Ellen Clark
ID # 8324, (1844-1924)
| Father | William George Clark (1807-) |
| Mother | Sarah Street (1805-) |
| Birth | Ellen Clark was born on 21 November 1844 at Portsea, Hampshire, England. |
| Christening | She was christened on 30 March 1845 at Portsea, Hampshire. |
| Marriage | She married William Edward Lovett, son of William Lovett and Catherine Rosetta Oliver, on 5 December 1861 at Poplar, Co. Of Middlesex, England. We will note here that the marriage of William Edward Lovett and Ellen Clark was a double header. On the same day and immediately following the record of the Lovett-Clark wedding appears the marriage of Thirza Clark and John Frederick Southgate. The couples were each other's witnesses. Page 236 All Saints, Poplar, Tower Hamlets, London, England Nbr. 471, Dec 5, 1861 William Edward Lovett, full age, bahcelor, shipwright, E. I. Road (East India Road.) Father William Lovett, cooper. Ellen Clark, minor, spinster, Calidonian Terrace. Father William George Clark, joiner. Witnesses John Frederick Southgate and Thirza Clark. |
| Marriage | She married Alfred James Pitts on 18 August 1887 at Galt, Waterloo Co., Ontario. Mrge reg. 012398-87 Galt, Waterloo Co. Alfred Jas. Pitts, 28, widower, machinest, Church of England. Born England, residing Galt. Parents James and Jane Pitts. Ellen Lovett, 42, widow, Methodist. Born England, residing Galt. Parents William and Sarah Levitt. Witnesses William and Emma Clark, both of Galt. On 18th August, 1887, at Galt, by Rev. John Ridley The handwriting on the marriage registration is that of John Dykes who was the recording clerk at Galt. His handwriting is such as to encourage a course in creative reading. There are some illegibilities on the registration, most of which are decipherable, but the name of the clergyman required a bit more help. He was Rev. John Ridley who was minister at the Anglican Church in Galt. One obvious error that appears on the entry is the surname of Ellen's parents. They were William and Sarah Clark, not Levitt. This error is not that of John Dykes, but of John Ridley. The Brant County branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society has transcribed Trinity Anglican Church's marriage records from the era and Ridley has entered Levitt as Ellen's parents' surname. |
| Death | She died on 5 February 1924 at Galt, Waterloo Co., at age 79. |
| Burial | She was buried on 7 February 1924 at Sec. 3, Mountview Cemetery, Galt, Waterloo Co.. |
| Note | In 1887, Ellen married widower Alfred James Pitts. When your researcher was little more than a child, Vera Coleman mentioned to him of two families, one of which at least was a family connection, and that they resided in houses that were kitty-corner at Centre and Elliott Streets in Galt. The wife of one family had been widowed and, likewise, the husband of the other. Both had a number of children. The surviving spouses married and moved into the yellow brick house at the south west corner of Centre and Elliott. They had quite a housefull of children from their first marriages as well as having two more by their own union. The 1891 census shows something of this, for there are 14 childen in the household. A note here. The children are separated in this census by their surnames - Lovett and Pitts. This is a mess. Generally speaking, the enumerator somehow got the surnames of the children reversed and his list should not be relied upon. The names of the children as shown in this tree will be (mainly) closer to the truth, though your researcher may have missed a name or two. Add to that, there may have one or two children from either family that died in infancy and for whom we have no record. Death reg. 031788-24 Galt, Waterloo Co. Ellen Pitts died Feb 5, 1924, at 128 St. Andrews St., Galt. Married. Age 80. Born Portsmouth, England, on Nov. 21, 1844. Housewife. Residence since 1870. Father William Clark, born England. Mother's name not given. Physician Dr. D. Buchanan, Galt. Informant Alfred J. Pitts, 128 St. Andrews St., husband. Burial February 7, 1924, at M.V.C. (Mountview Cemetery). |
Children of Ellen Clark and William Edward Lovett |
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Children of Ellen Clark and Alfred James Pitts |
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| Last Edited | 3 Nov 2023 |