Ancestry of
Ding Darling

Cartoonist and Founder of National Wildlife Federation

Clara R. Woolson

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• • Mother of Ding Darling — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • Theron Webb Woolson 
  • Mother:
  • Clarissa M. Simson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 31 Dec 1848 
  • Birth Location:
  • Tonawanda, Erie, New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 16 Apr 1916 
  • Death Location:
  • Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California 
  • Burial Date:
  • 23 Apr 1916 
  • Burial Location:
  • Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Marcellus Warner Darling
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Dec 1871 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa 
  • Children:
  
  

  Frank W. Darling

  Jay Norwood Darling (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • Clara Woolson's given name is also seen as Clarissa and Carrie.

• Sources for Clara R. Woolson

  • ¹ California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994, Death certificate for Clara Woolson Darling.
  • ² Federal Census, NY, Erie County, 1850, Tonawanda, Image 11 of 53.
  • ³ Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1947, Marriage record for son Jay Norwood Darling and Genevieve Pendleton.
  • ⁴ Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996, Marriage record for Marcellus W Darling and Clara R Woolson.
  • ⁵ New York, U.S., Erie County Census 1855, 1865, 1875, 1855, Tonawanda, Image 1 of 38.
  • ⁶ The Nebraska State Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska), 28 APR 1916, p. 9, Obituary for Mrs. C. W. Darling.
  • ⁷ Lendt, David L., Ding: The Life of Jay Norwood Darling, Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press (1989).
  • ⁸ Wikipedia, "Ding Darling", (accessed 07/12/2021).