Surname of “Clark” from Muriel Leo’s (nee Oliver, 1917-1998) Family Tree.

First given name of “John” from "The Jury Family", lodged at Puke Ariki Museum, New Plymouth, New Zealand. Surname has “e” on the end and this added here.

Spelling of surname without the “E”, year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in November 2018:
1898/1310. Bride: Elizabeth Matilda Jury. Groom: John Clark

Full date of marriage of 25 April 1898 from further searching in November 2018 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Research by Brian Oliver of nzolivers in November 2018, indicates year of birth could be 1870. Brian is confident this is the relevant possible record found from searching on New Zealand BDM website. The record also shows the mother has a given name of “Grace” and John here has a daughter also called “Grace”:
1870/40927. Clark, John. Mother: Grace. Father: Charles

Year and country of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in November 2018:
Full date of birth of 23 August 1870 from further searching in November 2018 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.

Brian Oliver of nzolivers has determined John’s occupation, and approximate year of death from the New Zealand Electoral Rolls:

New Zealand Electoral Roll - New Plymouth General Roll 1946, found in November 2018:
Clark, John, 92 Lemon Street, shoemaker
Clark, Elizabeth Matilda, Lemon Street, married [Wife]

New Zealand Electoral Roll - New Plymouth General Roll 1949, found in November 2018:
Clark, Elizabeth Matilda, 92 Lemon Street, widow [Wife]
Clark, Grace, 92 Lemon Street, spinster [Daughter]
NOTE: John is no longer on the roll so must have died between 1946 and 1949?

After careful review from death search on New Zealand BDM website in November 2018 this has been determined to be the cottect record of death:
1947/20929. Clark, John, died age 76Y [Age matches exactly]

Full date of death of 1 April 1947 from further searching in November 2018 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.