Rachel Murphy
- Born: 20 Jan 1872, Coleraine, County Derry, Northern Ireland 20
- Marriage: James Clark on 3 Jul 1895 in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland 2
- Died: 16 Apr 1958, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland at age 86 4
 Cause of her death was Bronchitis/Chronic Myocarditis.
General Notes:
Born in Coleraine Workhouse no father on birth certificate. Was in Philadelphia for the 1930 US Census, left Scotland on SS California 7/3/1930 aged 58. Member of Hiberians
The National Archives of Scotland holds the records of the Central Midwives Board for Scotland, which was established under the Midwives (Scotland) Act, 1915 to secure the better training of Midwives in Scotland and to regulate their practice. These records include the published Midwives Roll for Scotland, from 1917-1940. I have taken a look at the first volume, covering 1917, (ref: CMB3/1) and have found the following entry for a Rachel Clark, which may be of interest to you:
Number: 407
Name: Rachel Clark
Address: 5 King Street, Port Glasgow
Date of enrolment: 1916, June 16
Qualification: C.M.B. Eng. Exam, May 3, 1910
Rachel Clark, therefore, qualified as a midwife on 3 May 1910 through the Central Midwives Board for England: Admission by Examination. Unfortunately the roll does not give any further information as to where she qualified. I believe that records of the Central Midwives Board for England are held by The National Archives in London. You may therefore like to contact them to see if they can give you any further details about Rachel Clark. Please see their website for how to contact them: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk <http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/>.
Noted events in her life were:
• Scottish Census, 5 Apr 1891, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland. 9
• Occupation: Mill Worker, 1895. From Marriage Cert
• Residence, 1895, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland. From Marriage Cert
• Scottish Census, 31 Mar 1901, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland. 6
• Occupation: Midwife, 1910. 21
• Witnessed: James Clark's Death, 1913.
• Travel, 7 Mar 1930, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 22 Trip to USA
• Census, 1 Apr 1930, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 23
• Occupation: Midwife, 24 Sep 1930, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 24
• Travel, 7 Nov 1930, Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland. 25
• Physical Description: Left Handed.
Rachel married James Clark, son of James Clark and Catherine Roy, on 3 Jul 1895 in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland.2 (James Clark was born on 20 Jun 1858 in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland 5 and died on 4 Sep 1928 in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland 4.) The cause of his death was Carcinoma.
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