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Clarence Burns McBride

Clarence Burns McBride

Male 1884 - 1973  (89 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 9 Sep 1884 
    Gender Male 
    Initiatory (LDS) 12 Jan 1916  SLAKE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID KWC2-JMS 
    Death 2 Nov 1973  Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 7 Nov 1973  Cloverdale Memorial Park, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I23405  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father Heber Robert McBride,   b. 13 May 1843, Churchtown, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1925, Welling, Cardston, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Ann Burns,   b. 17 Feb 1850, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1894, Eden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Marriage 1 Aug 1868  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11090  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ellen Maria Bennett,   b. 26 Dec 1886, Dingle, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1973, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 26 Dec 1907  Magrath, Cardston, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Owen Bennett McBride,   b. 2 Nov 1908, Magrath, Cardston, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 1998, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
     2. Leo Heber McBride,   b. 28 Oct 1910, Burdett, Forty Mile, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 1968, Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     3. Dennis Burns McBride,   b. 24 Dec 1912, Shelley, Bingham, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 2000, Meridian, Ada, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     4. Reed McBride,   b. 3 May 1915, Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 2005 (Age 90 years)
    +5. Theda Mame McBride,   b. 13 Mar 1919, Iona, Bonneville, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1993, Ronan, Lake, Montana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     6. Iola Edna McBride,   b. 18 Jan 1923, Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1998 (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F11089  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Jul 1884 - Eden, Weber, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 26 Dec 1907 - Magrath, Cardston, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 12 Jan 1916 - SLAKE Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 Nov 1973 - Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 7 Nov 1973 - Cloverdale Memorial Park, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States Link to Google Earth
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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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