Alberta Mae (Stipp) Clawson (1881 - 1950)

Born 5 May 1881 in Monroe, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Claude Leigh Clawson Sr — married 9 May 1906 in Indiana

Descendants

Died 3 Aug 1950 at age 69 in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States

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Biography

Alberta "Mae" was born in 1881 in Salt Creek Twsp, Monroe Co,Indiana to John Oscar Stipp Jr and Sarah Lucretia Horner. She attended Bloomington High School. Mae received her formal education at the University of Indiana. She married Claude Clawson Sr. in 1906. In 1911 they had their first child Claude Jr. They moved to Southern California in 1912. On 6 Dec 1912 Grandma and Grandpa Stipp arrived at the Clawson home in San Bernardino. The Stipp's returned home June 6th and Grandpa dropped dead uptown on the street 8 Aug 1913. July 1915 the Clawson family moved to Oakland, CA. Mae was a grammar school teacher in the Oakland School District. Mae received her Life Diploma from the State of California on 1 Dec 1930, authorizing her to teach any elementary or junior high school in the state. Claude and Mae had their second child John in 1921. December 1922 Grandma Jemima and Grandpa Clawson came to visit and stayed until April 1923. She later wrote in her son's baby book that her father was walking down the street and dropped dead. In 1929 Alice Stephenson, Mae sister came to live with them. Mae and Claude entertained many people in their home taking in family members and boarders. They were a very happy couple. Mae met her demise while making breakfast for her husband Claude Sr. She was cooking at the stove when she had a aneurism and passed away at 220 John St, Oakland, CA, 1950.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9M6-3MY : accessed 19 July 2021), Alberta M Stipp in household of John Stipp, Perry Township (excl. Bloomington city), Monroe, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 98, sheet 12B, family 248, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,392.
• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:86MF-YPW2 : 7 April 2021), Alberta Mae Stiff in entry for Claude L Clawson, 1906.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKGX-3N1 : accessed 9 May 2018), Claud L Clauson, Washington, Delaware, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 56, sheet 4A, family 84, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 346; FHL microfilm 1,374,359.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH3Q-68G : 31 January 2021), Claude Clawson, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCXQ-9XB : accessed 19 July 2021), Alberta Clawson in household of Clayde L Clawson, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 59, sheet 19B, line 81, family 397, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 103; FHL microfilm 2,339,838.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9Z1-XTW : 6 January 2021), Mae Clawson in household of Claude L Clawson, Oakland Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-65, sheet 7B, line 80, family 212, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 440.
• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG5R-FKC : 26 November 2014), Alberta Mae Clawson, 03 Aug 1950; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
• Chapel of the Chimes Columbarium and Mausoleum Oakland, CA,
• The Mellett and Hickman Families of Henry Co., Indiana by Franklin Miller, Jr.