The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameLucy Ada Matilda Emma (Ada) Clark 
Birth24 Jan 1858, New Zealand
Death29 Dec 1907
BurialOmaka Cemetery, Blenheim
FatherHenry Gostling Clark (1827-1895)
MotherEmma Caroline Horneman (1836-1885)
Misc. Notes
Preferred name of “Ada” from hand-drawn tree given to Brian Oliver by Peter Horneman circa 2005, great-grandson of Emma Caroline Horneman b. 1836.
Formal names, date of birth and death, place of burial, 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).
Diamond Brooch
A diamond brooch that Lucy Ada Matilda Emma Clark’s great-grandfather, Henry Devis b.1778, bought off very close friend, Sir Christopher Sweedland, and gave to his daughter, Emma Frances Devis (Lucy’s grandmother).
Julie Bourke in an email dated 25 June 2017 writes,”it must of been handed down to Lucy for it comes up in Lucy’s Will ‘I give my mother’s Diamond Cross to my said trustees to carry out her instructions regarding its future disposition and possessions’”.
Julie also writes, “descendants of Paulina Fredrerica Louisa Clark [Lucy’s sister], who were at the [past family] reunions, knew of it and also referred to it as the Sweedland Cross. They seemed to think it was broken up. Peter [Horneman, great-grandson of Emma Caroline Horneman] had never heard of it”.
Note: Julie Bourke is the great-granddaughter of Emma Caroline Horneman.
Country of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in March 2022:
1858/45. Clark, Lucy Ada Matilda Emma. Mother: Emma. Father: Henry G
Full date of birth of 24 January 1858 confirmed from further searching in March 2022 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.
Record of burial found in March 2022 from Omaka Cemetery, Blenheim records, page 16, Row 17, Plot 223:
EMMA CAROLINE wife of Henry G. CLARK d. 4 Sept 1885 in her 47th year
ADA CLARK b. 24 Jan 1858 d. 29 Dec 1907
HENRY GOSTLING CLARK b. 28 Dec 1827 d. 5 Aug 1895
ARTHUR F. BRANSBURY-CLARK d. [14.4.]1883 aged 21
[Cemetery record notes that headstone is broken and laying down]
Formal names, date of birth and death, place of burial, 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).
Diamond Brooch
A diamond brooch that Lucy Ada Matilda Emma Clark’s great-grandfather, Henry Devis b.1778, bought off very close friend, Sir Christopher Sweedland, and gave to his daughter, Emma Frances Devis (Lucy’s grandmother).
Julie Bourke in an email dated 25 June 2017 writes,”it must of been handed down to Lucy for it comes up in Lucy’s Will ‘I give my mother’s Diamond Cross to my said trustees to carry out her instructions regarding its future disposition and possessions’”.
Julie also writes, “descendants of Paulina Fredrerica Louisa Clark [Lucy’s sister], who were at the [past family] reunions, knew of it and also referred to it as the Sweedland Cross. They seemed to think it was broken up. Peter [Horneman, great-grandson of Emma Caroline Horneman] had never heard of it”.
Note: Julie Bourke is the great-granddaughter of Emma Caroline Horneman.
Country of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in March 2022:
1858/45. Clark, Lucy Ada Matilda Emma. Mother: Emma. Father: Henry G
Full date of birth of 24 January 1858 confirmed from further searching in March 2022 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.
Record of burial found in March 2022 from Omaka Cemetery, Blenheim records, page 16, Row 17, Plot 223:
EMMA CAROLINE wife of Henry G. CLARK d. 4 Sept 1885 in her 47th year
ADA CLARK b. 24 Jan 1858 d. 29 Dec 1907
HENRY GOSTLING CLARK b. 28 Dec 1827 d. 5 Aug 1895
ARTHUR F. BRANSBURY-CLARK d. [14.4.]1883 aged 21
[Cemetery record notes that headstone is broken and laying down]