Frederick Clark

1869 - 1940  (71 years)

• Name	Frederick Clark
  Birth	19 Feb 1869	Taiaroa Heads Lighthouse, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand   [1, 2]
  	Frederick was the first child born and registered under the surname of CLARK Frederick Clark 19 Feb 1869 Otago Heads Parents: James Clark, Light Keeper & Harriet Jenner (sic) Informant was John Otto, Tinsmith, Dunedin
  Gender	Male
  Education	23 May 1883	Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand
  	Was at school in Port Chalmers, but left school the day his father died.
  Electoral	1890	Greymouth, Westcoast, New Zealand   [3]
  	CLARK Frederick, residential, Greymouth, bank clerk
  Electoral	1896	Reefton, Westcoast, New Zealand   [4]
  	CLARK Frederick, Reefton, accountant, residential CLARK Mary Elizabeth Morton, Reefton, Matron, residential
  Electoral	1900	Reefton, Westcoast, New Zealand   [5]
  	CLARK Frederick, Reefton, accountant, residential CLARK Mary Elizabeth Morton, Reefton, Matron, residential
  Electoral	1905	Reefton, Westcoast, New Zealand   [6]
  	CLARK Frederick, Reefton, accountant, CLARK Mary Elizabeth Morton, Reefton, married
  Electoral	1911	Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand   [7]
  	CLARK Frederick, Queen Street, Westport, clerk CLARK May Elizabeth Morton, Queen Street, Westport, married
  Electoral	1914	Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand   [8]
  	CLARK Frederick, Queen Street, Westport, Clerk CLARK May Elizabeth Morton, Queen Street, Westport, Married CLARK Olive Latonia, 17 Queen Street, Westport, Spinster
  Electoral	1919	Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand   [9]
  	CLARK Frederick, Queen Street, Westport, clerk CLARK May Elizabeth Morton, Queen Street, Westport, married CLARK Ethel Elizabeth, Queen Street, Westport, Spinster (Supp Roll)
  Electoral	1928	Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand   [10]
  	CLARK Frederick, 17 Queen Street, Westport, Company Secretary CLARK May Elizabeth Morton,17 Queen Street, Westport, married CLARK Ethel Elizabeth, 17 Queen Street, Westport, spinster CLARK Fawcett Seddon, 17 Queen Street, Westport, carpenter
  Electoral	1935	Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand   [11]
  	CLARK Frederick, 17 Queen Street, Westport, Company Secretary CLARK May Elizabeth Morton,17 Queen Street, Westport, married CLARK Fawcett Seddon, 17 Queen Street, Westport, carpenter
  Electoral	1938	Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand   [12]
  	CLARK Frederick, 17 Queen Street, Westport, Company Secretary CLARK May Elizabeth Morton,17 Queen Street, Westport, married CLARK Fawcett Seddon, 17 Queen Street, Westport, carpenter
  Directory	1940	Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand   [13]
  	CLARK, Frederick, Accountant, Westport
  Death	13 May 1940	17 Queen Street, Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand   [1, 14]
  	Cause: Myocarditis - 2 years
  	Frederick CLARK Aged 70, Accountant Parents: James Clark, Light House Keeper & Harriet French Clark MS Joubert Born: Port Chalmers, Life in NZ Married: to May Elizabeth Morton Searight, when aged 23 at Reefton. May now aged 68 Living Children: M: 39, 30 F: 42, 40, 35
  Burial	15 May 1940	Orowaiti Middle Cemetery, Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand   [15]
  	In Loving Memory Of Mr F CLARK, May, Ethel, Beatrice. We loved, Not Forgotten.
  AAA Last Date	8 Mar 2021
  Research Note	Frederick started his carrer firstly as a bank employee, then as an accountant and finally listed as a shipping agent. He also said on his marriage certificate that he was born in Melbourne Victoria, which is unusual as he knew he was born at Tairoa Heads Lighthouse.
  Person ID	I162	Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

  
  

