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John Stuart Clare

Male 1897 - 1941  (43 years)


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  • Name John Stuart Clare 
    Born 2 Sep 1897  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Military WW1 
    Military 1914  WW1 Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    WW1, Lieutenant, 29th Regiment, Service #513679 
    Military 1914  WW1 Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    WW1, Sergeant 
    Occupation 1923  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    manufacturer 
    Residence Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Residence Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-89384P 
    Died 1941  [3] 
    Buried Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I89384  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Frederick Clare,   b. 2 Apr 1856, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1938, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Isabell Stuart "Bella" Cameron,   b. 24 Dec 1867, Granton, Biddulph Twp., Middlesex Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1968, Bracebridge, Macaulay Twp., Muskoka District Municipality, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 100 years) 
    Married 26 Apr 1894  Biddulph Twp., Middlesex Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F23136  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marjorie Montague Briscoe,   b. 28 Mar 1900, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1994  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 26 Sep 1923  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F39253  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John Stuart Clare, educated in Preston, Galt and St. Andrews College in Toronto. He served in the First World War then entred the family business of Clare Bros. Ltd., becoming president in 1938 after the death of his father.


      Cambridge Mosiac, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [abbreviated snippet from original text in book]

  • Sources 
    1. [S204] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1901, Preston (Village) F-2 Page 9.

    2. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 21922 (1923), Clare-Briscoe.
      John Stuart Clare, 26, Manufacturer, b. Preston, res. Preston, son of Frederick Clare (born. Preston) and Isabel Stuart Cameron married Marjorie M. Briscoe, 23, Household Duties, b. Galt, res. Galt, daughter of Reuben Alfred Briscoe (born. Newburgh ?) and Florence A. Root, Witnessed by: W.L. Clare of Preston and Jean E. Ferguson of Galt, 26 September 1923 in Galt.

    3. [S239] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Preston CC#6335 Cemetery Internet Link .
      [Monument] CLARE/ [18 stone markers] Alfred CLARE/ 1934./ George A. CLARE/ 1915./ Catherine CLARE/ 1936./ Frederick C. CLARE/ 1904 - 1959./ Helen Elizabeth/ CLARE/ 1895 - 1986./ Marjorie Briscoe/ CLARE WHITE/ 1900 -1994/ Herbert J. CLARE/ 1868 - 1949./ Nellie MEE/ wife of/ Herbert J. CLARE/ 1873 - 1959./ William Leicester/ CLARE/ 1897 - 1969./ Norman F. CLARE/ 1882 - 1963./ Frederick CLARE/ 1856 - 1938./ Isabel CAMERON/ wife of/ Frederick CLARE/ 1867 - 1968./ John Stuart CLARE/ 1897 -1941./ Salome H. ROOS/ wife of/ Chas. CLARE/ 1846 - 1925./ Charles CLARE/1846 - 1923./ Maude L. CLARE/ 1874 - 1947./ Herman L. CLARE/ 1880 - 1959./ Letitia P. MCMILLAN/ wife of/ Herman L. CLARE/ 1884 - 1969./ [Burial Card] Elizabeth CLARE died July ? 1986.

    4. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers.

    5. [S1890] Military - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Public Library WW1 Soldiers Card Index Soldier Information Cards - World War One.

    6. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Name:Frederick Clare Age:38 Birth Date:abt 1856 Birth Place:Preston Marriage Date:26 Apr 1894 Marriage County or District:Middlesex Father:John Clare Mother:Margaret Clare Spouse:Bella Cameron Spouse's Age:26 Spouse Birth Date:abt 1868 Spouse Birth Place:Granton Spouse Father:Hugh Cameron Spouse Mother:Mary Cameron

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Sep 1897 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - manufacturer - 1923 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 26 Sep 1923 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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