Family tree Dijkstra » Claire B. Kelson (1903-1968)

Personal data Claire B. Kelson 

  • He was born in the year 1903 in Iowa, United States.Source 1
    Claire B Kelson Groover
    Find A Grave Index
    Name:Claire B Kelson Groover
    Maiden Name:Kelson
    Event Type:Burial
    Event Place:Garwin, Tama, Iowa, United States of America
    Age (Estimated):65
    Photograph Included:Y
    Birth Date:1903
    Death Date:1968
    Cemetery:Garwin Union Cemetery
    Note:Contains Biography
    Affiliate Record Identifier:172786311
    Affiliate Image Identifier:172786311
  • He died in the year 1968 in Iowa, United States, he was 65 years old.Source 2
  • He is buried in Garwin Union Cemetery.
  • A child of Clarence Kelson and Margret Wilson
  • This information was last updated on July 22, 2024.

Household of Claire B. Kelson

He is married to Marion J. Groover Dykstra.

They got married on July 5, 1923 at Black Hawk, Iowa, Unietd satets, he was 20 years old.Source 3

Op 05/07/1923 Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, trouwt Marion J. Groover, 21 jaar, met Claire B. Kelson (19 jaar; 1904, Iowa). Iowa County Marriages 1838-1934
Mary J. Groover
mentioned in the record of Charles Dykstra and Mary J. Groover
NameCharles Dykstra
Spouse's NameMary J. Groover
Event Date21 Feb 1900
Event PlaceLa Moille, Marshall, Iowa
Father's NameJames Dykstra
Mother's NameClara Bosma
Spouse's Father's NameEli Groover
Spouse's Mother's NameElizabeth A. Campbell

Child(ren):

  1. Douglas Groover J.  1924-1996 
  2. Wallace Jean Groover  1925-2000 


Notes about Claire B. Kelson

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Claire B. Kelson was born in 1903. Her father is Clarence Kelson and her mother is Margaret Wilson. Both are born in Denmark. Claire (Clara, Clare), 19 years old, married on July 5, 1923 Marion Groover in Black Hawk, Iowa. In the US Census of 1930 they live in Carlton, Tama, Iowa and in the Census of 1940 in Howard Township, Tama, Iowa. Claire and Marion have two sons: Douglas (1924) and Wallace Jean (1925).

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Sources

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  2. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DN-ZSV5 : 6 December 2016), Claire B Kelson Groover, ; Burial, , , ,, ; citing record ID 172786311, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  3. "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ13-2Q9 : 10 February 2018), Marion J. Groover and Claire B. Kelson, 05 Jul 1923; citing Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, reference 2:3VNP4W4; FHL microfilm 1,548,424. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ4D-GPM : 18 October 2017), Marion J. Groover and Claire B. Kelson, 05 Jul 1923, Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States; citingreference cn 19419 p 538, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,548,424.

Historical events

Day of marriage July 5, 1923

  • The temperature on July 5, 1923 was between 12.4 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
    • August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
    • September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
    • September 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
    • October 16 » The Walt Disney Company is founded.
    • November 8 » Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
    • December 21 » United Kingdom and Nepal formally signed an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.

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