Bertha Irene Brothwell

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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Family Time Line

Leonard Johnson Clapp
1866–1941
Bertha Irene Brothwell
1873–1915
Marriage: 17 January 1889
Leonard Edwin Clapp
1889–1961
Everett Clapp
1890–1893
Frankie Clapp
1892–1892
George Clapp
1905–1905
Paul Clapp
1910–1910
Melissa May Clapp
1894–1961
Harvey Earnest Clapp
1897–1968
Effie Isadora “Dora” Clapp
1899–1989
Vera Jeanette Clapp
1903–1975
Harry Clapp
1904–1904
Alfred Lloyd Clapp
1907–1940
Albert Floyd Clapp
1907–1984
Clara Ellen Clapp
1909–1996
Clarence Elmer Clapp
1909–1998
Paul Clapp
1911–1995
Bertha Orvanda Clapp Gordon Watters
1912–2002
Alice Irene Clapp
1915–1994

Sources (18)

  • 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"

World Events (8)

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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