{"id":1674,"date":"2026-06-04T23:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T23:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clarenville.ca\/75th\/?page_id=1674"},"modified":"2026-06-10T19:16:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:16:36","slug":"origin-of-clarenvilles-name","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clarenville.ca\/75th\/origin-of-clarenvilles-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Origin of Clarenville\u2019s Name"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1674\" class=\"elementor elementor-1674\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f02ddf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5f02ddf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0502d81 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0502d81\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03d202b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"03d202b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Origin of Clarenville's Name<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce23579 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ce23579\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89a7aec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89a7aec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a01f0dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a01f0dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Origin of Clarenville\u2019s Name<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c43b3dd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c43b3dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccd8d4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ccd8d4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our community was originally known as Clarenceville but that was later changed to Clarenville.<\/p><p><strong>Who was Clarence and why the change?<\/strong><br \/>There are a few different origin stories about the name but one version is that \u201cClarenceville\u201d was chosen as a memorial to Prince Albert Victor, the Duke of Clarence, the eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandria) and grandson of Queen Victoria. He died in 1892 during an influenza pandemic at the age of 28.<\/p><p>By 1901 though, the common spelling changed from Clarenceville to Clarenville. Was the name changed due to a clerical error or because Clarence fell out of favour? Regardless, the name has remained that way ever since.<\/p><ul><li>Read more about Clarenville\u2019s history<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/clarenville.ca\/discover-clarenville\/our-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here <\/a><\/strong><\/li><li>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/paultilleysresourcepage\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Paul Tilley\u2019s Site\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8e4600 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e8e4600\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6060d91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6060d91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1644\" src=\"https:\/\/clarenville.ca\/75th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Clarence.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1778\" alt=\"clarence\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clarenville.ca\/75th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Clarence.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/clarenville.ca\/75th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Clarence-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/clarenville.ca\/75th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Clarence-673x1024.jpg 673w, https:\/\/clarenville.ca\/75th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Clarence-768x1169.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clarenville.ca\/75th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Clarence-1009x1536.jpg 1009w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\"  title=\"Origin of Clarenville\u2019s Name\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Origin of Clarenville&#8217;s Name Origin of Clarenville\u2019s Name Our community was originally known as Clarenceville but that was later changed to Clarenville. 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