When Philipina Clapp was born on 8 March 1817, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States, her father, Issac Clapp Sr, was 25 and her mother, Katherine Clapp, was 19. She married Leonard Greeson on 23 September 1834, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States. She lived in Springfield Township, Henry, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Missouri, United States in 1870.
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Historical Information: 1820: Delaware New Purchase, Indiana, United States 1824: Hendricks, Indiana, United States
The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
English (Devon and Somerset): either from Middle English clop(pe), clap(pe) ‘lump’, perhaps denoting a stocky person, or Middle English clap(pe) ‘loud noise; noisy, idle chatter’.
Americanized form of German Klapp .
In some cases also an Americanized form of Slovenian Klep: nickname from klep ‘sharpness of scythe or sickle’, also ‘sharpening with a hammer’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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