Clara Matilda STAFFORD

Father: Asa Porter STAFFORD
Mother: Hattie Alice SYLVESTER

Family 1: Willard Vern HART

(1) Jewell Family Records. August 8, 2002.

  1. Willard Alvin HART
  2. Melvin E. HART
  3. Clemma Louise HART
                                                          _________________________
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 _Asa Porter STAFFORD ____|
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|--Clara Matilda STAFFORD
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|                                                         _Caleb Barker SYLVESTER _
|                          _George Washington SYLVESTER _|
|                         |                              |_Joanna WHITNEY _________
|_Hattie Alice SYLVESTER _|
                          |                               _________________________
                          |_Matilda A. COOK _____________|
                                                         |_________________________

Notes

Updated September 25, 2017. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1900 United States Census for Kansas, Osage Co., Melvern Twp.: Supervisor's District 4; Enumeration District 121; Sheet 8A; June 15, 1900.

Clara M. STAFFORD is the daughter of Asa P. and step-daughter of Hulda E. STAFFORD. She is 11 years old, born in August 1888 in Iowa and is attending school.

(2) 1905 Kansas State Census Schedule 1, Coffey Co., Town of Waverly; March 1, 1905.

C.M. STAFFORD is the daughter of A. STAFFORD and (step) daughter of H.E. STAFFORD. She is 16 years old and born in Iowa.

(3) 1910 United States Census for Kansas, Saline Co., Greeley Twp.: Supervisor's District 5; Enumeration District 120; Sheet 3A; May 2, 1910.

Clara M. STAFFORD is the daughter of Asa P. STAFFORD and step-daughter of Huldah E. STAFFORD. She is 21 years old, born in Iowa and is a candy maker in a factory.

(4) 1915 Kansas State Census Schedule 1, Saline Co., Town of Greeley.

Clara STAFFORD is the daughter of A. P. STAFFORD and (step) daughter of H.E. STAFFORD. She is 26 years old and born in Iowa.

(4) 1920 United States Census for Kansas, Lincoln Co., Salt Creek Twp.: Supervisor's District 6; Enumeration District 90; Sheet 1A, January 17-18, 1920.

Clara M. [STAFFORD] HART is married to Willard V. HART, head of household.

- Age: 31
- Home: Renting their farm
- Birthplace: Iowa, with her father from New York and her mother from Minnesota

(5) 1925 Kansas State Census, Lincoln Co., Salt Creek Twp.

Clara [STAFFORD] HART is married to Willard V. HART, head of household. Children in the household are Willard and Melvin. Clara is 36 years old and born in Iowa, as were her parents.

(6) 1930 United States Census for Kansas, Lincoln Co., Salt Creek Town.: Enumeration District 53-21; Sheet 1B; April 3, 1930.

Clara [STAFFORD] HART is married to Willard V. HART, head of household. The children in the household are: Willard A.; Melvin E.; and Clemma.

- Age: 41 years old at time of census; 27 when first married
- Birthplace: Iowa; with father from New York and mother from Minnesota

(7) 1940 United States Census for Kansas, Lincoln Co., Salt Creek Twp.: Supervisor's District 6; Enumeration District 53-21; Sheet 1A; April 5-6, 1940.

Clara [STAFFORD] HART is married to Willard HART, head of household. Children in the household are Willard Alvin, Melvin E., and Clemma HART. Willard (the father) furnished information to the census taker for this household.

- Age: 51, married
- Highest Grade of School Completed: College - 1st Year
- Birthplace: Iowa
- Residence on April 1, 1935: Same House
- At Work: No; Home Housework

(8) Jewell Family Records (interview with the Hart family), July 8 and July 9, 2002; and August 8, 2002.

- "In the... [Social Security] Death Index Willard Vern., b. 9 Aug 1890, d. Nov 1969 in Barnard., and Clara, b. 31 Aug 1888... d. Apr 1975."
- "Clara M. STAFFORD was the last child of A. P. STAFFORD and Hattie Alice SYLVESTER. She was born 31 Aug 1888 in either Plainview [Wabasha Co., MN] or Iowa and died April 1975 in Barnard [Lincoln Co.] KS."
- "He remembered that his grandmother was a SYLVESTER [i.e., Hattie] from Plainview [Wabasha Co., MN] who had died in childbirth, and that his mother Clara [STAFFORD] had been raised since age 5 by a step-mother, Hulda HORN."
- Aug. 8, 2002: Middle name is "Matilda," birthplace "West Liberty, IA."

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Additional Notes.

Mayflower lineage: Howland/Tilley -1; Hope Howland -2; Hope Chipman -3; Samuel Cobb -4; Chipman Cobb -5; Andrew Cobb -6 (DAR/SAR ancestor); Hannah Cobb -7; Joanna Whitney -8; George Sylvester -9; Hattie Sylvester -10; Clara Stafford -11.