3,979 documented Clark ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
Occupational surname for a clerk or scholar (Latin 'clericus'); once a man in a religious order, later a scribe.
Where the records place them: Iowa (99%), out of 3,951 Clark records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: Robert, William, John, James and Mary.
Of the 3,944 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 77 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Othniel Clark, born 1743 in Connecticut.
Documented Clark families on this page come from A History of Johnson County, Illinois (1925), History of Floyd County, Iowa and History of Noble County, Ohio.
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Deceased Clark ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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Occupational surname for a clerk or scholar (Latin 'clericus'); once a man in a religious order, later a scribe.
The documented line here reaches back to 1743. Most Clark lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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