Sarah Mercie Clepper

Brief Life History of Sarah Mercie

When Sarah Mercie Clepper was born on 15 November 1884, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, David Ritner Clepper, was 44 and her mother, Nancy Elizabeth Chilcott, was 34. She married Frederick Stinnard Jr. on 4 September 1918, in California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Apollo, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1920. She died on 16 July 1960, in Auburn, Placer, California, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frederick Stinnard Jr.
1866–1935
Sarah Mercie Clepper
1884–1960
Marriage: 4 September 1918
Eva Mae Stinnard
1919–1919

Sources (8)

  • Sarah M Clepper in household of Lizzie Clepper, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Sarah Merrie Clepper, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • Mercie Stinnard, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

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World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

1905 · The Movie Theater

The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in. 

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Klepper .

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

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