Brief Life History of Helen Mirancy
When Helen Mirancy Clapp was born on 15 December 1872, in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Edwin Hubbard Clapp, was 48 and her mother, Laura A Farnsworth, was 33. She married Albert Joshua Turner on 3 September 1891, in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 28 November 1925, in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Helen M Clapp in household of E A Clapp, "United States Census, 1880"
- Clapp, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Helen M. Clapp, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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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.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
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.
Name Meaning
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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