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Has 2 ancestors and 10 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Clarence Burns McBride |
| Birth |
6 Jul 1884 |
Eden, Weber, Utah, United States  |
| Christening |
9 Sep 1884 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
12 Jan 1916 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWC2-JMS |
| Death |
2 Nov 1973 |
Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |
| Burial |
7 Nov 1973 |
Cloverdale Memorial Park, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |
| Person ID |
I23405 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Heber Robert McBride, b. 13 May 1843, Churchtown, Lancashire, England d. 29 Jul 1925, Welling, Cardston, Alberta, Canada (Age 82 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Ann Burns, b. 17 Feb 1850, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States d. 29 May 1894, Eden, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage |
1 Aug 1868 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F11090 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Ellen Maria Bennett, b. 26 Dec 1886, Dingle, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States d. 7 May 1973, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States (Age 86 years) |
| Marriage |
26 Dec 1907 |
Magrath, Cardston, Alberta, Canada |
| Children |
| | 1. Owen Bennett McBride, b. 2 Nov 1908, Magrath, Cardston, Alberta, Canada d. 29 Jan 1998, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 89 years) |
| | 2. Leo Heber McBride, b. 28 Oct 1910, Burdett, Forty Mile, Alberta, Canada d. 25 Apr 1968, Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States (Age 57 years) |
| | 3. Dennis Burns McBride, b. 24 Dec 1912, Shelley, Bingham, Idaho, United States d. 4 Jul 2000, Meridian, Ada, Idaho, United States (Age 87 years) |
| | 4. Reed McBride, b. 3 May 1915, Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States d. 14 Dec 2005 (Age 90 years) |
| + | 5. Theda Mame McBride, b. 13 Mar 1919, Iona, Bonneville, Idaho, United States d. 8 Nov 1993, Ronan, Lake, Montana, United States (Age 74 years) |
| | 6. Iola Edna McBride, b. 18 Jan 1923, Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 12 Jan 1998 (Age 74 years) |
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| Family ID |
F11089 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Nov 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 6 Jul 1884 - Eden, Weber, Utah, United States |
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 | Marriage - 26 Dec 1907 - Magrath, Cardston, Alberta, Canada |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 12 Jan 1916 - SLAKE |
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 | Death - 2 Nov 1973 - Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |
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 | Burial - 7 Nov 1973 - Cloverdale Memorial Park, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |
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| Notes |
- CLARENCE BURNS MCBRIDE - Eighth Child and Fourth Son of Heber Robert McB r ide and Elizabeth Ann Burns (m. Ellen Maria Bennett)
Clarence Burns McBride was born July 6, 1884, in Eden, Weber County, Uta h . Only recently the family had lived in Plain City, Utah (a suburb of O gd en). It is family tradition that a primary reason for moving to Eden w a s because the father, Heber, did not like the taste of the water in Pla i n City. Water from the flowing wells in the high mountain Ogden Valley , w here the small town of Eden was situated, would no doubt fill the bil l, n ot only for drinking, but for irrigation as well. Clarence grew up o n a f arm in that small Latter-day-Saint community and attended school th ere.
Clarence's father and mother were both very active in church affairs. Th e y each held leadership positions in the youth organizations, which prom ot ed dancing as a favorite entertainment. Young Clarence considered danc in g one of his favorite pastimes.
Hard work and frugality were habits formed early in the life of Claren c e McBride, as they were in his several brothers and sisters. In his lat e r years he is quoted as saying, "Mother saved every drop of grease to m ak e lye soap for the laundry. They rubbed laundry on a washing board. Wh e n we got a washing machine that had to be turned with a crank, we thoug h t that was wonderful. Now you just press a button and it's done for yo u . People don't get enough exercise now. Hard work and exercise is the r ea son I have lived so long."
Clarence was near age twenty when his father and family were "called " b y church authorities to move to Canada to help settle new lands and b olst er the work of the church there. With other families they settled i n Magr ath, Alberta. Here Clarence met, and soon married, a lovely youn g lady, E llen Maria Bennett, then only recently from Idaho, December 26 , 1907.
History records good reasons for the Canadian Government inviting the Mo r mons to colonize in Cardston, Magrath, and a number of other location s i n Canada. A certain report by Ora Card, given to the Alberta Railwa y an d Irrigation Company, cites, among other reasons: Mormons were know n to b e excellent colonists. They were organized under farseeing leaders . The y were experienced in farming, particularly in irrigation and in op enin g new lands. They could be trusted at all times:
Under these conditions Clarence and his bride took up farming and bega n t o raise a family in Magrath. Two sons were born to them in Canada; bu t th e family eventually moved back to the U.S., living for a time in Ida ho an d eventually in Taylorville, Utah. The last of six children was bor n ther e.
Clarence was a farmer most of his life, an honest, hard worker. He serv e d well his church and community, as priesthood leader, in the Sunday Sc ho ol, and as a home teacher. A humble, dedicated man, and a great pal t o hi s boys, he told them to "always give a day's work for a day's pay; a nd al ways be honest in your dealings." In his home they had family praye r regu larly. He and the mother taught their children how to pray.
Upon retirement from farming Clarence and Ellen moved to Meridian, Idah o , where they spent their remaining years. At a new chapel built in Meri di an, Clarence served as custodian for the next seventeen and one-half y ear s, until eighty years of age, loved and respected by all who knew him . Up on his retirement from the custodian job the ward members held a spe cia l party in his honor, "to show our appreciation for your faithfulnes s the se many years."
During their many years of church activity, Clarence and Ellen sang in t h e Meridian Ward choir, his voice a beautiful baritone. In Meridian he w a s ordained a High Priest. His family and friends agree that Clarence' s mo st distinctive physical characteristic was his beautiful head of hai r, s o curly and full that it often became unruly. Only by parting it i n the m iddle could he deep it under control.
In his declining years, his wife now in poor health, Clarence faithful l y helped with the housework and spent his spare time in a small garden . H e still had his flowing white hair when he passed away in the Boise , Idah o, hospital, November 2, 1973, at age eighty-nine. He was buried a t the C loverdale cemetery near Meridian, Idaho.
(Submitted by Owen Bennett McBride, the eldest son of Clarence and Ellen.
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