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Elizabeth Jane Clarke

Elizabeth Jane Clarke[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36]

Female 1858 - 1919  (60 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Jane Clarke  [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36] 
    Birth 29 Nov 1858  Rhosllanerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 11, 21, 23, 27, 31, 34, 36] 
    Christening 02 Mar 1862  Rhosllanerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Burial Jan 1919  Newton Cemetery, Newton, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Death 02 Jan 1919  Newton, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 31] 
    Person ID I312684221921  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family William Hyrum Griffin,   b. 08 Nov 1847, Naunton Beauchamp, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1936, Newton, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 13 Oct 1890  Logan, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2686  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • First Marriage
      William Sparks first wife died 12 February 1880. He and Elizabeth Clarke married January 1881. He married Clara White 16 September 1898. Thus Elizabeth's first marriage does not appear to be polygamous has been indicated in some memories.

      AFN: 9WTX-RK, CRM8-3J

      BAPTISM: Date in
      AFN: 9WTX-RK, CRM8-3J

      BAPTISM: Date in Ancestral File is 14 Jul 1867.

      BURIAL: Newton Cemetery, 9-15-1

      Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p. 8
      Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p. 810, 901. Headstone in NewtonCemetery. William Hyrum Griffin Book, 929.273 G875t. At Ogden FHC, p. 65has birth as January 29, 1857; Also GJG. There is a history of her in the file of D. L. Griffin. This is also onthe Griffin Family CD.

      Birth: Family records (Edith R. Colley,
      Birth: Family records (Edith R. Colley, Vella C. Jones and Amos Clarke say that she was born 29 Nov 1858 The Ruabon Registration District, Ruabon Wals says Dec. 6, 1858 (I think that is the date of the registration of her birth) Book 18, entry 493 Delayed birth Certificate # YS 840499 In the possession of Shirley L. Nielson, Manti, Utah 29 Nov 1858, Amos Clarke Family Records, page 1 Blessed: 2 Mar 1862 by Amos Clarke In Rhosllanerchrugog, Denbigshire, Wales Newton Ward Records Ek. 1418-19, pt. 1, page. 18-19. 2 March 1862 by Amos Clark in Rhosllanerchrugog, Amos Clarke Family Records, page 31-32. Baptism: 14 July 1867 by A. W. Kimberg and confirmed by A.H. Raleigh in Salt Lake City, Amos CLarke Family Records, page 31-32 and Newton Ward Record Ek. 1418-19 pt. 1, page 17-18. 15 Aug 1880 Rebaptism by Amos Clarke, Newton Ward Records 22 Aug 1880 Reconfirmed by Wm. H. Griffin, Newton Ward Records *1st and 2nd baptisms Newton Ward Records, early to 1917, page 19 #25,609. Endowment: 26 Jan 1881 EHous Records of Vella C. Jones; *Endowment House Records, Book I page 172, #4005 (TIB) Mar: 1st William Sparks 26 Jan 1881 EHous and temple divorce granted 13 Feb. 1891--Family Records of Edith R. Cooley. Note: Ancestral file give William Sparks and Elizabeth Clarke's marriage date 27 Jan 1882. Vella C. Jones says William Hl Griffin and Elizabeth Clarke were married in 1884. Edith R. Cooley says the date wasn't known. Ancestral file under the name of William H. Griffin says the marriage was 13 Oct 1890 in EHOuse. (Manifesto was issue Sept 24, 1890 and sealings performed afterwards are not a matter of record.) Ancestral file (Dont know who submitted the information) for Elizabeth Clarke: Rebaptism: 15 Aug 1880 sealed to parents: 11 Nov. 1871 Logan Endowment: 27 Jan 1882 Married: Wm. H. Griffen 13 Oct 1890 Sealed: Wm. H. Griffen 21 June 1968 Sealed: William H. Griffin : 21 June 1968 Logan Temple IGI Film 1235214 Batch 7107804, Sheet 34 Sealed: parents Ann Johnstone and Amos Clarke 23 July 1886 Logan--Amos Clarke Family Records, page 79; * Logan Temple Sealings Children to Parents 1884-1891, Book A page 450 (#178087). Ancestral File with no source says 11 Nov, 1971 Logan Died: 2 Jan 1919 Newton Cache Utah Records of Vella C. Jones and Edith R. Cooley. *Newton Ward Records of Deaths 1919 Form E., page 1006, #2 (#25,609) Buried: 8 Jan 1919, Newton Cemetary, Newton, Cache, Utah Records of Vella C Jones and Edith R. Cooley. Other marriages: 26 Jan 1881 (div) William Sparks Line 672 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: BIRT PLAC Rhosllanerchrougog, Denb., Wales

      William/Sparks 27 Jan 1881 SL Temple div
      William/Sparks 27 Jan 1881 SL Temple div 13 Feb 1891

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