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Clark’s of Darlington

The Clark family of Cumberland worked for generations as agricultural labourers before the industrial revolution brought mining and iron foundries to the Lake District. We can trace our family back to our 4th Great Grandparents, John CLARK & Jane CHICKEN, residents of the rural village of Kirkbride, Cumberland, in the late 18th century! Their son Joseph CLARK (1820-1895) became an...

Clarks of Cumberland in British Columbia

At the turn of the 20th century, the Clark family of Workington, Cumberland, had embraced the Second Industrial Revolution and were gainfully employed in the mines and foundries of the northwest of England. Our 2nd Great Grandfather William CLARK followed the steelworks however all his brothers and nephews were coal miners, hewers, working directly at the coal face. Three of those...

William Clark & Iron Puddlers

William CLARK (1852-1902), our Great Great Grandfather, worked as an Iron Puddler in the iron foundries of England and Scotland during the Second Industrial Revolution. Born in the small village of Seaton in Cumberland, William was the second child of nine, raised by parents Jane DREWERY and Joseph CLARK, a farm labourer and husbandman. The village economy had transitioned over...

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Clark’s of Darlington

Clarks of Cumberland in British Columbia

William Clark & Iron Puddlers