Person:Minnie Clark (1)

   ****    MARRIAGE    RECORD    ****    Family  History  Center, Traverse  City, MI.

Appl.date; April 8, 1896 - Marr. date; April 9, 1896 Bk. 3 Pg. 123 Rec. 1820 Groom; David McClellan Age; 29 Born; Michigan Father; Archie McClellan - Mother; Bell Morrson Bride; Maude Clark Age; 19 Born; Oct. 2, 1876 Place; Alden, Illinios Father; Zenas E. Clark Birthplace; Alden, Illinois Mother; Minnie Mold Birthplace; Prussia, Germany Witness; Zenas Clark & Minnie Clark Place; Filer Twp;, MI. Clergy; Pastor - N. Mplffer Microfilm - # 0945509 1887 to 1911 Manistee Co. Marriage records

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Benzonia Library; Mills Community House; Benzonia, MI. Benzie Banner; 1914, ---- Researched; Nov. 1999 Jul. 30,- Liberty Union; David McClelland and family of Gladstone are visiting her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Z.E. Clark Entry date; Dec. 23, 1999

• • In Memory of Auntie Mac ** by Margaret Thurston Carlson (called, by her always, Margieann)

How can I begin to relate my love for Aunti Mac, and her husband, Daddy Mac. Now I stop to meditate in order to organize my thoughts. Aunti Mac, whose father had been a gypsy and passed on his gifted lore of fortune telling to this sweet lady, once told me I would write a book, a very important one - and what is more important then a book of family records. Auntie Mac was born Minnie Maude Clark on 2 Oct. 1875 in Fortest Lake, Illinois to Minnie Moldt and Zenas Clark. She has three brothers; Truman, Delos, and Golden. On April 6, 1896 she married David McClellan and to them were born two sons, David & Archie ( who married my mother's twin sister Margie.) She always wanted me to call her grandma, but somehow I didn't, but called her Aunti Mac. Aunti Mac was an extremely short woman, very gracious. She always treated me with the same as she did her own grandchildren, my cousins Dorothy and Elizabeth (Libby). Sharon had not yet been born when we went for the tea parties at Auntie Mac's; One Easter when I was about six (1932) Auntie Mac took her granddaughters shopping for new white shoes. I went with them and cried because I wanted to have white shoes, too. So she bought me a pair, too. and that was when money was quite scarce. My mother was quite embarrassed; She used to give what she called "tea parties" for the children, and I loved being invited. We had tea and cookies, and she would tell fortunes. I was less then twelve, probably, at the time but tea with Auntie Mac continued through my life, until she died February 3, 1962 in River Falls, Wisconsin. Auntie Mac loved dogs, and she had a big wolf hound named Chief of whom I was always a little afraid. He would growl when visitors were around. Daddy Mac was a maintenance man at the high school in Escanaba when I was a child, and I thought he owned the high school. He used to take me with him on his rounds, and the big treat was when opened the case which contained the skeleton in the chemistry room. It fascinated me. And so go childhood memories. The family relied seriously on Auntie Mac for her ability to see the future. We all knew she was gifted. She was a lady in every sense of the word, and a lot of fun; Rewritten 2/19/80 from copy in my compilation "The Root, The Branch & The Twig" genealogy (Sharon - this was written by my cousin on my mothers side of the family) Sent to Linda Saffron by Sharon Schoenick on June 14, 2001

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Library of Michigan, Lansing, Ingham Co., MI. ESCABANA CITY DIRECTORY; 1924-25 McClellan, David D. "Maud" mgr. Escabana Vulcanizing Co. Res. 242 Lake Shore Dr.

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ESCABANA CITY DIRECTORY; 1927 -28 McClellan, David D. "Maud" Lab Res. 242 Lake Shore Dr.

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ESCABANA CITY DIRECTORY; 1929 McClellan, David D. "Maud" Janitor High School Res. 518 S. 8 th.

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