Allen Henry Clark is my Great Grandfather. He was a Railroadman who worked mostly in Ohio and the Mid-West.
He was married twice and has descendents from both women:
Phoebe R. Wimmer, who is buried with her two infant children in Bradford, Ohio (at the time, a railroad town with a rather large population of transient railroad families). There were two additional daughters who were sent to work for other families after he married his second wife. My Grandmother, Daisy Hazel Clark (Scherrer) was one of those women who seldom, if ever, heard from their father again.
The year after Phoebe's death, he married Ollie Dell Lutz, who was the daughter of an Inn-Keeper where transient railroadmen stayed. They had two sons, who also had children.
We're certain that my parents visited his very surprised widow, Ollie Dell Clark, in Florida in 1953. They were on their honeymoon and contacted her. It's unclear whether there had been any contact between his children before that time, although there is evidence that certain children had at least some knowledge of the others.
From the other side of his family, there are stories of Allen Henry Clark, the Conductor, preaching sunday services from his trains. From our side, the stories indicate that although a rather religious man -- he somehow justified almost no contact with his first family. Perhaps his memories of Phoebe were just too painful because it is said that he blamed himself for getting her pregnant even after doctors had warned against it.
He was married twice and has descendents from both women:
Phoebe R. Wimmer, who is buried with her two infant children in Bradford, Ohio (at the time, a railroad town with a rather large population of transient railroad families). There were two additional daughters who were sent to work for other families after he married his second wife. My Grandmother, Daisy Hazel Clark (Scherrer) was one of those women who seldom, if ever, heard from their father again.
The year after Phoebe's death, he married Ollie Dell Lutz, who was the daughter of an Inn-Keeper where transient railroadmen stayed. They had two sons, who also had children.
We're certain that my parents visited his very surprised widow, Ollie Dell Clark, in Florida in 1953. They were on their honeymoon and contacted her. It's unclear whether there had been any contact between his children before that time, although there is evidence that certain children had at least some knowledge of the others.
From the other side of his family, there are stories of Allen Henry Clark, the Conductor, preaching sunday services from his trains. From our side, the stories indicate that although a rather religious man -- he somehow justified almost no contact with his first family. Perhaps his memories of Phoebe were just too painful because it is said that he blamed himself for getting her pregnant even after doctors had warned against it.
Allen Henry Clark is my Great Grandfather. He was a Railroadman who worked mostly in Ohio and the Mid-West.
He was married twice and has descendents from both women:
Phoebe R. Wimmer, who is buried with her two infant children in Bradford, Ohio (at the time, a railroad town with a rather large population of transient railroad families). There were two additional daughters who were sent to work for other families after he married his second wife. My Grandmother, Daisy Hazel Clark (Scherrer) was one of those women who seldom, if ever, heard from their father again.
The year after Phoebe's death, he married Ollie Dell Lutz, who was the daughter of an Inn-Keeper where transient railroadmen stayed. They had two sons, who also had children.
We're certain that my parents visited his very surprised widow, Ollie Dell Clark, in Florida in 1953. They were on their honeymoon and contacted her. It's unclear whether there had been any contact between his children before that time, although there is evidence that certain children had at least some knowledge of the others.
From the other side of his family, there are stories of Allen Henry Clark, the Conductor, preaching sunday services from his trains. From our side, the stories indicate that although a rather religious man -- he somehow justified almost no contact with his first family. Perhaps his memories of Phoebe were just too painful because it is said that he blamed himself for getting her pregnant even after doctors had warned against it.
He was married twice and has descendents from both women:
Phoebe R. Wimmer, who is buried with her two infant children in Bradford, Ohio (at the time, a railroad town with a rather large population of transient railroad families). There were two additional daughters who were sent to work for other families after he married his second wife. My Grandmother, Daisy Hazel Clark (Scherrer) was one of those women who seldom, if ever, heard from their father again.
The year after Phoebe's death, he married Ollie Dell Lutz, who was the daughter of an Inn-Keeper where transient railroadmen stayed. They had two sons, who also had children.
We're certain that my parents visited his very surprised widow, Ollie Dell Clark, in Florida in 1953. They were on their honeymoon and contacted her. It's unclear whether there had been any contact between his children before that time, although there is evidence that certain children had at least some knowledge of the others.
From the other side of his family, there are stories of Allen Henry Clark, the Conductor, preaching sunday services from his trains. From our side, the stories indicate that although a rather religious man -- he somehow justified almost no contact with his first family. Perhaps his memories of Phoebe were just too painful because it is said that he blamed himself for getting her pregnant even after doctors had warned against it.
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