Alva Jarvis Lapham (1847 - 1923)

Born 11 Sep 1847 in Mentor,Lake County, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary J (French) Lapham — married 6 Dec 1873 in Lake County, Ohio, United States

Died 11 Sep 1923 at age 76 in Mentor, Lake County, Ohio, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Lapham Name Study.

Among the children of Thomas Lapham (1787-1869) & Catharine (Megley) Lapham (1787-1866) is listed:

Alvah Jarvis Lapham who married Jane French,.^[1]

Alva Lapham married Mary J French 6 Dec 1873.^[2]

The 1880 census for Mentor, Lake, Ohio lists:

Alva Lapham Self Male 31 Ohio, United States

Jennie M Lapham Wife Female 25 Ohio, United States

Zeba Lapham Son Male 6 Ohio, United States

Freddie Lapham Son Male 3 Ohio, United States

Laura Lapham Daughter Female 1 Ohio, United States^[3]

Alva J Lapham died 11 Sep 1923 in Mentor Township, Lake County Ohio. He was 76y 6m 27d old, widowed, a retired farmer and the son of Edward Lapham & Rebecca Jarvis, both born in New York. Alva was born 14 Feb 1847 in Mentor. His late wife's name was Jennie French Lapham. ^[4]

Alva Jarvis Lapham was born in Sep 1846(sic) in Lake County, Ohio and died there 11 Sep 1923 (aged 76–77). He was buried in the Mentor Municipal Cemetery in Mentor, Lake County.

Findagrave provides links for his parents:

Edward Lapham 1817–1903

Rebecca Jarvis Lapham 1822–1895

six siblings:

William Wallace Lapham 1841–1862

Theodore J. Lapham 1843–1921

Thomas Lapham 1845–1894

Sarah Lapham Snell 1846–1936

Marion E. Lapham 1851–1932

Lydia R. Lapham Ingraham 1855–1934

his wife:

Jane French Lapham 1852–1900 (m. 1873)

and one child:

Laura Jarvis Lapham Tyler 1879–1962^[5]

Research Notes

The 1880 census lists four other Lapham households on the same page as Alva's.

Deward 62

Henry 28

Samuel 35

Lydia 60

Sources

1. ↑ "Laphams in America" compiled and written by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge Victor NY 1932-1953 pp 63-64
2. ↑ Lake County Ohio Genweb, Marriages 1840-1915; usgenwebsites.org/OHLake/vitalrec/marriage/m_kn.html
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M89X-32J : 16 July 2017), Zeba Lapham in household of Alva Lapham, Mentor, Lake, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 85, sheet 372A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,038.
4. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDBR-127 : 8 March 2021), Alva J Lapham, 11 Sep 1923; citing Mentor Twp., Lake, Ohio, reference fn 57677; FHL microfilm 1,992,392.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images accessed 12 December 2020, memorial page for Alva Jarvis Lapham (Sep 1846–11 Sep 1923), Find A Grave: Memorial #83136398, citing Mentor Municipal Cemetery, Mentor, Lake County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Mamaquilts (contributor 47164329) .