Clara Jane Heap

Brief Life History of Clara Jane

When Clara Jane Heap was born on 24 October 1865, in Cedar Grove, Highland Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States, her father, William Henry Heap, was 27 and her mother, Mary Whitehead, was 30. She married John Raymond Whitney on 20 September 1883, in Brookville Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Indiana, United States in 1870. She died on 8 April 1888, in Cleves, Miami Township, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 22, and was buried in Mount Carmel, Springfield Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States.

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John Raymond Whitney
1854–1928
Clara Jane Heap
1865–1888
Marriage: 20 September 1883
Wilber Whitney
1885–1936
Sylvia Whitney
1887–1980

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  • Clara Heap in household of Mary Whitehead, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Clara J Heap, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Clara Heap in entry for Wilbur Whitney and Vie Kincaid, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"

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Name Meaning

English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): usually a habitational name from Heap, a lost place in Bury (Lancashire), but sometimes also a topographic name for someone who lived by a small hill or rock pile, from Middle English hep, heip(e) ‘heap, pile’ (Old English hēap).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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