Lois Virginia Clapp was born on 16 Oct 1915 in Gibsonville, Guilford County, North Carolina to Charles Washington Clapp (1894-1933) and Ada Pettigrew (1892-1971).[1][2]
On the 1920 Census she was 6 years old and lived with her parents and siblings in the Rock Creek Township of Guilford County, North Carolina. She had not attended school.[3]
On the 1930 Census she was 14 years old and lived with her parents and siblings on Bynum Road in Chatham County, North Carolina. She had attended school and was able to read and write.[4]
She was married to Robert Gurnie Edmonds on 8 Apr 1939 in Danville, Virginia.[5] There is no record of them having any children.
On the 1940 Census she was 24 years old and lived with her husband as lodgers on West Maple Street in Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee. Her occupation was "redrawer" in the "rayon mill" industry. She had completed 7th grade.[6]
She passed away on Christmas Day, 1945 in Gibsonville, Alamance County, North Carolina due to "cardiac failure". Her residence at the time was in Johnson City, Tennessee.[2] It's likely that she was visiting relatives for Christmas. She was buried at Pine Hill Cemetery in Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina.[7]
Sources
↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHV9-517 : 8 December 2014), Lois V Clapp, 16 Oct 1915; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 2, p. 2073, Guilford, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3SW-1NC : accessed 23 July 2023), Lois Clapp in household of Charlie Clapp, Center, Chatham, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 16B, line 67, family 294, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1680; FHL microfilm 2,341,414.
↑ "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1M-H4KC : 20 February 2021), Gurnie Robert Edmonds and Lois Virginia Clapp, 08 Apr 1939; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Danville, , Virginia, United States, certificate 8311, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4HN-WXV : 11 January 2021), Lois Edmonds in household of Gurnie Edmonds, Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 90-11, sheet 61A, line 4, family 88, 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 3944.
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