec 1847, Chelton, , Prince Edward Island, Canada. [Group Sheet]

15.

Elizabeth Schurman was born 20 Jun 1802, Central Bedeque, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 7 Dec 1847, Chelton, , Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Other Events:

Misc: six daughters and three sons

Notes:

Birth:
date only from Weeks

Notes:

Married:
year only in Island Refuge(Strang & Schurman) & Weeks

Children:

7. Sarah Jane Strang was born 3 Aug 1828, Chelton, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 2 Nov 1918, Lower Freetown, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; was buried , Church of Scotland Cemetery, Wilmot Valley, , Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Peter Schurman Strang was born 8 Mar 1830, Chelton, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 3 Jan 1899, Pembroke, , Massachusetts, United States; was buried , Ashdod Cemetery, West Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
Mary Trites Strang was born 13 Feb 1832, Chelton, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 5 Jul 1873, Centreville Bedeque, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; was buried , Central Bedeque Baptist Cemetery, Central Bedeque, , Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Eliza Allen Strang was born 25 Mar 1834, Chelton, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 1890; was buried , ? Cemetery, Rockland, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
Jared Strang was born 12 Mar 1836; died 1926.
Elizabeth Malinda Strang was born 28 May 1838; died Yes, date unknown.
Harriet Ann Strang was born 11 Feb 1841; died 9 Oct 1847.
Alice Darby Strang was born Abt 1842, Duxbury, , Massachusetts, United States; died Yes, date unknown.
Nathaniel Nelson Strang was born 23 Apr 1846; died Yes, date unknown.