  Father	Edward McGraw\ James Clark,   b. 12 Jan 1839, 20 Johnson Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England d. 23 May 1883, Dog Island Lighthouse, Bluff, Southland, New Zealand (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Harriett Jubber,   b. 8 Jun 1835, London, Middlesex, England d. 21 Oct 1914, 7 Currie Street, Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F46	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	May Elizabeth Morton Searight,   b. 7 Sep 1870, Brighton, Charleston, Nelson-Marlborough, New Zealand d. 8 Mar 1960, Buller District Hospital, Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	16 Apr 1892	St Stephen's Parsonage, Reefton, Westcoast, New Zealand   [16, 17]
  	Frederick CLARK Aged 23, Bank Clerk, Bachelor Born: Melbourne Victoria (sic) Res: Present and Usual - Reefton Parents: James Clark, Master Mariner & Harriet Clark MS Jubber May Elizabeth Morton SEARIGHT Aged 21, Spinster Born: Brighton, Nelson Res: Present and Usual - Crushington Reefton Parents: Robert Searight, Miner & Elizabeth Mawhinney formerly Searight MS Morton Witnesses: Francis Hislop, Inspection Agent MLA of NZ, Christchurch & Thomas North, Solicitor, Reefton
  Number of Children	6 Children
  Children	+ 1. Olive Latonia De Courcy Clark,   b. 7 Nov 1892, Currie Street, Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand d. 18 Jun 1972, Maitland Lodge, Featherston Street, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Eileen Mabel Clark,   b. 23 Feb 1894, Crushington, Buller, Westcoast, New Zealand d. 23 Feb 1972, Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Ethel Elizabeth Clark,   b. 10 Jan 1897, Blacks Point, Reefton, Westcoast, New Zealand d. 16 Jul 1931, Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Morton Leslie James Clark,   b. 10 May 1899, Reefton, Westcoast, New Zealand d. 27 Jan 1984, Palmerston North Hospital, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural] + 5. Beatrice May Clark,   b. 27 Dec 1903, Reefton, Westcoast, New Zealand d. 30 Nov 1950, Buller District Hospital, Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Fawcett Seddon Clark,   b. 30 Aug 1905, Reefton, Westcoast, New Zealand d. 17 Dec 1977, Westport, Westcoast, New Zealand (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F89	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Certificate held on file:. [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), 1869 NZ Online Database: 1869/32722 1869 Folio No 1132. [S6] NZ Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1853 - 1967;), 1890 NZ Electoral Roll, Greymouth Westcoast. [S6] NZ Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1853 - 1967;), 1896 NZ Electoral Roll, Buller Westcoast. [S6] NZ Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1853 - 1967;), 1900 NZ Electoral Roll, Buller Westcoast. [S6] NZ Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1853 - 1967;), 1905/6 NZ Electoral Roll, Buller Westcoast. [S6] NZ Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1853 - 1967;), 1911 NZ Electoral Roll, Buller Westcoast. [S6] NZ Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1853 - 1967;), 1914 NZ Electoral Roll, Buller Westcoast. [S6] NZ Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1853 - 1967;), 1919 NZ Electoral Roll, Buller Westcoast. [S6] NZ Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1853 - 1967;), 1928 NZ Electoral Roll, Buller Westcoast. [S6] NZ Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1853 - 1967;), 1935 NZ Electoral Roll, Buller Westcoast. [S6] NZ Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1853 - 1967;), 1938 NZ Electoral Roll, Buller Westcoast. [S12] NZPO, NZ PO Directory, Subject: Directories, (Name: BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand, 1866 - 1955;), 1940 Wises NZPO Directory, Westland. [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), 1940 NZ Online Database: 1940/25194 aged 70 Folio No 1752, June Qtr - Buller. [S3] NZSG, NZ Cemetery Records, (Name: NZSG, Auckland, New Zealand & Online Council Databases; Date: 1988;), NZSG N0 121, Plot 1034, Block E, Row 1035. [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), 1892 NZ Online Database: 1892/1319 1892 Folio No 1452 -. [S1] Certificate held on file:, Copy supplied by Cameron Day.