Brief Life History of Bertha Irene
When Bertha Irene Brothwell was born on 12 March 1873, in Indianola, Red Willow, Nebraska, United States, her father, David Emery Brothwell, was 39 and her mother, Mary Irene Wildman, was 35. She married Leonard Johnson Clapp on 17 January 1889, in Indianola, Red Willow, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Logan Election Precinct, Howard, Nebraska, United States in 1900 and Greeley, Nebraska, United States in 1910. She died on 2 May 1915, at the age of 42, and was buried in Amity Cemetery, Greeley, Nebraska, United States.
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- Bertha Brothwell in household of D E Brothwell, "United States Census, 1880"
- Bertha Irene Clapp, "BillionGraves Index"
- Bertha Brothwell in entry for Leslie Earl Gordon and Clara E. Pinney, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1879
Historical Boundaries: 1879: Nance, Nebraska, United States
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English (Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire): probably a variant of Broadwell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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