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Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 2,399 Send Message	ElizabethK	Report	10 Sep 2017 11:23
	An Ancestry" hint" re George Clack keeps coming my way and I would appreciate any additional information ! Quote George Clack / spouse Hannah and children/ 1849 Ontario (more info promised if I subscribe) I do not know if he is one of my 7 Oxfordshire ones !
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	10 Sep 2017 11:38
	He's on th 1891 Canada census as George Clack born 1849, England but the surname has been corrected to Chick ( member submitted). It's very hard to tell which is correct on original.
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,341 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	10 Sep 2017 11:55
	George Clack in the 1891 Census of Canada Name: George Clack [George Chick] Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Age: 42 Birth Year: abt 1849 Birthplace: England Relation to Head-of-house: Head Religion: Methodist French Canadian: No Spouse's Name: Hannah Clack Father's Birth Place: England Mother's Birth Place: England Province: Ontario District Number: 51 District: Bruce East Subdistrict: Brant Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age George Clack 42 Hannah Clack 32 - England Susan Clack 11 Sarah A Clack 8 John Clack 5 Georgiana Clack 4 Jessie May Clack 1 All children born in Ontario. George Chick in the 1901 Census of Canada Name: George Chick Gender: Male Marital Status: Widowed Age: 52 Birth Day & Month: 20 Feb Birth Year: 1849 Birthplace: England Relation to Head of House: Head Immigration Year: 1870 Racial or Tribal Origin: English Religion: Methodist Occupation: Farmer Province: Ontario District: Bruce (east/est) District Number: 48 Sub-district: Greenock Sub-District Number: D-4 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age George Chick 52 Sarah A Chick 18 John Chick 15 Georgenia Chick 14 Jessie Chick 12 Carrie Chick 10 George Chick in the Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1947 Name: George Chick Gender: Male Age: 82 Birth Date: abt 1848 Birth Place: England Death Date: 4 May 1930 Death Place: Bruce, Ontario, Canada Cause of Death: Adeno Carcinoma of Prostate Parents: George Chick and Sarah Brand (Broad ?) The name is clearly Chick on death record.
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.
Member Since: June 2008 Posts: 3,229 Send Message	GlasgowLass	Report	10 Sep 2017 11:56
	Further info shows that the 1891 census refers to George Chick rather than Clack He was from Somerset, England His Marriage George Chick Age: 31 Birth Year: abt 1848 Birth Place: England Marriage Date: 20 Mar 1879 Marriage Place: Bruce, Ontario, Canada Father: George Chick Mother: Sarah Rice Spouse: Hannah Paul Children on 1891 census were born to above couple
	Researching: Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	10 Sep 2017 12:03
	Just as well that you didn't subscribe, Elizabeth, the family is definitely Chick and not Clack.
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 2,399 Send Message	ElizabethK	Report	10 Sep 2017 15:35
	Thank you all very much - just shows how misleading these "hints" can be :-(

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