Justice Robert Stewart Clark, K.C.
1892 - 1965 (73 years)
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Name Robert Stewart Clark [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] Title Justice Suffix K.C. Born 20 Mar 1892 Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] Gender Male Residence Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada [1] Residence Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada [6] Residence 1901 Guelph (City/Cité), Wellington (South/Sud), Ontario, Canada [2] Residence 1911 Wellington South, Ontario [3] Religion: Presbyterian; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son _MILT Between 1914 and 1918 [1] Residence 1 Jun 1921 74 Oxford, Guelph, Wellington South, Ontario, Canada [8] Religion: Presbyterian; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son; Occupation: Agent Died 25 Sep 1965 Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada [7] Buried Guelph, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada [7] Person ID I2531 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 9 Apr 2025
Father William Albert Clark, b. 1858, Ontario, Canada , d. 1917, Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada (Age 59 years) Relationship natural Mother Minerva May Stewart, b. 1868, Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada , d. 28 Jul 1935, Wellington, Ontario, Canada (Age 67 years) Relationship natural Married 3 Jun 1891 Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada Family ID F751 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Katharine Alberta Stutt, b. 17 Mar 1894, d. 31 Mar 1986 (Age 92 years) Last Modified 9 Apr 2025 Family ID F9002 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Stew Clark grew up in Guelph and became a close friend of his cousin Gerald Rutherford, who lived there for a period. He played the piano and was active in theatre. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1912, whereupon he entered Osgoode Hall, graduating in 1915. He then enlisted with the 64th Guelph Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery but an injury suffered during training prevented him from serving overseas. Upon discharge, he obtained a position as purchasing agent with the Partridge Rubber Co. Stew joined the staff of barrister Nicol Jeffrey, appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario in 1928, at which time Stew opened his own law practice and later associated with J.K. Blair, QC. He acted for 13 years as Guelph city solicitor and 10 years as a member of the Ontario Parole Board. He was appointed a King's Counsel in 1934. He served as a Judge of Wellington County Court for 18 years. Stew was actively involved at one time or another in the Liberal party, the Masonic Lodge, and various other clubs as well as being an elder of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. After a period of poor health, he was reconsidering a decision to retire when he died of a heart seizure.
Robert Stewart Clark of Guelph had an “In Memoriam” card as follows: “In affectionate memory of John Stewart, son of Alexander Stewart of Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, great-grandson of Donald Stuart (sic) of Ballochallan, Perthshire, Governor of Doune Castle for Prince Charles Edward 1745….”
- Stew Clark grew up in Guelph and became a close friend of his cousin Gerald Rutherford, who lived there for a period. He played the piano and was active in theatre. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1912, whereupon he entered Osgoode Hall, graduating in 1915. He then enlisted with the 64th Guelph Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery but an injury suffered during training prevented him from serving overseas. Upon discharge, he obtained a position as purchasing agent with the Partridge Rubber Co. Stew joined the staff of barrister Nicol Jeffrey, appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario in 1928, at which time Stew opened his own law practice and later associated with J.K. Blair, QC. He acted for 13 years as Guelph city solicitor and 10 years as a member of the Ontario Parole Board. He was appointed a King's Counsel in 1934. He served as a Judge of Wellington County Court for 18 years. Stew was actively involved at one time or another in the Liberal party, the Masonic Lodge, and various other clubs as well as being an elder of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. After a period of poor health, he was reconsidering a decision to retire when he died of a heart seizure.
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Record for Robert Stewart Clark - [S146] 1901 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
Record for Robert Clark - [S61] 1911 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1911; Census Place: 31 - Guelph, Wellington South, Ontario; Page: 1; Family No: 4.
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