The Shemwell Family

Esther Marie ClapperAge: 72 years19081981

Name
Esther Marie Clapper
Given names
Esther Marie
Surname
Clapper
Birth October 27, 1908 24 19
Census May 11, 1910 (Age 18 months)
Census 1915 (Age 6 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherCharlotte Alice Rhode
July 30, 1916 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a paternal grandmotherEurista Elverda Woodrum
October 24, 1918 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 8 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 9 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Census January 30, 1920 (Age 11 years)
Census 1925 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Gladden Timson
April 18, 1936 (Age 27 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge Jacob Clapper
October 18, 1942 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a fatherOrville Liniel Clapper
July 25, 1947 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a motherElla Marie Timson
February 20, 1971 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death April 6, 1981 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tabor Cemetery
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father
Orville Liniel Clapper
Birth: July 12, 1884 24 18Green, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: July 25, 1947Malvern, Mills, Iowa, United States
mother
Ella Marie Timson
Birth: April 21, 1889 37 36Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: February 20, 1971Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Marriage: December 25, 1907Fremont, Iowa, United States
10 months
herself
Esther Marie Clapper
Birth: October 27, 1908 24 19Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: April 6, 1981Randolph, Fremont, Iowa, United States

Esther Marie Clapper has 32 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Orville Liniel Clapper - Household

Plato, Hand, South Dakota, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Clapper, Orville LheadMW25M12IAIAIAEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmEmpYesYesRF
Clapper, Ella MwifeFW20M1211IAIAIAEnglishNoneYesYes
Clapper, Esther MdaughterFW1 years 6 monthsSIAIAIANone

CensusIowa State - Census transcript - Esther Marie Clapper - Household

Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Clapper, Esther MheadFW6SIA

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Ella Marie Timson - Household

Hamburg, Fremont, Iowa, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Clapper, Orville LheadOMMW35MYesYesIAIAIAYesFarmerGeneral FarmOA
Clapper, Ella MwifeFW30MYesYesIAILIAYesNone
Clapper, Esther MdaughterFW11SYesYesYesIAIAIAYesNone
Timson, Clifton Cbrother-in-lawMW26SYesYesIAILINYesFarm LaborerGeneral FarmW

CensusIowa State - Census transcript - Orville Liniel Clapper - Household

Benton, Fremont, Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Clapper, OrvilleheadMW40MIA
Clapper, EllawifeFW35MIA
Clapper, EstherdaughterFW16SIA