Samuel Lapham was born 26 Aug 1876 in Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, the son of David & Nettie Lapham.[1]
Samuel David Lapham was born 26 Aug 1876, son of David Pardee Lapham and Nettie Caroline Thurber, He married Eva Blanche Coleman of Inkster who was born 24 Dec 1876 on 21 Sept. 21 1898, Four children are listed:
David Francis born 14 Sep 1901; married 31 Dec 1924, Bernice E. Phipps,
Robert Samuel born 4 Dec 1904; married 8 Aug 1927, Esther Marion White
James Abram born 21 Sep 1916; married 1) 21 Sep1940, Lillian Kimsbrough; 2) Dorothy Shuman.
Louis Xavier, twin of James, born 21 Sep 1916; married 29 May 1941, Evelyn Louise Harrison.
Samuel D. Lapham operated a Lumber Yard and Real Estate Business, was Mayor of Dearborn and served on the school board. .[2]
The 1880 census for Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan lists:
David Lapham Head M 29
Nettie Lapham Wife F 29
Samuel D. Lapham Son M 3
Mabel Lapham Daughter F 0 - per image "8/12(m) Oct"
Harry Watkins servant M 17; all born in Detroit[3]
Samuel David Lapham, 22, and Eva B Coleman, 21, were married 21 Sep 1898 in Inkster, Wayne, Michigan. His parents are listed as David P. Lapham & Nettie C. Thurber, her fatheras Frank E Coleman.[4]
Sources
↑ "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4T-3123 : 19 July 2021), Nettie Lapham in entry for Samuel Lapham, 26 Aug 1876; citing Birth, various county courts, Michigan.
↑ "Laphams in America" compiled and written by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge Victor NY 1932-1953
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW32-JNH : 29 December 2021), David Lapham, Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3XB-STW : 15 May 2018), David P. Lapham in entry for Samuel David Lapham and Eva B. Coleman, 1898.
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