View entry

Back to search results

Name: CLEMENS, Charles Henry

Nee: cousin of Mark Twain

Birth Date: 3.5.1858 Lametton, St Keynes, Cornwall

Death Date: 22.2.1909 Bululu, Uganda

First Date: 1908

Last Date: 1909

Profession: Foreman, PWD

Area: Bululu

Married: 1. In Truro St Paul, Cornwall 20 Dec 1883 Eliza Ivey b. 1861 Truro, d. 1885 Truro; ?2. Elizabeth Jane Eplett b. 16 Dec 1861 Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, d. 25 Mar 1934 Ironwood, Gogebic, Michigan)

Children: 1. Reginald Ivey (1885 Truro-7 Oct 1966 Gloucester); Norman Ewart (1888 Truro-27 Nov 1956 Plymouth); Dorothy Avis (1 Dec 1890 Truro-1984 Truro) ?2. Charles H. (1879 Pennsylvania-16 Nov 1908 Ironwood, Gogebic, Michigan); Robert L. (1883 Pennsylvania); Thomas James (28 Feb 1886 Tetesville, Pennsylvania); William Albert (2 June 1884-30 Nov 1945); ( Joseph H. (1890 Pennsylvania); Pearl (Thomas) (1894 Ironwood, Michigan);

Book Reference: Advertiser, North

General Information:

Advertiser - 12/3/1909 - Death - Charles H. Clemens from black water fever. Mr Clemens was well known in Johannesburg and came here only 6 months ago with his wife and child. He was employed in the PWD at Bululu about 100 miles down the Nile from the Ripon Falls erecting a house for the Collector. Mrs Clemens was alone with him when he died. Mr Clemens was a cousin to Mark Twain whom he greatly resembled.

Family Search: There is a discrepancy between the dates of the wives and the children. Are there two people of the same name?

There is yet another Charles Henry Clemens b. 1867 Plymouth, d. 1936 Auckland, New Zealand

Back to search results