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Mark Young Stark

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Brucefield House, Brucefield, Dunfermline, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: January 24, 1866 (66)
Dundas, Canada
Place of Burial: Grove Cemetery, Dundas, Canada
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert Stark and Elizabeth Stark
Husband of Agatha Georgiana Street
Father of Robert Stark; Mary Anne Stark; Elizabeth Mary Stark; William Geddes Stark and Dr Mark Dugald Stark
Half brother of Dugald Bannatyne Stark

Occupation: Minister
Managed by: Private User
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About Mark Young Stark

His memorial stone (see sources) bears the following inscription: "In memory of the Rev. Mark Young Stark, A.M. For 31 years Minister of the Presbyterian Church in Dundas. He was a faithful pastor, an earnest preacher, much beloved by his flock, highly esteemed by his brethren in the ministry, respected by all who knew him, and specially endeared to his family. This stone is erected by his bereaved and sorrowing widow and children. He was born at Dumfermline, Scotland 1799, ordained in 1833, died 24th January 1866. Well done good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of your Lord."

Knox Presbyterian Church, Dundas, was formed in 1844 by the division of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Dundas, as result of the Disruption of the Church of Scotland and the formation of the Presbyterian Church of Canada. Its first minister was the Rev. Mark Young Stark who was also the first Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Canada. (www.archivescanada.ca)

"Courtship, Love, and Marriage in Nineteenth-Century English Canada" by Peter Ward - describes the wedding trip he and Agatha took after they were married (Google books).

Biographical information here - http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=4720&&PHPSESSID...

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Mark Young Stark's Timeline

1799
November 9, 1799
Brucefield House, Brucefield, Dunfermline, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1836
April 8, 1836
Dundas, ON, Canada
1837
1837
1838
November 17, 1838
Ontario, Canada
1842
1842
1853
March 13, 1853
Dundas, Ontario, Canada
1866
January 24, 1866
Age 66
Dundas, Canada
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Dundas, Canada
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Grove Cemetery, Dundas, Canada