Clara Amalia Schliesser

Brief Life History of Clara Amalia

When Clara Amalia Schliesser was born on 3 July 1882, in Adams Township, Defiance, Ohio, United States, her father, Johannes Schliesser, was 42 and her mother, Elizabeth Shumaker, was 33. She married Henry Frederick Gerken on 20 November 1902, in Defiance, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died about December 1955, at the age of 73, and was buried in Adams Township, Defiance, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Frederick Gerken
1867–1949
Clara Amalia Schliesser
1882–1955
Marriage: 20 November 1902
Olga Gerken
1903–1903
Hellen Marie Gerken
1904–1967
Leona Gerken
1906–
Harold H Gerken
1907–1970

Sources (31)

  • Clara Gerken in household of Henry F Gerken, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Clara Schlieper, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Clara Schlesser, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Aloysius, Erwin, Hannes, Hans, Wolfgang.

German (Schlösser): occupational name for a locksmith, from an agent derivative of Middle High German sloz ‘lock’.

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

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