596327 - Clark, Moses

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Birth [E211969]	1870-05-12	Gisbourne, Victoria, Australia			1b 2b
Death [E211970]	1937-05-09	Detroit, Michigan			1c 2c

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Clark, John Thomas [I140410]	1830-06-21	1898-02-21
Mother	Kerney, Elizabeth [I140411]	1838-06-23	WFT 1879-1933
Sister	Clark, Rachael [I140412]	1858-07-20	1930-08-30
Brother	Clark, John [I140413]	1861-04-19	1926-01-14
Brother	Clark, Jacob [I140414]	1862-12-02	1864-02-09
Sister	Clark, Rebecca [I140415]	1866-05-21	1925-04-24
Sister	Clark, Sarah [I140416]	1868-07-23	WFT 1906-1963
	Clark, Moses [I140401]	1870-05-12	1937-05-09
Sister	Clark, Infant [I140417]	1872-09-08	1872-09-08
Sister	Clark, Mariam [I140418]	1874-01-09	1878-11-09
Brother	Clark, Aaron [I140419]	1877-06-19	1950-04-28

Families

Family of Clark, Moses and Wade, Edith Rose [F43799]

Married

Wife

Wade, Edith Rose [I140402] ( * 1877-09-29 + 1938-11-11 )

Event	Date	Place	Sources
Marriage [E341427]	1892-10-14	St. Marks Church, Fitzroy	1d 2d
Divorce [E341428]		Michigan	1e 2e
_FA1 [E341429]	1892-10-14	St. Marks Church, Fitzroy and Israelite church	1f 2f
Divorce [E341430]

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Clark, Baby Edith [I140406]	1894-09-27	1950-08-26
Clark, Sydney [I140404]	1895-11-11	1956
Clark, Norman [I140405]	1897-03-03	WFT 1918-1987
Clark, Frank [I140398]	1899-08-29	1976-01-14
Clark, Evelyn [I140403]	1901-06-04	1950-08-26
Clark, Zillah [I140407]	1905-04-29	1974-10-24

Narrative

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[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 22, Ed. 1, Tree #2589, Date of Import: Dec 1, 1998]

Moses Clark and Edith Wade Clark were married in a civil ceremony is St. Marks and then in the C.I.C. - both located in Melbourne. They divorced about 1908, 1909 or 1910 in Michigan.

Moses and Edith Wade Clark came to the U.S. aboard the Princess Irene
(from Australia nd possibly going through the Suez Canal then stopping in Italy arriving in New York March 23, 1905. The Christian Israelite Church paid the family's way.

They traveled on the Princess Irene with a large number of the Christian Israelite church members with their destination "Religious Colony in Benton Harbor, Michigan" (House of David). They took a train from New York to Benton Harbor. All those coming from Austraila could read and write. Moses and Edith later left the colony after deciding it was a cult.

Shortly after arriving in Benton Harbor, Moses purchased a farm, but the family evidently lived at the House of David compound.

The House of David invented night baseball and were very good players who traveled around the U.S. During games in Benton Harbor, they would play baseball, dance and

Moses applied for U.S. citizenship January 27, 1927 but died before completing it. All his children became U.S. citizens.

Moses was a carpenter, wood turner and furniture manufacturer in Australia. He built many houses in the Detroit, Michigan area - some with his son Frank Clark.

He died May 9, 1937 on a street in Detroit with no identification on him. His last words were "Norman." "Alaska." (reference to son Norman in Detroit and son Frank in Alaska). It was almost a month before he was identified. He wanted to give his body to science for research, but that didn't happen. He was identified and buried June 3, 1937. He is buried in Detroit, Michigan.

Attributes

Type	Value	Notes	Sources
REFN	93

Pedigree

Clark, John Thomas [I140410]
1. Kerney, Elizabeth [I140411]

Ancestors

Clark, Moses
* 1870-05-12
+ 1937-05-09

Clark, John Thomas
* 1830-06-21
+ 1898-02-21

Clark, Mary Ann
* WFT 1788-1811
+ WFT 1832-1883

Kerney, Elizabeth
* 1838-06-23
+ WFT 1879-1933

Kerney, John
* WFT 1793-1871
+ WFT 1847-1885

Cunningham, Alexander
* 1819
+ 1875-11-21

McFarlane, Mary
* 1834
+ WFT 1864-1928

Jackson, Helen
* WFT 1796-1819
+ WFT 1840-1891

Source References

Brøderbund Software, Inc.: World Family Tree Vol. 22, Ed. 1 [S2771]
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Birth Name	Clark, Moses 1a 2a
Gramps ID	I140401
Gender	male
Age at Death	66 years, 11 months, 28 days