Clarence James Clements

Male29 August 1881–15 April 1943

Brief Life History of Clarence James

When Clarence James Clements was born on 29 August 1881, in Mexico, Audrain, Missouri, United States, his father, Benjamin W. Clement, was 30 and his mother, Mamey E. "Nannie" Mourning, was 21. He married Maude I. Lindsey on 27 July 1903, in Cle Elum, Kittitas, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Eschbach, Yakima, Washington, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 47 Eschbach, Yakima, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 15 April 1943, in Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Tahoma Cemetery, Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States.

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Clarence James Clements
1881–1943
Maude I. Lindsey
1879–1957
Marriage: 27 July 1903
James Lindsey Clements
1921–1986

Sources (12)

  • Clerance Clement, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Clarence Clement, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
  • Clarence James Clements, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    27 July 1903Cle Elum, Kittitas, Washington, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

    Age 1

    A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

    1889 · Washington Becomes a State

    Age 8

    On November 11, 1889, Washington Territory became Washington State the 42nd state to enter the Union. The state was named in honor of George Washington.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 17

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    Name Meaning

    English, Irish (Tyrone and Antrim), and Dutch: variant of Clement , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. German Clementz and Slovenian patronymic Klemenc (see Klements ).

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

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