Clara Arlene Wattenbarger

Brief Life History of Clara Arlene

When Clara Arlene Wattenbarger was born on 13 October 1914, in Read, Delta, Colorado, United States, her father, Frederick Arthur Wattenbarger, was 35 and her mother, Susan Ethel Doyle, was 26. She married Charles Wilson Bradburn on 21 July 1934, in Moab, Grand, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Dove Creek, Dolores, Colorado, United States for about 10 years. She died on 15 July 2003, in Overgaard, Navajo, Arizona, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Heber, Navajo, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Wilson Bradburn
1912–1986
Clara Arlene Wattenbarger
1914–2003
Marriage: 21 July 1934
Charles Arthur Bradburn
1934–2004
William Dee Bradburn
1936–2011
Donald Jean Bradburn
1939–2020

Sources (26)

  • Clara A Burnett, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Miss Clara A Wattenberger, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Clara Solt, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"

World Events (8)

1915

Historical Boundaries: 1915: Dolores, Colorado, United States

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Württemberger or Würtemberger: habitational name for someone from Württemberg, a region in southwestern Germany.

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

Story Highlight

Grandparents' farm near Dove Creek Colorado

They raised pinto beans. Also had milk cows which grandpa would milk every day. He'd bring milk up and separate the cream. Then he would take the milk in large cans on a little cart. He would take the …

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