Katherine Clem

Brief Life History of Katherine

When Katherine Clem was born on 5 January 1888, in Clinton Township, Vermillion, Indiana, United States, her father, Isaac Clem, was 44 and her mother, Martha Jane Shirley, was 41. She married Frank John Wilson on 6 December 1923, in Vigo, Indiana, United States. She lived in Fayette Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Gary, Lake, Indiana, United States in 1930. She died on 2 January 1961, in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

Harry Shappell
1881–1918
Katherine Clem
1888–1961
Alice Martha Shappell
1909–1994
Jonathan Roscoe Shappell
1913–1989
Mary Ruth Shappell
1915–2002
Dora Katherine Shappell
1917–2002

Sources (16)

  • Katie Chappelle, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Katie Clem, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2019"
  • Katherine Clem in entry for Dando Tennyson Davis and Virginia Mae Davis, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"

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World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1906

Historical Boundaries 1906: Lake, Indiana, United States

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

Name Meaning

English (Somerset): from a short form of the personal name Clement or of the female form, Clemence.

Americanized form of German Klemm and German or Dutch Klem: from a short form of the personal name Klemens .

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

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