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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
1779
Title
Robert J. Wark Portrait.
Date
[before 1918].
Description
Studio portrait of Robert J. Wark.
Photo Inscription/Caption
Robert J. Wark Reeve 1914-1915-1916-1917-1918
People/Subject
Elected Officials - Reeves
Term Source: AABC Thesaurus
Wark, Robert James, 1874-1936
Robert James Wark was born in 1874, and lived in Londonderry, Ireland, before coming to Langley Prairie at the age of 16. Robert married Edith Kirkby, and the couple had two daughters, Mary and Dorothy. Robert was a Municipal District Clerk from 1901-1902, and the Reeve of Langley Township 1914-1918. He was known for owning the first car in the district. Robert died January 31, 1936, at the age of 61.
Term Source: HPC Records (WARK-8), The Langley Story pg. 267 (Waite)
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