The Shemwell Family

Virgil Warren ClapperAge: 74 years19091983

Name
Virgil Warren Clapper
Given names
Virgil Warren
Surname
Clapper
Birth May 12, 1909 23 22
Census May 11, 1910 (Age 11 months)
Birth of a brotherJoseph Allen Clapper
March 8, 1911 (Age 21 months)
Census 1915 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a sisterHarriet Ruth Clapper
July 7, 1918 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherEurista Elverda Woodrum
October 24, 1918 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 7 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 8 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 19, 1920 (Age 10 years)
Census 1925 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Elwin Asman
October 4, 1929 (Age 20 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
Census April 5, 1930 (Age 20 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherHarriet Maria Rhode
February 29, 1932 (Age 22 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 32 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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 brotherJoseph Allen Clapper
January 12, 1964 (Age 54 years)
Death of a sisterHarriet Ruth Clapper
January 18, 1967 (Age 57 years)
Death of a fatherWarren Wesley Clapper
April 5, 1968 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 of a motherLuella C Asman
July 19, 1977 (Age 68 years)
Death October 4, 1983 (Age 74 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: July 31, 1907Sidney, Fremont, Iowa, United States
21 months
himself
Virgil Warren Clapper
Birth: May 12, 1909 23 22Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: October 4, 1983Alameda, California, United States
22 months
younger brother
Joseph Allen Clapper
Birth: March 8, 1911 24 24Hand, South Dakota, United States
Death: January 12, 1964Alameda, California, United States
7 years
younger sister
Harriet Ruth Clapper
Birth: July 7, 1918 32 32McPaul, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: January 18, 1967Alameda, California, United States

Virgil Warren Clapper has 26 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Warren Wesley Clapper - Household

Plato, Hand, South Dakota, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Clapper, Warren WheadMW24M13IAIAIAEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmEmpYesYesRF
Clapper, Luella CwifeFW23M1311IAIAIAEnglishNoneYesYes
Clapper, Virgil WsonMW0 years 11 monthsSIAIAIANone

CensusIowa State - Census transcript - Virgil Warren Clapper - Household

Whiting, Monona, Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Clapper, VirgilheadMW6SIA

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Warren Wesley Clapper - Household

Benton, Fremont, Iowa, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Clapper, WarrenheadRMW33MYesYesIAIAIAYesFarmerGeneral FarmOA
Clapper, LuellawifeFW33MYesYesIAIAIAYesNone
Clapper, VirgilsonMW10SYesYesYesIAIAIAYesNone
Clapper, JosephsonMW8SYesIAIAIANone
Clapper, HarrietdaughterFW1 years 6 monthsSIAIAIANone

CensusIowa State - Census transcript - Warren Wesley Clapper - Household

Mills, Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Clapper, W WheadMW38MIA
Clapper, LuellawifeFW38MIA
Clapper, VirgilsonMW16SIA
Clapper, JosephsonMW14SSD
Clapper, HarrietdaughterFW6SIA

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Virgil Warren Clapper - Household

Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Clapper, VirgilboarderMW20SNoNoIAIAIAYesBlacksmithFood FactoryWYes

Name
Joseph Allen Clapper Obituary and Family Listing CLAPPER, Joseph A., of 844 6th Avenue, Oakland, January 12, 1964, beloved hus- band of Beulah C. Clapper, loving father of Mrs. Carol Crowder of Richmond; loving grandfather of Susan, Cheryl, and Mark Crowder; loving brother of Mrs. Harriet Dennis and V. W. Clapper; lov- ing son of Warren and Luella Clapper. A native of Zell, South Dakota; aged 52 years. A member of the Havenscourt Colonial Church. Friends are invited to attend services from the new mortuary of C. P. BAN- NON, 6800 East 14th Street, Oakland on Wednesday, January 15, at 2 p.m. Inter- ment Evergreen Cemetery. (For further information, please call 632-1011.) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153963843/joseph-allen-clapper