Joseph Ware Tapp part 7 1910s

Joseph Ware Tapp 1910s

1910 -- Federal Census

1917 Death of sister Isadore Tapp Campbell; America Enters WWI

1910

Census, Randolph, McLean County, Illinois

Joseph Ware Tapp 1910 Randolph, McLean IL

This is another great census for information.  We find our family with three children missing.  It was a practice for them to send the girls to work as domestic servants.  I think this is the case for Sadie and Clara.  Harry I am still working on.  Hold, please .... 

Okay, yes, I found Harry.  He is 17 years old, working as a hired hand on a Reyburn farm.  His name was indexed poorly, as Taupp.  Since Reyburn is a maternal grandmother maiden name, these are probably cousins he works for.

Sadie, in 1910, is working as a servant for the Albert Hanover family.  She is 19 years old, working in Bloomington Illinois as a housekeeper.

Clara is age 15, working as a servant for the James Riley family in Randolph, McLean County, Illinois

How did these girls find these positions?  They were quite young.  Did they advertise for a position, or did they answer an advertisement?  Was the position found by word of mouth?  Did Joseph and Laura interview the family before sending their little girls off?  I suspect, Momma Laura trained her girls to work hard and to live honestly.  There was no helicopter parenting in this time.  These girls were considered old enough to make their way in the world.  And they all did very well.

Randolph Township, McLean County, Illinois

McLean County's location in Illinois

(Wikipedia -- Randolph Township, 2018)

Randolph Township location within McLean County

(Wikipedia -- Randolph Township, 2018)

Historical Insight -- Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Circus

The foreign performers, trained animals, and incredible stunts of the Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Circus probably awed Joseph Ware Tapp of Randolph, Illinois in 1910 -- (Ancestry.com Historical Insights, 2019)

1911 Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Circus 4
About 1896.  Credit:  Library of Congress
(Ancestry.com Historical Insights, 2019)

Forepaugh's circus was the first to have a separate big top tent for the menagerie.  Performing in places as famous as Madison Square Garden, the show and its exotic features were wildly popular until it performed its last tour in 1911 (Ancestry.com Historical Insights, 2019).

In other news -- Japan annexes Korea;  Halley's Comet shows up;  King George V (Windsor) begins his reign (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

WWI

1911

In other news:  -- In 1911, Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole.   In 1912, Titanic sinks; New Mexico enters the union as the 47th state, with Arizona becoming the 48th state, while Alaska organized as a territory (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

(The Lancaster Morning Journal, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1911)

1913

Woodrow Wilson becomes the 28th President of the United States

He served from 1913 to 1921.  He was a Democrat, President of Princeton University, and New Jersey Governor.  He lead the US during World War I (Wikipedia -- Wilson, 2018)

(Wikipedia -- Wilson, 2018)

Quote:  "The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it" -- Woodrow Wilson (Wilson, 2018)

1912 teeth transplant, The Day Book, Chicago IL April
from Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

Historical Insight -- Great Lakes Storm of 1913 

In 1913, Joseph Ware Tapp was living in Randolph, Illinois when a devastating storm furiously slammed the Great Lakes.   Hurricane-force winds of 90 miles-per-hour, towering waves over 35 feet, and whiteout blizzard conditions inundated the Great Lakes between November 7 and November 10, 1913 (Historical Insights -- Great Lakes Storm of 1913, 1913).

Credit:  Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain

(Historical Insights -- Great Lakes Storm of 1913, 1913)

1914

In other news: 
In 1914, World War I began in this year.  The Bra became a thing women needed.  
In 1915, Einstein's Theory of Relativity.  
In 1916, the Irish Easter Rebellion flared up;  Sonar is invented (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

1912 train-vintage-graphicsfairy008
(Watson, 2018)

1917

Death of sister Isadore Tapp, Sand Prairie, Tazewell County, Illinois.

She died 4 February 1917.  She had been married to Wilbur Campbell, had three daughters and two sons.  Her Find a Grave memorial, created by Roberta Everett in 2007, can be found here.

Historical Insight -- America Enters World War I

When the United States declared war on Germany in 1917, Joseph Ware Tapp was probably living in Randolph, Illinois.  President Wilson's speech to Congress was published across the United Sates.  On April 6, 1917, he asked that "all officers, civil or military, of the United States that they exercise vigilance and zeal in the discharge of the duties incident to such a state of war" (Ancestry Historical Insights, 2019).

7 April 1917, San Francisco, California

Credit:  San Francisco Chronicle/Newspapers.com

(Ancestry Historical Insights, 2019)

While some Americans criticized President Wilson for going back on his promise to remain neutral, most eagerly put their backs into the war effort, supporting the four and a half million American soldiers who served in Western Europe (Ancestry Historical Insights, 2019).

In other news:

In 1917, Russian revolution starts; US enters WWI.
In 1918, the Flu epidemic lasted two years, yet killed 25 million or more US citizens;  Prohibition started and would last the rest of Joseph's life.
In 1919, the League of Nations instituted;  Shortwave Radio invented (OurTimelines.com).

(The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, 1912)

1919

Historical Insight -- Paris Peace Conference

The British delegation negotiated the awarding of mandates over territory
previously controlled by Germany and the Ottoman Empire.
1919, Paris, France
Credit:  Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
(Ancestry Historical Insights, 2019)

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Resources

Ancestry Historical Insights. (2019). 1919 Paris Peace Conference. Retrieved from Ancestry.com: Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com Historical Insights. (2019). Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Circus. Retrieved from Ancestry.com: Ancestry.com

Ancestry Historical Insights. (2019). America Enters World War I. Retrieved from Ancestry.com: Ancestry.com

Historical Insights -- Great Lakes Storm of 1913. (1913). Great Lakes Storm of 1913. Retrieved March 20, 2018, from Ancestry.com: Ancestry.com

OurTimelines.com. (2018). TimeLines. (Timelines courtesy of www.ourtimelines.com. Timeline formatting and technology copyright © 2000-2018 ourtimelines.com, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED under the Pan-American Conventions.) Retrieved from OurTimeLines.com: http://ourtimelines.com/

The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa. (1912, July 8). 1912 clip art, medication, Save the Babies. Retrieved April 3, 2017, from Newspapers.com: Newspapers.com

The Lancaster Morning Journal, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (1911, April 22). Roald Amundsen South Pole Expedition. Retrieved November 27, 2019, from Newspapers.com: Newspapers.com

Watson, K. (2018). Various Graphics and Illustrations. Retrieved from Graphics Fairy: https://thegraphicsfairy.com/

Wikipedia -- Randolph Township. (2018, April). Randolph Township, McLean County, Illinois. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Township,_McLean_County,_Illinois

Wikipedia -- Wilson. (2018). Woodrow Wilson, 28th President. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson

Wilson, W. (2018). Woodrow Wilson Quotes. Retrieved from BrainyQuotes: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/woodrow_wilson

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Joseph Ware Tapp part 6 1900s

Joseph Ware Tapp 1900s

1900

Census, La Prairie, Marshall County, Illinois

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.

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.

1900 William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt Campaign poster

(Wikipedia -- McKinley, 2018)

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).

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).

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

Joseph Ware Tapp 1905 Iowa State Census

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)

Location of Albert City, Iowa

Coordinates: 42°46′51″N 94°57′2″W (Wikipedia -- Albert City, Iowa, 2019)

Location of Albert City, Iowa

Coordinates: 42°46′51″N 94°57′2″W

(Wikipedia -- Albert City, Iowa, 2019)

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.

1900 Clip Art Concord NH Directory, fish

(Concord NH Directory, 1900)

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).

1900 Clip Art Concord NH Directory, horse detail

(Concord NH Directory, 1900)

1908

1908 Taft Sherman Campaign Poster

(Wikipedia -- Taft, 2018)

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!

1900 Clip Art Concord NH Directory, meat

(Concord NH Directory, 1900)

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).

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). 

1900 Clip Art Concord NH Directory, Brass and iron founder

(Concord NH Directory, 1900)

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Resources

Concord NH Directory. (1900). 1900 Clip Art. Retrieved from Concord New Hampshire.

OurTimelines.com. (2018). TimeLines. (Timelines courtesy of www.ourtimelines.com. Timeline formatting and technology copyright © 2000-2018 ourtimelines.com, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED under the Pan-American Conventions.) Retrieved from OurTimeLines.com: http://ourtimelines.com/

Roosevelt, T. (2018, December). Theodore Roosevelt Quotes. Retrieved from BrainyQuote: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/theodore_roosevelt

Taft, W. H. (2018). William Howard Taft Quotes. Retrieved from BrainyQuotes: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/william_howard_taft

Wikipedia -- Albert City, Iowa. (2019, September 11). Albert City, Iowa. Retrieved November 26, 2019, from Wikipedia.com: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_City,_Iowa

Wikipedia -- McKinley. (2018, December). William McKinley, 25th President. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley

Wikipedia -- Roosevelt. (2018, December). Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt

Wikipedia -- Taft. (2018). William Howard Taft, 27th President. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howard_Taft

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Grace Elizabeth Tapp Part 1.1 1899-1909

About Grace Tapp before her marriage to August Paul Wenkel sometime between 1930 and 1933.

