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Subject: Subj: City/County directory: Pierre Louis Charles CLERC 1887-1892 (or Le'Clerc?)
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:48:03 EST

 

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...

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).

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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.
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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

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Citizenship/Naturalization/Declaration of Intent:
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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. 

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Marriage/Wife's Death Notice or Divorce Notice :
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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:



Thank You for helping! 
-Kay Clerc-Fakhar, FL

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