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LETTERS FRDM EEDTLAND AND UTHER DATA ON SCOTLAND The majnr event that aroused my curiosity to start research on the Clark family hisinry was six letters (rum relatives in Scutland between IBEX and 1389 as fullnws: 1. September l2, laal from John Clark, #4 Florence St. Glasgow (sen C14 Jnhn Clark) tn his uncle and aunt â€"Ale>:anfler and Agnes Clark. 2. January 4, leez frum haggie Clark, Park Terrace, Catrina (daughter a! Jnhn Clark) to her uncle and aunt Clark. 3. December so, Dumhartonshire. from El send... A. March a, 1595 {rum willie Clark, 95 Finlay Drive, a? Eenrge Clark) to his cousin George Clark 5. March 15. IQE? frnm James Templeton. Elasgnw (hushand nf Agnes Clark: to his Clark. a. Hay 11, Afllexander and Agnes lEIEA {rum Juhn Clark , to his uncle and aunt advising Cowanhog , c4 Kirkintilloch, address change El asguu (son Mi Main St. bruthErâ€"in~law Earhal s . Alexander 159? from willie Clark to his cousin George Clark. These latter; proved invaluable 1n researthlng Scuttxsh retards Dr! micrnfilm. I found Alexander's orotner Jahn (catton weaver) and his family listed in the leal, i371 and 1531 census at Catrina; his nephew John (letter above) in the 1981 census at Glasgow; his nephew Willie Clark (secretary of the steel Co. uf Scotland) in the lavl CEHSUS at Elasgnw; hls bruther-‘inrlau James and Agnes Templeton chttnn Heaver) in thE 1851 census at Auchinleck; the death retards far Alexander's orother william 1975 and his wife Janet hchaster lEEll and their burial in Catrine as well as their marriage in Sorn in ‘537; his brother George Clark (snuff bux maker) and his wife Jean Caldow (rum the Hauchline parish and their children Bearge, Margaret and william (writer of abuve letters). UnhzlrtunateiyV the 1641 census far Auchinleck was lost at sea in a return trip from the printers in London, and 1 have not been able to trace Alexander's parents as 1 expect they were allve then. I haven't found them in the official country death records which began in less. More research would prubably turn up some descendants at willie Clark due to his prominent position as secretary or the Steel Cu. B? Scotland - huwever there are 14 (alumns CIF Clark's listed in the current issue uf the Glasgow phune dlre:tury. Incidentally. Catrina and Earn are viliages less than 5 miles {ram Auchinleck Catrlne became built up a+ter 1737 when a live storied cloth mill was erected. It was nrabably due to this event that Alexander s father muved to the Auchinleck area as he was a weaver. Page