Clarence Henry Clements

  Research Notes:

1. Birth

- 1900 US Census - Oct 1892; 1910, age 17 at last birthdate <1893>; 1920, age 27 at last birthdate <1893>; 1930, age 36 at last birthdate <1892>
- US Draft Card - 30 Oct 1893
- obit - 30 Oct 1893
- Jefferson Co Genealogy cemetery - 1893
- Allen Dale Anderson data - 1893
- US SSDI - 30 Oct 1892 -- (see below -- BUT this listing is NOT CONFIRMED)
Conclusion: date of birth that is most likely correct -- 30 Oct 1893
a. Clarence's report his birth on the US Draft Card
b. obit - created at the time, likely from information provided by family
c. Allen Anderson's data - based on family information
d. consistency of the information - only one source is off - 1930 Census - however, if the US SSDI is the correct person, then two sources
Further Research - find the birth certificate and death certificate, that is find primary source information; rank - as above under consclusion; point 4 (misinformation) - Census information can have errors
--- ---- it appears the Clarence went by the name Henry (Allen Dale Anderson's data)

2. US Draft Card, WW I, 5 June 1917

- 1602 Lincoln St, Port Townsend
- Logger with Elliot Bay Logging Company, Dabob, WA [ abt 40 kms south of Port Townsend ]
- Tall, Medium build, Light Blue Eyes, Dark Brown Hair
- signed by George Clements
"In St John's Hospital with fractured skull, partial paralysis"

3. 1930 US Census, Olympia

- Clarence with wife Margaret, and son Paul H; and two lodgers
- Clarence is an Electrician with a Venear Plant
- Rent; 902 Washington

4. US Draft Registration Card, WW II, 26 Apr 1942

- 744 Fillmore St, Port Townsend, WA
- birth - 30 Oct 1893, Port Townsend
- Name of person who will always know address: Paul Clements, 1602 Lincoln St, Port Townsend
- Employer - US Engineers Dept, Fort Warden, WA
- 6 feet, 194 pounds, blue eyes, brown hair, dark complexion
"half of left hand missing"

5. Obit
- died in a nursing home in Sequim; native of Port Townsend
- survived by a son, Paul Henry Clements of Everett; two brothers, E. S. Clements of Seattle and Paul W Clements of Port Townsend

6. US SSDI +++ NOT CONFIRMED
- two Clarence Clements listed
- SSN 535-10-8484 issued by WA - death as Dec 1971 with address on record Sequim Clallam CO BUT birth as 30 Oct 1892

7. Marriage ?? ----

- Allen B Anderson (1979) - says he married Margaret Slocum
- WA Digital - 8 Feb 1937 - Clarence Henry Clements of Port Townsend and Margaret I [ L ? ] Olson at Olympia ---- BUT then on 19 June 1937 - Margaret Clements to Arthur J Slocum at Olympia
- 1930 US Census -- indicates marriage about 1919-1920 and only lists her as Margaret I
- Obit makes no mention of a wife
- Margaret Slocum - US SSDI - lists two SSN issued by WA - one died Sept 1983 at Everett and born in Dec 1897; the other died Aug 1987 at Santa Barbara, CA and born in Aug 1905
Conclusion
- Clarence Henry likely lived in a common law relationship, had one son and then before the divorce/separation they married --- why ?? since it appears she remarried abt 4 months later
--- further research -- obit for Margaret or for Paul Henry; birth/death cert

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence - 1930, 1 Apr 1930, Olympia, Thurston Co, Washington, United States. ³⁹⁴³

Clarence married Margaret I about 1920.³⁹⁴³ (Margaret I was born about 1899 in Washington, United States ³⁹⁴³.)