Clara Alexander Shipp

Birth Date: March 3, 1876 Date of Death: January 8, 1974 Mother: Lydia Alexander Father: Mack Alexander Siblings: Edmund Alexander, Mack Alexander, Jr., Lydia Alexander, Frank Alexander, Madison Alexander Children: Eva Shipp (Harvey), Minnie Shipp (Walker), Louella Elizabeth Shipp (Walker), Clara Shipp (Harris), Eddie Shipp, Mack Charles Shipp, Leonidas Henry Shipp, Jr. and Leola Lydia Shipp (Colvin) Spouse: Leonidas Henry Shipp Nickname: Momma Shipp or Grandma Shipp

Burial: Porterdale Cemetery Columbus Muscogee County Georgia, USA

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1880 United States Federal Census
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1900 United States Federal Census
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1920 United States Federal Census
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1930 United States Federal Census
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City Directory, 1936

1940 United States Federal Census
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Elala Shipp could be Leola Shipp. The "Harns" are probably Harrises : Clara Shipp Harris married Ed Harris.  The "Wachers" are likely Walkers. Minnie Shipp Walker married Charles Walker. The other "Wachers" are the children of Louella Elizabeth Shipp Walker and Earnest Thomas Walker I who passed in 1937: Earnest Wacher is Ernest Walker II, Leon Wacher is Leonidas Walker, Willard Roy Wacher is Willard King Walker and Lan Ella Wacher is Louella Walker Cain.

Death Certificate