The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameFergus Henry Dodson Clark 
Birth7 Mar 1900, Wellington, New Zealand
Death17 Apr 1901, 51 Owen St, Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand
BurialKarori Cemetery, Wellington
FatherMorton Reigels Stow Clark (1863-1916)
MotherKatie Maria (Kitty) Dodson (1863-1919)
Misc. Notes
Name of “Fergus Clark”, age when died of 13 years, from hand-drawn tree given to Brian Oliver by Peter Horneman circa 2005, great-grandson of Emma Caroline Horneman b. 1836
Brian of nzolivers.com has found Fergus in the entry below, age of death was 1 year:
Year of birth of “1900”, date of death of “17 Apr 1901”, from research file09 in May 2017.
Second and third names of “Henry Dodson”, year of birth of “1888” (although this was before his parents marriage in 1901), confirmation of date of death, place of death as Wellington, from a document “Descendants of Charles Coombs (Dr.) Clark” received from Linda Burge in an email dated 4 June 2017. Linda’s great-grandmother’s (Frederica J Horneman) sister (Emma C Horneman), married Henry G Clark (b.1827).
Brian of nzolivers.com has found in June 2017:
Birth date as “Apr-May-Jun 1900” and Registration Place as “Wellington” in the New Zealand Birth Index 1840-1950.
Confirmation of date of death as 17 Apr 1901, Burial at Karori Cemetery, Wellington from New Zealand Cemetery Records 1800-2007.
Buried with his parents, Morton Reigels Stowe Clark and Katie M Clark, Karori Cemetery Area 01 Block A Row 04 Plot 051 from New Zealand Cemetery Records 1800-2007
Brian of nzolivers.com has found in June 2017:
EVENING POST, VOLUME LXI, ISSUE 89, 17 APRIL 1901
Clark.—On the 17th April, at 51, Owen street, Fergus, only son of Morton and Katie Clark, aged 13 months. Private interment.
Brian concludes that the above age of 13 months puts the timeframe of birth at March 1900.
Result from birth search on New Zealand BDM website in March 2022:
1900/15534. Clark, Fergus Henry Dodson. Mother: Katie Maria. Father: Morton Reigels How [Note: Should read Stow].
Full date of birth of 7 March 1900 from further searching in March 2022 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.
Result from death search on New Zealand BDM website in March 2022:
1901/2664. Clark, Fergus Henry Dodson. Died age 13M
Full date of death of 17 April 1901 confirmed from further searching in March 2022 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.
Brian of nzolivers.com has found Fergus in the entry below, age of death was 1 year:
Year of birth of “1900”, date of death of “17 Apr 1901”, from research file09 in May 2017.
Second and third names of “Henry Dodson”, year of birth of “1888” (although this was before his parents marriage in 1901), confirmation of date of death, place of death as Wellington, from a document “Descendants of Charles Coombs (Dr.) Clark” received from Linda Burge in an email dated 4 June 2017. Linda’s great-grandmother’s (Frederica J Horneman) sister (Emma C Horneman), married Henry G Clark (b.1827).
Brian of nzolivers.com has found in June 2017:
Birth date as “Apr-May-Jun 1900” and Registration Place as “Wellington” in the New Zealand Birth Index 1840-1950.
Confirmation of date of death as 17 Apr 1901, Burial at Karori Cemetery, Wellington from New Zealand Cemetery Records 1800-2007.
Buried with his parents, Morton Reigels Stowe Clark and Katie M Clark, Karori Cemetery Area 01 Block A Row 04 Plot 051 from New Zealand Cemetery Records 1800-2007
Brian of nzolivers.com has found in June 2017:
EVENING POST, VOLUME LXI, ISSUE 89, 17 APRIL 1901
Clark.—On the 17th April, at 51, Owen street, Fergus, only son of Morton and Katie Clark, aged 13 months. Private interment.
Brian concludes that the above age of 13 months puts the timeframe of birth at March 1900.
Result from birth search on New Zealand BDM website in March 2022:
1900/15534. Clark, Fergus Henry Dodson. Mother: Katie Maria. Father: Morton Reigels How [Note: Should read Stow].
Full date of birth of 7 March 1900 from further searching in March 2022 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.
Result from death search on New Zealand BDM website in March 2022:
1901/2664. Clark, Fergus Henry Dodson. Died age 13M
Full date of death of 17 April 1901 confirmed from further searching in March 2022 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.