| 78. | Harvey Clay Clark  (34.Ida4, 10.William3, 4.Paul2, 1.Paul1) was born on 18 Mar 1903 in Bardwell, Ellis County, Texas; died on 30 Dec 1959 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas; was buried in Jan 1960 in Waxahachie City Cemetery, Addition 3, Block 2, 5th Row, Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas. Notes:
Received in an email from sister Lou Ann Tune Floyd on February 21, 2010.....
Family Bible presented to Harvey and Lousie Howard Clark
Inside cover: Presented to Louise and Harvey, Dec. 25, 1925, from Mother and Daddie. Underneath this in what appears to be a youngsters handwriting is "My mothers "Bible", Betty Lou Clark.
In the back is this information:
Betty Lou Clark, born Jan. 12, 1926.
Betty Lou Clark and LeaMond Tune were married Oct. 23, 1945, Tuesday 7:55 p.m.
James Franklin Howard was born June 30, 1877.
Callie Spencer Howard was born Sept. 26, 1877.
Frankie Mae Howard Wheatley was born April 8, 1899.
Mattie Louise Howard Clark was born Oct. 1, 1906.
Harvey Clay Clark was born March 18, 1904.
Harvey Clark and Louise Howard were married Sept. 13, 1924 at 9 o'clock Saturday night.
Pendell Wheatley, Feb. 8, 1898.
Pendell 49 years old today, Feb. 8, 1947.
Pendell and Frankie Wheatley were married 30 years ago today, Dec. 12, 1947.
This looks like Grammer's handwriting: I received my old age pension Dec. 14, 1942..
Tues., Oct. 23, 1945.
Betty Lou Clark & LeaMond Tune were married at Red Oak, Texas, 7:55 p.m. at the (?) Porsney's home.
Gloria Jeanne Tune was born Dec. 30, 1946 at Waxahachie Hospital 1:20 p.m. Taken mother and baby home to Ovilla Jan. 1, 1947 at one o'clock p.m.
July 27, 1948 little Lou Ann Tune was born 6:00 o'clock p.m. at Waxa. Hospital. Mother and babe doing fine.
Little James Rex Wheatley was born May 8, 1926.
30 years ago today, Dec. 12, 1947, Frankie and P.D. were married.
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1910 United States Federal Census
about Harvey Clay Clark
Name: Harney Clark (misread, should be Harvey)
Age in 1910: 9
Estimated birth year: abt 1901
Birthplace: Texas
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's name: Edward P
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's name: Lillie (This was his stepmother)
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Home in 1910: Waxahachie Ward 2, Ellis, Texas
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
House number 450, dwelling number 307 and family number 317
Household Members: Name, Age, Relationship to head of house, Place ofbi rth
Edward P Clark 49, self, Tennessee
Lillie Clark 44, wife, Alabama.....second wife of Edward P. Clark
Walter Clark 10, son, Texas
Floyd Clark 9, son, Texas
Edwin Clark 8, son, Texas
Harvey Clark 9, son, Texas
Vaught(believed to be Ewell W.) Clark 2, son, Texas
Bolu(believed to be J. B. or Boda) Clark 1 7/12, son, Texas
Mamie Aldridge 24, stepdaughter, Alabama
Lucile Aldridge 22, stepdaughter, Alabama
Margaret Aldridge 11, stepdaughter, Texas
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Waxahachie Ward 2, Ellis,Tex as; Roll: T624_1549; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 119; Image:833(29 o f 30)
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line].Prov o, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on thecont ents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARAOrigin al data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. ThirteenthCens us of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archivesand R ecords Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls
1920 United States Federal Census
about Harvey Clay Clark
Name: Harvey Clark
Home in 1920: Waxahachie Ward 2, Ellis, Texas
Age: 16 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1904
Birthplace: Texas
Relation to Head of House: Stepson
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Sex: Male
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 236
House number 124 East Marvin Avenue
Household Members: Name Age
Lellie(Lettie) Clark 54--Widowed
Ewell Clark 12
J B Clark 10
Walter Clark 20
Floyd Clark 19
Edwin Clark 18
Harvey Clark 16--Occupation: Farm Laborer
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Waxahachie Ward 2, Ellis,Texa s; Roll: T625_1800; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 120; Image: 236.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line].Prov o, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on thecont ents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.