• 1899, birth; William McKinley is president
• 1900 Census LaPrairie, Marshall County, Illinois
• 1901, birth of twins; brother Harold Alfred Tapp and sister Helen Alice Tapp
• 1905, birth of brother Glen Reyburn Tapp, Iowa

1899 - 1909, ages 0-10

Grace Elizabeth Tapp mini pedigree
from Ancestry.com

1899, age 0

Grace was the fifth child born to Joseph and Laura Grant Swope Tapp

born 20 April 1899 in Wyoming, Stark County, Illinois.

Wyoming, Stark County, Illinois
in relation to Chicago
Google Maps

President William McKinley
from Wikipedia

William McKinley is the 25th President at the time.

Aspirin, Felix Hoffman, a German Chemist who worked for Bayer, investigated using a new acetylsalicylic acid as a less-irritating replacement for standard common salicylate medicines and together with other chemists created Aspirin for pain relief. Aspirin has been replaced by paracetamol and ibuprofen over recent years for pain relief but is widely used as a preventive treatment for heart attacks and strokes. -- http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1890to1899.html#1899

1900, Census, age 1

Farm, La Prairie, Marshall Illinois

1900 Census, LaPrairie, Marshall Illinois

Line 14.  Tapp family farm in Marshall County Illinois.

• Joseph W. Tapp, head, white male, born May 1857.  Age 43, married for 10 years.  Born in Illinois, parents born in Virginia.  Occupation is Farmer working on his own account, able to read, write, speak English.  Renting the home.
• Laura G. Tapp, wife, white female.  Born August 1866, age 35.  married for 10 years, 5 children born, all still living.  Born in Illinois, father born Virginia, mother born in Illinois.  able to read, write, speak English.  
• Sadie E. Tapp, born February 1891, age 9.  Born Illinois.  At school, able to read, write, speak English.  
• Harry B. Tapp, son, born May 1822, age 8, born Illinois.  at school, able to read, write, speak English.  
• Clara E. Tapp, daughter, born July 1894, age 5, born Illinois.  
• Olive E. Tapp, born November 1895, age 4, born Illinois.  
• Grace E. Tapp, born April 1899 age 1, born Illinois.  

La Prairie Township, Marshall County, Illinois

It is important to note the proximity to Wyoming, and to Toulon.

I searched the plat books from here -- https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4103mm.gla00104/?q=La+Prairie&st=gallery

La Prairie Residences and Farms, Atlas of Marshall Co, LOC

La Prairie Twp, Marshall Co Illinois

I've looked at every land owner before I realized something.  The reason you won't find a Tapp name is because Joseph Tapp was a Tenant Farmer.  He rented the farm from someone who is on this plat.  So far as I can tell, I cannot find out who he rented from, therefore, this is as close to finding the farm as I can get.  If you have some idea, let me know.

1901, age 2

Birth of brother Harold Alfred Tapp and sister Helen Alice Tapp (twins) 24 August 1901, LaPraire, Marshall Illinois

Antique Baby Carriage
from GraphicsFairy

Theodore Roosevelt
from Wikipedia

Theodore Roosevelt, is elected as the 26th President

1901-1905, age 2-5

moved to Iowa sometime in this timeframe.  This is over 430 miles away.  Why did they move?  What incentive did they have to go that far away?  I know they were farmers, was there a natural disaster?  How did they get there?  Probably not by car, perhaps by wagon with horses or by train? How long did that trip take them?  Traveling in modern cars on modern roads is still a long trip, over 6 hours.

Trip from Randolph Illinois to Albert City Iowa
Google Maps 2017 

Boy Reading
AntiqueClipArt

1905 age 5

Birth of brother Glenn Reyburn Tapp, 2 January 1905, Albert City, Buena Vista, Iowa

Albert City Iowa
Google Maps 2017

Below is the Census index and page for Grace Tapp living in Albert City.  These are the Iowa State Census for 1905

1908  ad
The Levenworth Times,
 Levenworth KS, January 1908
from Newspapers.com

1905-1910, age 5-11

moved to Randolph, McLean County Illinois

William Howard Taft
from Wikipedia

1909 age 10

William Howard Taft is elected as the 27th President