Joseph Ware Tapp 1900s
1900
Census, La Prairie, Marshall County, Illinois
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| Joseph Ware Tapp 1900 La Prairie, Marshall IL |
This family is the fourth family on this set. No street, no house number. This was a working farm. I love the 1900 census because we get month and year of birth, how many years married, and how many children born, and how many are still living. We can see that Laura Tapp had just the five children so far, with all of them living. They are in La Prairie Township in Marshall County, had moved here from West Toulon, Stark County Illinois sometime since the last available census 20 years ago.
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| Google Maps, Toulon to La Prairie IL |
According to Google Maps directions 2019, we can see it is less than a 30 minute drive. So, not too far away.
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| 1900 William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt Campaign poster |
In other news -- Galveston Hurricane kills 8,000 people; Hawaii is organized as a territory (OurTimelines.com, 2018).
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1901
Birth of twins, son Harold Alfred Tapp and daughter Helen Alice Tapp
Secondary sources only. Four federal censuses from 1910 to 1940. Iowa State Census 1905. Social Security Death Index. Tertieary sources include Public Records, Obituary and Find A Grave.
Helen's Ancestry profile and Find a Grave profile can be accessed by clicking on the links. Helen is buried in Eastlawn Cemetery in Beloit, Rock County Wisconsin. Her memorial was created in 2004 by Straws Sween.
Harold's Ancestry profile are on this link. Sources for Harold include an Indiana marriage and death certificates, and WWII draft card. No Find a Grave.
Death of brother Alfred Castle Tapp
He died in Ottumwa, Wapella County, Iowa. His Ancestry profile is here. His Find a Grave memorial created by Alice Wehmhoener 2008 is here.
President McKinley is assassinated! Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States
He served from 1901 to 1909. His face is on Mount Rushmore. He is generally ranked as one of the five best presidents (Wikipedia -- Roosevelt, T., 2018).
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| 1901 Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President (Wikipedia -- Roosevelt, T., 2018) |
Quote: -- "People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives" -- Theodore Roosevelt (Roosevelt T., 2018).
In other news -- In 1901: The commonwealth of Australia is founded; the first British submarine is launched; oil is discovered in Texas in significant amounts; Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation; the Third law of thermodynamics is postulated by W.H. Nernst; King Edward VII begins his reign over Saxe-Coberg. In other news -- In 1903, Airplanes are developed; Nikola Tesla patents logic gates. In other news -- In 1904, Radar is developed (OurTimelines.com).
In other news -- In 1901: The commonwealth of Australia is founded; the first British submarine is launched; oil is discovered in Texas in significant amounts; Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation; the Third law of thermodynamics is postulated by W.H. Nernst; King Edward VII begins his reign over Saxe-Coberg. In other news -- In 1903, Airplanes are developed; Nikola Tesla patents logic gates. In other news -- In 1904, Radar is developed (OurTimelines.com).
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| 1900 Clip Art Concord NH Directory page 463 horse 3 |
1905
Birth of son Glenn Reyburn Tapp
2 January 1905, Glenn Reyburn Tapp was born in Albert City, Buena Vista, Iowa. He was the eighth child. Was Laura pregnant when they moved to this area? They moved sometime between mid-summer of 1900 when the Federal Census was taken, and January 1905 when Baby Glenn was born. His middle name, Reyburn, was his maternal grandmother's maiden name, Sarah Ann Reyburn Watkins Swope. Glen married twice, had four daughters, and died in 1977 in Beloit, Rock County Wisconsin. Glenn's Ancestry profile is here. His Find a Grave memorial created by Alice Wehmhoener in 2010 is here. It is also an orphaned memorial for which I will request to manage until a more suitable manager comes along.
State Census, Fairfield, Buena Vista County, Iowa
Not much information added except we know where they lived in 1905, their post office was Albert City, and we know the names of their children. Glenn was still an infant, since he was born this year. The first is an image of the actual census. The second is an index found on Ancestry.com
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| Joseph Ware Tapp 1905 Iowa State Census |
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| Joseph Ware Tapp 1905 Iowa State Census Index Ancestry.com |
Google Maps cannot find Albert City, Iowa, but Wikipedia has it. It is a city in Buena Vista County and as of 2010 it had a population of 699 residents (Wikipedia -- Albert City, Iowa, 2019)
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Wonder what took them so far away from home? What was going on in Illinois that they needed to find a farming job way out west? For Joseph Ware Tapp was an tenant farmer. He never owned his own land that I am aware of, but he farmed land owned by others. I don't know if he was very good, but his children all looked healthy and happy.
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| 1900 Clip Art Concord NH Directory, fish |
1907
Death of brother George Washington Tapp
He died on 10 March 1907, in Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri. I only have the teriary source, Find a Grave, which memorial is here. According to this source, he was only about 55 years old, he is buried in Linwood Cemetery, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. His memorial was created by Shawdau in 2014.
In other news -- Plastic is developed (which will eventually cause a huge plastic island in the ocean); Oklahoma enters the Union as the 46th state (OurTimelines.com).
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| 1900 Clip Art Concord NH Directory, horse detail |
1908
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| 1908 Taft Sherman Campaign Poster |
In other news: -- Tunguska atmospheric object exploded over the Russian Tundra (OurTimelines.com). Want to learn more? Click on this link right here. Okay, so Wikipedia is not a creditable source, but you can also look at the NASA Science article here!
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1909
William Howard Taft becomes the 27th President of the United States
He was the 10th Chief Justice of the US, the only person to have held both offices. The vice president became president when Theodore Roosevelt was assassinated, and was deveated by Woodrow Wilson after splitting the Republican Party by running as a third party candidate (Wikipedia -- Taft, 2018).
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| 1909 William Howard Taft, 27th President (Wikipedia -- Taft, 2018) |
Quote: -- "The day is not far distant when three Stars and Stripes at three equidistant points will mark our territory: One at the North Pole, another at the Panama Canal, and the third at the South Pole. The whole hemisphere will be ours in fact as, by virtue of our superiority of race, it is already ours morally" (Taft, 2018)
In other news: -- The North Pole is reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's expedition; Union of South Africa is formed (OurTimelines.com, 2018).
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| 1900 Clip Art Concord NH Directory, Brass and iron founder |
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