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Anne Amelia Clarke

Anne Amelia Clarke

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 9:22PM GMT
Classification: Query
Anne the d/o Jabez & Nancy Clarke b. 1883 and d. 1916 (Boston?). Can anybody confirm if she was married and to whom.

The only record I can find on the Islands is her birth.

Re: Anne Amelia Clarke

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 1:50AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Rik,

I deleted the first response to your question as I noticed a very grave error on the part of Justine Chenell who gave me this information. She gave Annie's husband as Harry Chenell, son of David & Emily (McPhail). However, if this were true, he'd only be four years old at the time of Annie's death in 1916 (he being born in 1910).

I did find something else in my notes however to help you.

Albert Chenell, son of Benjamin & Matilda (Collins), married an Annie Clarke (most possibly your daughter of Jabez and Nancy (Nancy Maria Keating) on PEI circa 1906-1907. Since you live only across the Strait, you could probably check this out at the Provincial Archives in Charlottetown when you have the time and let me know what you find.

Albert and Annie had a daughter Alice, born at Athol, MA in 1907. Annie died in Boston on 15 May 1916 and was later buried at Grosse-Ile on 2 Jun 1916 (according to the Grosse-Ile registers).

Albert & Annie may have been divorced because they were not living together in the 1910 census; their daughter, Alice E, 2 years old, is living with her Chenell grandparents in Beverly, MA. And also because Albert remarried in Halifax, NS on 7 Sep 1915 (year before Annie's death; record states he was a bachelor) to a Margaret Peters, daughter of James & Betsy (Clark). Albert & Margaret had a son Donald, who witnessed the aftermath of the murder/suicide of his parents in Halifax of April 1937, as you already know. A terrible tragedy.

This should be of help to you.

Best regards, Dennis

Re: Anne Amelia Clarke

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 11:34PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 11 Oct 2013 11:35PM GMT
Hi again,

I found Annie's death record in the Boston, MA vital records. Am enclosing it here in two parts. Yes, she was the daughter of Jabez & Maria "Walsh" (error for Keating). And yes, she and Albert (called Herbert in this record) were divorced (see marital status, column 4). She was aged 34 years old. She died on 21 May 1916, rather than the 15 May 1916 entry as given in the Grosse-Ile registers.

Dennis
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