Helen Cordelia Clawson

Brief Life History of Helen Cordelia

When Helen Cordelia Clawson was born on 8 August 1835, in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States, her father, Zephaniah Clawson, was 37 and her mother, Catherine Reese, was 31. She married Hampden Sidney Beatie on 2 December 1855, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 19 January 1884, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hampden Sidney Beatie
1826–1887
Helen Cordelia Clawson
1835–1884
Marriage: 2 December 1855
Catherine Amelia Beatie
1857–1920
Harriet Elizabeth Beatie
1859–1946
James Monroe Beatie
1860–1951
Leo Reese Beatie
1862–1864
Charles Clawson Beatie
1865–1867
Alice May Beatie
1867–1940
Helen Mar Beatie
1870–1928
Leonidas Clawson Beatie
1871–1892
Mark Stanley Beatie
1873–1953

Sources (67)

  • Helen Clawson in household of Catherine Clawson, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
  • Helen C Beatie, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

1850 · Tornado Finishes off the Temple

On May 27, 1850, a tornado came through Nauvoo and took the remaining outer walls of the temple. It was the most frightful thing the city had witnessed. Not just a tornado but also lightening, thunder, wind, hail and rain assailed the spot. Over time what was not destroyed by the storm crumbled until only a small amount was left.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Claxton .

Americanized form of North German, Danish, and Norwegian Clausen , Claussen , or Klausen , and also of their Dutch cognates, such as Claassen or Klaassen, patronymics from short forms of the local equivalents of the personal name Nicholas . Compare Clauson .

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

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