Sarah Newcombe

1847 - 1909  (62 years)

• Name	Sarah Newcombe
  Born	10 Mar 1847	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148757747
  Residence	1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	E. Church
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-234311
  Died	16 Aug 1909	Hemlock Point, Lake Joseph, Muskoka District, Ontario   [3, 4]
  Buried	Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario   [4]
  Person ID	I234311	Generations
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Nelson Newcombe,   b. 7 Jun 1811, London, England ,   d. 10 Sep 1865, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Veronica "Franey" "Fanny" Kinzie,   b. 10 Apr 1825, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Jun 1857, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 32 years)
  Married	21 Nov 1844	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F224132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Sarah Newcombe Portrait Peter Allison originally shared this on 07 Nov 2017 to Ancestry Public Member Trees

  
  

• Notes

  married Henry Bradford Clark b. March 17, 1849, d. Jan. 14, 1946, both buried Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto _______________________ Avis Birdina Maude Clark (1883-1971) Educator. Born at Toronto, Ontario on 8 September 1883, daughter of Henry Bradford Clark and Sarah Newcombe and niece of C. W. Clark, she was first-cousin to C. K. Newcombe and Harold Newcombe. Educated at Harbord Collegiate (Toronto) and McGill University, she also took a course of studies at the Sorbonne in Paris. She came to Manitoba where she taught French at Kelvin High School and Daniel McIntyre Collegiate, retiring from the latter in 1943. She was active in the Winnipeg Teachers' Association and helped to set up the Winnipeg Retired Teachers' Pension Plan. She also assisted in the formation of the Manitoba Branch of the Canadian Consumers Association, and took an active role in the control of milk prices for consumers. Instrumental in the 1938 acquisition of the Gordon House for the University Women's Club, she served as UWC President from 1945 to 1947. She also served on the executive of the Canadian Federation of University Women. For 28 years, she lived with Roland McWilliams and Margaret McWilliams including during the period of their residence in Government House. Following Margaret's death in 1952, she married Roland on 3 October of the following year. She died at her Winnipeg home, 901-71 Roslyn Road, on 23 April 1971. Goldsborough, G. (2019). Memorable Manitobans: Avis Birdina Maude Clark (1883-1971). Mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 9 December 2019, from https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/clark_abm.shtml

  
  

• Sources

  [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 6. [S1946] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (South Division), Div. 3 Page 18. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 19522 (1909), Sarah Clark. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, M., America, N., Municipality, T., & Cemetery, M. (1847). Sarah Newcomb Clark (1847-1908) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 14 December 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148757747. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Jacob Huether, Minister of The Gospel of The Evangelical Lutheran Church At Preston report 39. Nelson Newcombe, to Frenny Kinsey, both of Waterloo. 21 Nov. 1844.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Mar 1847 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - E. Church - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth