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STARK, Thomas

STARK, Thomas

Male 1836 - 1916  (79 years)


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  • Name STARK, Thomas  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Birth 9 Nov 1836  Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6, 8, 9
    Gender Male 
    Birth 27 Nov 1836  Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth 27 Nov 1836  Dalziel, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1841  Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1841  Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Age: 4 
    Residence 1851  Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Relation to Head of House: Son 
    Residence 1861  Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Relation to Head of House: Head 
    Residence 1871  Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1871  Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Merryton Colliery. Coal Miner. 
    Immigration 1878  To Port Chalmers onboard "Canterbury" Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1890  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Death 18 Mar 1916  Gore, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7, 10
    Burial Mataura, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 10
    Person ID I4858  Stark Family Tree
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2025 

    Father STARK, Samuel Jack,   b. 21 Nov 1804, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1850, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother MITCHEL, Margaret,   b. 8 Dec 1816, Dalziel, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1897, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 7 Apr 1833  Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15
    Married 7 Apr 1833  Dalziel, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 7 Apr 1833  Dalziel, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    Married 7 Apr 1833  Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    Family ID F2033  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family CURRIE, Margaret Edgar,   b. 30 Apr 1841, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1890, Mataura, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 5 Jun 1857  Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 18
    Married 5 Jun 1857  Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. STARK, Mary,   b. 20 May 1857, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1860, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. STARK, Margaret,   b. 7 Feb 1860, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1927, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. STARK, Samuel,   b. 18 Jan 1862, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1951, Mataura, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. STARK, James,   b. 25 Dec 1864, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1865, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. STARK, Mary,   b. 9 Jan 1869, Dalziel, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1870, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. STARK, Jeannie,   b. 15 Feb 1870, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1870, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. STARK, Thomas,   b. 7 May 1871, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1871, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +8. STARK, Eliza,   b. 31 May 1872, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1951, Nightcaps, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +9. STARK, William Currie,   b. 9 Mar 1876, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1926, Gore, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1840  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 9 Nov 1836 - Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Nov 1836 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Nov 1836 - Dalziel, Lanarkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1841 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 4 - 1841 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Relation to Head of House: Son - 1851 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 5 Jun 1857 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Jun 1857 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Relation to Head of House: Head - 1861 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1871 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Merryton Colliery. Coal Miner. - 1871 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 18 Mar 1916 - Gore, Southland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Lived Irwell St Gore as surfaceman

      Owned land 1882 at Mataura with son James owned 150 pounds.

      Thomas owned 160 pounds worth

      Sailed with family to New Zealand on the "Canterbury" 1878 Glasgow to Otago

      Left 12 Sept 1878 arrived 10 Dec 1878.

      Film at National Archive for 1878
      Thomas age 39 Lanark Labourer
      Mary age 38 wife
      James age 18 farm labourer
      Mary age 16 servant
      Samuel age 13 farm labourer
      Eliza age 6
      William Currie Stark age 2

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      Bought plot at Mataura cemetery

      Block D section 7 for Margaret Edgar Currie Stark 1890 and

      stillborn Fowler 25 Nov 1898

      self 18.3.1916 age 79 died in Gore

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      Stark 1851 census of Lanark Scotland

      Margt age 9 656.21

      Margt age 34 657.41 with Thomas age 14 Robert age 8 Janet age 3 and John age4 NO FATHER

      James age 1 657.42

      alex age 145 658.2

      Thomas age 14 658.73

      John age 45 and Christina 40 and Margt age 21 656 2.1

      James age 24 656.39 with Janet age 22 and Agnes age one month

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      http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pattuffin&id=I17525

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      Resided at Mornington Colliery

  • Sources 
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    2. [S117] Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Hamilton; ED: 4A; Page: 41; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1851_168; Year: 1851.

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      Record for Mary Stark
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    5. [S98] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966.
      Record for Thomas Stark
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    6. [S45] Ancestry.com, 1841 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Hamilton; ED: 15; Page: 7; Line: 600; Year: 1841.
      Record for Thos Stark
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      New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007
      New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records


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      New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-2010
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      Samuel Jack, Stark
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