Brief Life History of Arthur A
When Arthur A Clapp was born on 7 December 1871, in Nelson, Portage, Ohio, United States, his father, Edmond Ozro Clapp, was 24 and his mother, Emma Adeline Thayer, was 21. He married Luella V Poor on 15 December 1892, in Trumbull, Ohio, United States. He lived in Garrettsville, Portage, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Nelson, Nelson Township, Portage, Ohio, United States for about 15 years. In 1900, his occupation is listed as farmer in Nelson Township, Portage, Ohio, United States. He died on 10 February 1960, in Portage Township, Portage, Ohio, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Park Cemetery, Garrettsville, Portage, Ohio, United States.
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- Arthur A Clapp, "United States 1950 Census"
- A A Clapp, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Arthur A Clapp, "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007"
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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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