Clara Laverne Sheeler

Brief Life History of Clara Laverne

When Clara Laverne Sheeler was born on 29 April 1914, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John William Sheeler, was 37 and her mother, Margaret “Peggie” Spangler, was 38. She lived in Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1935 and Granville Township, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. She died on 14 August 2006, at the age of 92, and was buried in Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Frederick J Kress
1914–1962
Clara Laverne Sheeler
1914–2006

Sources (6)

  • Clara Harshbarger in household of Eugene Harshbarger, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Clara L Kress, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Clara L Kress, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Schüler (see Schuler ).

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

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