Brief Life History of Joel Henry
When Joel Henry Clapp was born on 7 August 1850, in Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Benjamin Lynn Clapp, was 35 and his mother, Elvira Corinda Randall, was 25. He married Harriet Genora Moore on 1 January 1877, in Santa Clara, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Gilroy, Santa Clara, California, United States in 1880 and Pajaro Judicial Township, Monterey, California, United States in 1900. He died on 4 September 1919, in San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States, at the age of 69.
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- Joel Clapp in household of Margaret Clapp, "United States Census, 1850"
- Joel H Clapp, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Henry J Clapp, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
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1857 · 7.9 Earthquake In Fort Tejon
The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
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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