Clark, Esther Isabelle (Wright)

  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: See full biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Clark_Wright
  • Wiki Biography Notes:
    • Esther Isabelle Wright, CM (née Clark; 1895 – June 17, 1990) was a Canadian historian who at the end of her life received the Order of Canada for her lifetime contributions to Canadian scholarship. She published many works in relation to her historic and genealogical research and was best known for her pioneer and genealogy studies of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada.
    • Esther Isabelle Clark was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1895, daughter of a former alderman of that city, and later Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick W. G. Clark. She graduated from Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia with an Honours degree in Economics (1916). In 1919, she was granted a pastorage from the Baptist Church (Fredericton) and accepted a posting as pastor to Grangeville, Kent County, New Brunswick. She thus became the first female pastor in the province. She later undertook further academic study at the University of Toronto, Oxford University and Stanford University, and graduated from Radcliffe/Harvard University with a PhD in Economic History in 1931. Esther Clark married Conrad Payling Wright on July 31, 1924, on a farm outside of Fredericton, New Brunswick.
    • Among the best known of her many written works is The Loyalists of New Brunswick (1955), which has been referred to as the “red Loyalist Bible” due to its extensive information about New Brunswick Loyalists, or people who remained loyal to Britain after the American Revolutionary War and were compelled to leave New England. It includes a description of the harsh conditions the Loyalists faced and its appendix has a list of names including their origins, their service during the war, and where they later settled in New Brunswick.
  • Second Great Granddaughter of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=1522
  • Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198938660/esther-isabell-wright