Walter was the son of James A. Clark 1859-1919 and Annie Wilmott 1867-1955 of Luther Twp.  They had a family of ten, raised on E1/2 Lot 25, Con. 8 and they retired to Arthur Village when Walter was 13.  The oldest three of the family, two daughters and a son moved to Western Canada.  Another son relocated to Kansas, U.S.A.  Walter's grandfather , Alexander Clark, was born in 1835 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland,  Ge came to Canada and married Mary Middleton of Pickering Twp. Ontario.  Alexander died in Vancouver in 1927 at the age of 92, but is buried in Whiteville, Pickering.  