1930 United States Federal Census
about Harvey Clark
Name: Harvey Clark
Home in 1930: Blasdell, Erie, New York
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: abt 1903
Birthplace: Texas
Relation to Head of House: Head
Race: White
Occupation: Roller helper in steel mill
Age at first marriage: Shows marital status as single
Parents' birthplace: Tennessee
House number 31 Kent Avenue, Dwelling number 284 and family number 340
Rents home for $50/month
Household Members: Name, Age, Relationship to head of house, Place ofbi rth
Harvey Clark 27, Head of house, Texas
Edward Clark 29, Brother, Texas
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Blasdell, Erie, New York;Rol l: 1435; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 407;
Image: 642.0(32 of 42)
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line].Prov o, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data:United S tates of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of theUnited S tates, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and RecordsAdministrat ion, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
about Harvey Clay Clark
Name: Harvey Clay Clark
Death Date: 30 Dec 1959
Death County: Nueces
Certificate: 73881
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, U T,USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Texas Depart mentof Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: TexasDe partment of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit
Name: Harvey Clay Clark
Death date: 30 Dec 1959
Death place: Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 56 years
Estimated birth year:
Birth date: 18 Mar 1903
Birth place: Bardwell, Texas
Marital status: Married
Spouse name:
Father name: Edwin Porter Clark
Father birth place:
Mother name: Ida Mae Chiles
Mother birth place:
Occupation: Commercial Fisherman
Residence: 505 Jester, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas
Cemetery name: Waxahachie Cemetery
Burial place: Waxahachie, Texas
Burial date: 30 Dec 1959
Additional relatives: Informant: Marian B. Clark, wife
Film number: 2116047
Digital GS number: 4166221
Image number: 2595
Reference number: cn 73881
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
www.familysearch.org
Burial in Waxahachie City Cemetery, Ellis County, Texas
Addition 4, Block 2
Ellis County Cemetery Book, Volume 5
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February 27, 1935
Paper: Dallas Morning News
Walter Clark, 36, a fisherman, was found dead of exposure on Padre Island in the Gulf near Corpus Christi. It was feared his brother, HARVEY, unreported since the norther struck their camp while he was out in a skiff, had met a like fate.
Obituary for Walter Clark
March 3, 1935
Dallas Morning News
WAXAHACHIE, Texas, March 2
With his casket draped with the flag of America, which he served in the World War, the body of Walter Clark, 36, who died on Padre Island, making a frantic search for his brother HARVEY, later found unharmed, was buried in a Waxahachie Cemetery Friday.
Commercial fishermen, the Clark brothers were angling in the Gulf,sever al miles from Corpus Christi. A windstorm blew up, separatingthem. In t he excitement, Walter Clark thought he saw his brother in askiff, buffe ted by high waves. In efforts to reach his brother, runningalong the i sland, then rowing in his boat, he overtaxed his heart anddied.
Surviving him are four brothers Ed, Ewell and HARVEY of Corpus Christia nd Floyd of Waxahachie, a garage man.
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Obituary for Harvey Clay Clark
The Corpus Christi Times, Section B
Thursday, December 31, 1959
"Harvey Clay Clark"
"Funeral services and burial for Harvey Clay Clark, 56, of 505 Jester, will be held in Waxahachie. He was a commercial fisherman.
A resident of Corpus Christi since 1927, Clark died at 4 p.m. yesterday at his home. He was a native of Bardwell, a community near Waxahachie in Ellis County.
Surviving are his wife Marian B. Clark of Corpus Christi; one daughter, Mrs. Betty Tune of Midlothian, and three brothers, Edwin, Jim and Floyd Clark all of Waxahachie.
Cage-Mills Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements."
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Corpus Christi Times (Corpus Christi, Texas) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Corpus Christi Times. Corpus Christi, Texas, United States Of America. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper.
Description:
Corpus Christi Times newspaper was located in Corpus Christi, Texas.
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Harvey
English: transferred use of the surname, which is of Breton origin, from a personal name composed of the elements haer battle + vy worthy. It was introduced to Britain by the Bretons who settled in East Anglia and elsewhere in the wake of the Norman Conquest. Cognate: French: Herv?ae (adi rect borrowing of the Breton personal name).
Short form: English: Harv(e).
A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507
Clay
English: either a shortened form of Clayton or a transferred use of the independent surname, which was originally a local name for someone whol ived on a patch of land whose soil was predominantly clay (Old Englishc lg).
Clayton
English (esp. U.S.): transferred use of the surname, originally a local name from any of the several places in England (for example, in Lancs., Staffs., Sussex, and W. Yorks.) originally named with the Old Englishel ements cl?Zg clay + tun enclosure, settlement.
A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507
Clark
English: occupational name for a scribe or secretary, originally a memb erof a minor religious order who undertook such duties. The word clercd enoted a member of a religious order, from Old English cler(e)c?Utpriest?Uu , reinforced by Old French clerc. Both are from Late Latinclericus, fro m Greek klerikos, a derivative of kleros ?Utinheritance?Uu,?Utlegacy?Uu, with r eference to the priestly tribe of Levites (see Levy)?Utwhose inheritance w as the Lord?Uu. In medieval Christian Europe, clergy inminor orders were p ermitted to marry and so found families; thus thesurname could become e stablished. In the Middle Ages it was virtuallyonly members of religiou s orders who learned to read and write, so thatthe term clerk came to d enote any literate man.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN0-19- 508137-4
Harvey married Marie Louise Howard on 13 Sep 1924 in Ellis County, Texas. Marie was born on 1 Oct 1906 in Bardwell, Ellis County, Texas; died on 20 Apr 1986 in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, USA; was buried on 22 Apr 1986 in Elm Branch Cemetery, Section A, Bardwell, Ellis County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 108. Betty Lou Clark was born on 12 Jan 1926 in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, USA; died on 2 Sep 1995 in At home in Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas; was buried on 5 Sep 1995 in Ovilla Cemetery, Plot A2-21, Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas.
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