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William Clark

Birthdate:
Birthplace: England, United Kingdom
Death: July 26, 1902 (71)
Levin, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
Place of Burial: Wellington, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Son of Joseph Clark and Maria Clark/Boileau
Husband of Margaret Clark
Father of George Bevan Clark; Joseph Masters Clark; Margaret Caroline Clark; William Buddle Clark; Samuel Budgett Clark and 8 others
Brother of Joseph Clark and Joseph CLARKE

Occupation: Draper of Lambton Quay, Wellington, Draper
Immigration to New Zealand: London, 1842
Managed by: Private User
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About William Clark

William arrived in NZ on the Ship London in 1842 with brother Joseph and in the care of their Auntie Louisa Fitchett. In 1854 William opened a Drapery shop Lambton Quay Wellington and later that year married Margaret BEVAN. Her arrival in NZ was on the Ship Lady Nugent in 1841. They had eleven off spring but there are only five descending families. Four children died of Diphtheria and are listed on Williams Gravestone. Source: http://www.ancestors.nz/clark.html.

William Clark was a draper of Lambton Quay, Wellington. He commenced business in 1885, filing for bankruptcy in 1888. Source: https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22570091

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William Clark's Timeline

1830
December 31, 1830
England, United Kingdom
1855
1855
Wellington, New Zealand
1856
October 3, 1856
Wellington / Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara, New Zealand
1858
1858
1860
1860
1862
1862
1866
1866
1868
1868
1870
July 11, 1870
Wellington, North Island, New Zealand