Edwin Boteler Lapham (1868 - 1941)

Born 5 Aug 1868 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Clara Russell (Davenport) Lapham — married 18 Nov 1897 in New York, New York, United States

Died Jun 1941 at age 72 in Long Beach NY

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Biography

This profile is part of the Lapham Name Study.

Edwin Boteler Lapham was born in Hagerstown, Maryland 5 Aug 1868 and died at Long Beach, New York in June, 1941. He married 1) Clara R. Davenport and 2) Anna Sheridan. He had no descendents. ^[1]

Edwin Lapham married Clara Davenport 18 Nov 1897 in Manhattan, New York, New York. His age is given as 29, hers as 29 also. He was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, she in New York City. His parents are listed as Daniel Wade Lapham & Josephine May Boteler; hers as Stephen Henry Davenport & Cornelia Stewart Russell. ^[2]

Edwin was the son of Daniel Wade Lapham & Josephine May Boteler. He worked at the Seth Thomas clockworks from the age of twelve.^[3](minor errors corrected , JLO)

Sources

1. ↑ "Laphams in America" compiled and written by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge Victor NY 1932-1953 p 185
2. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24CR-8VW : 10 February 2018), Daniel Wade Lapham in entry for Edwin Lapham and Clara Davenport, 18 Nov 1897; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,503,720.
3. ↑ History of the Boteler Family in America; L Malcolm Barsham et al; Copyright October 1995 by L. Malcolm Basham; Revised Fourth Edition November 1996; pg 35