Kay, my last note had a typo!! It should read: I checked the 1887 and 1891 Kansas City, MO city directory and there were no CLERCs listed. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John O'Brien" <JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com> To: <MOJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 8:17 PM Subject: [MOJACKSO]Re: [MOJACKSO] City/County directory: Pierre Louis Charles CLERC 1887-1892 (or Le'Clerc?) > Kay, I checked the 1887 and 1891 Kansas City, MO city directory and there > were to CLERCs listed. > > I also checked the marriage index for Jackson County. The index covers the > period from 1827 through 1937. There were no CLERCs listed. > > John > Kansas City, MO > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <MehdiFakhar@aol.com> > To: <MOJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 10:21 PM > Subject: [MOJACKSO] City/County directory: Pierre Louis Charles CLERC > 1887-1892 (or Le'Clerc?) > > > > Does anyone happen know if a city/county directory exists, or if any other > > type of publications were available during 1887-1892 such as a farm > gazette or > > business index? Would someone be able to check those types of records for > the > > surname CLERC for me? 'Yeahs' and 'neahs' are both important to me. > > > > In addition, I'm looking for a CLERC marriage and divorce/or wife's death > > notice during this same time period. And his Declaration of Intention or > > Naturalization Application. (Citizenship was filed/granted in Jefferson > County Sept > > 1892) > > These type of fees were often published in the local newspaper under the > > Court column. > > > > Pierre Louis Charles CLERC's 1925 Jefferson County, MO obituary reads that > he > > was a well educated Frenchman; immigrated from France; was from an > > affluential family; and lived in Kansas prior to moving to Jefferson > County, MO. > > > > Unfortunately it does not explain where he lived in Kansas and 1887-1892 > is a > > poor time frame to try to find a needle in a haystack... 'Kansas' could > mean > > Kansas City, MO and it's neighboring areas or instead, a city in the state > of > > Kansas. > > > > He has not turned up in any indexed listing of the 1885 State Kansas > Census > > records (tho I don't anticipate finding him earlier than 1887). Numerous > > census records list his immigration year as 1887, and that time period is > in > > agreement with the citizenship papers. > > > > Per the History of Jefferson County, MO, by Litton, it states that Pierre > > CLERC made and sold an 'excellent stove polish' out of his home. This > 'means' of > > making a living was something he did in the 1890's (based on his residence > at > > that time vs. his later residence listed in the land/tax records for > > Hillsboro Poultry Farms). > > > > **************************************************** > > I'm hoping local documentation might be found mentioning an earlier > > involvement in making/selling this stove polish prior to moving to > Jefferson County, > > MO. > > ***************************************************** > > > > Other info: > > > > Per the 1900 - 1926 Jeffco county newspapers on microfilm, there were 6 > CLERC > > products that he manufactured/sold at his 'factory' (called Hillsboro > Poultry > > Farms): > > Clerc's Specific > > Clerc's Clerc's Chicken-Lice Killer > > Clerc's Egg Producer > > Clerc's Chicken Food > > Clerc's Condition Powders > > Clerc's Disinfectant Insect Powder > > > > ***************************************************** > > Citizenship/Naturalization/Declaration of Intent: > > ***************************************************** > > His citizenship record was applied for (exact date unknown, but at least 2 > > years prior to...) and granted Sept 18, 1892, in Jefferson County, MO. > Julius > > DuFOUR and Eugene HEYLIGERS (Heilgers?) were witnesses. Julius Dufour, > born > > 1844, is listed in various county census records: 1860 (STE GENEVIEVE, > MO), 1870 > > (Randolph County, IL), (1880/1900 - ?) and 1910-20 (STE GENEVIEVE, MO); > and a > > Eugene HEILGER is listed under property transfers in Jefferson County, MO > > (1910, I believe). > > > > I've been unable to find the naturalization record or declaration of > intent > > for Pierre CLERC, which would help provide answers as to CLERC's birthtown > or > > anyone he may have immigrated with. > > His 'German' brother-in-law, Albert Joseph UMHOEFER's, Declaration of > > Intention was recorded in St. Louis, MO, but CLERC's isn't there. > > > > ****************************************************** > > Marriage/Wife's Death Notice or Divorce Notice : > > ****************************************************** > > It seems that Pierre CLERC was married prior to his Jefferson County > marriage > > in 1892; whether that first marriage ended in death or divorce, I'm not > > sure. There could be a death notice for his first wife during this time > period or > > a divorce notice in the locally published court records (1887-1892). > > > > (His second marriage (mid-1892) to Anna UMHOEFER ended in a divorce > (denied > > in Jeffco, but later a change of venue was granted to St. Genevieve, MO). > A > > week after the divorce was granted (1920) in St. Genevieve, he remarried > in > > Jefferson County.) > > > > I've been searching for these missing CLERC records for 7 years -and > > counting! > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. I have several books for Jefferson > > County and will be happy to reciprocate the kindness with any lookups in > that > > area. > > > > Since I'm not a regular subscriber to this board, please email me directly > > at: > > > > MehdiFakhar@aol.com > > > > Thank You for helping! > > -Kay Clerc-Fakhar, FL > > > > > > > ==== MOJACKSO Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and > will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, > contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >