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Trying to find the parents of Jessie Catherine Clark born 1855 Dumfries Scotland, possibly in Newton Stewart. Her New Zealand Death certificate lists her father as William M Clark but does not list the mother. She married John Henry Dalzell on March 27th 1877 in New Zealand so emigrated before then.

Hi Jason,

Only found a Jessie Catherine Clark born Dec 1845 to a William Clark and Mary Hunter in Dumfries.

I'll take a look under Jessie

Gael

Sorry, couldn't find a birthdate under just 'Jessie'

Have you got Jessie's marriage cert? It could have her parents on that. Maybe as witnesses

Gael

a possible birth ???

Name: William Clark
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 29 Nov 1835
Baptism/Christening Place: , KEIR, DUMFRIES, SCOTLAND
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1835
Father's Name: John Clark
Mother's Name: Isabella Wightman
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11833-4
System Origin: Scotland-VR
Source Film Number: 1067964
Reference Number: 2:162LVBN
Collection: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

i havent tried ordering the marriage cert yet, will try that.

I could only find the birth that Gael found also.

There is a birth on Scotlands people for a Jessie C Clark born in 1855 but she was born in Lanarkshire:-
JESSIE CROSS CLARK - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 23 APR 1855 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Father: PETER WILSON CLARK
Mother: JESSIE CROSS
...........so not the one you want!!!


Did she have any siblings?
The Jessie Catherine Clark 1845 would have this sister:-

MARY KERR CLARK - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 28 MAY 1848 Dumfries, Dumfries, Scotland
(same parents)

Now this is interesting a William and Mary nee Hunter married after the above Jessie was born ???

I'm thinking outside the square as Jessie might have the wrong birthdate on the death cert.

Groom's Name: William Clark:
Bride's Name: Mary Hunter
Marriage Date: 26 Jan 1846
Marriage Place: Dumfries,Dumfries,Scotland
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M11821-9
System Origin: Scotland-ODM
Source Film Number: 1067961
Reference Number:
Collection: Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

I saw that birth too in Lanark Catherine

Just in case:-
1851
Name: Jessie Clark
Age: 5
Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Relationship: Daughter
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Female
Where born: Dumfries
Parish Number: 821
Civil parish: Dumfries
Town: Dumfries
County: Dumfriesshire
Address: Commercial Inn
ED: 6
Page: 5 (click to see others on page)
Household schedule number: 19
Line: 16
Roll: CSSCT1851_206
Household Members:
Name Age
William Clark 44 born: Kelmadock, Perth Sh (Hotel Keeper)
Mary Clark 33 born: Ayr, Ayr Sh
Jessie Clark 5
Mary Clark 4 born: Dumfries

James Jones 24
Charles Clavens 17
Joseph Wheelwright 36
Adam Sinclair 39
Janet Galloway 19
Janet Hannah 50
Ann Kissock 21
Mary Kirk 16
Mary Thomson 33
Ann Stevenson 27
Sarah Costin 27
Wilhilmina Cain 25
Mary Ann Paterson 30

i dont know of any siblings, perhaps the childrens names might hold a clue

Death: January 9, 1933 (78) - Palmerston North, New Zealand (Myocardial degeneration, Arteriosclerosis)

Daughter of
William M Clark and ? Clark

Wife of
John Henry Dalzell

Mother of
William Clark Dalzell
Isabella Margaret Dalzell
John Henry Dalzell
Alexander Gordon Dalzell
Valena Susannah Dalzell
Ellen Dalzell
Kenneth Douglas Dalzell
Majorie Letitia Dalzell
Thompson Dalzell

What you could with is finding the family on the Immigration records, but my Ancestry sub. doesn't stretch that far, sorry.

Same family in 1861:-

Name: Jance Clarke
Age: 15
Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Relationship: Daughter
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Female
Where born: Dumfries, Dumfriesshire
Registration Number: 821
Registration district: Dumfries
Civil parish: Dumfries St Michael
Town: Dumfries
County: Dumfriesshire
Address: High Street Commercial Hotel
Occupation: Hotel Keeper Daughter
ED: 16
Household schedule number: 21
Line: 14
Roll: CSSCT1861_143
Household Members:
Name Age
William Clarke 54 born: Kilmadock, Perthshire (Occupation: Hotel Keeper)
Mary Clarke 39 born: Ayr, Ayrshire
Jance Clarke 15
Mary Clarke 13

Helen Clark 29 - Servant
Mary Carruthers 48
Jessie Easton 20
Janet McKenzie 27
Agnes McMeakin 20
Hellen Kerr 17
Jane Knight 21
Margaret Purdie 19
Alexander Mckenzie 23
Donald Stewart 25
John Dollantyre 20

..........so this family were still in Scotland in 1861!

I did find this marriage:-

JESSIE CATHERINE CLARKE - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Marriage: 16 JUN 1868 Tradeston, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Spouse: GEORGE CHALMERS

..............which may be the Jessie born 1845, so this could just be a big coincidence!

If the above , Mary's birth - mother's surname Kerr

Name: Mary Hunter
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date: 30 May 1818
Baptism/Christening Place: STEVENSTON,AYR,SCOTLAND
Birth Date: 25 May 1818
Father's Name: John Hunter
Mother's Name: Mary Kerr
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11615-4
System Origin: Scotland-ODM
Source Film Number: unknown
Reference Number:
Collection: Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950