Name Info

Claude E. Verry 1880-1945

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09119618
Gender.........male
Status.........deceased
Age............65y 8m 10d
Last-Marital...widowed
Fam-Group......SEARLS
Fam-ID.........SEARLS
Citizenship....US born

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......6
#Events........1
#Images:.......0
#Comments......1
#Siblings......0
#Children......1

Person-Type....S
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........father
Spouse?........husband
Sibling?.......brother
Child?.........son
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

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Religion.......Congregational
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Ht/Wt/Eye/Hair.
Burial.........Fairmont Cemetery

Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: Oliver Verry, male, #M:1
  2. Parent: Julia Folden, female, #M:1

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1909-10-08 Fairmont, Fillmore county, Nebraska
  2. Spouse: Mabel Elida SEARLS, female, born:1885-01-20 ?Fairmont, Fillmore county, Nebraska, died:1920-1975 (34y 11m 12d) ?Denver, Denver county, Colorado, Dad:William Henry SEARLS, Mom:Phoebe Jackson, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:4
  3. ..Child: Dalton Pierce Verry, male, born:1915-08-25 ?Wyoming, died:1952-2005 (36y 4m 7d) , Dad:Claude E. Verry, Mom:Mabel Elida SEARLS, #SrcDocs:2

Events
Birth
: 1880-02-08, Odell, Livingston county, Illinois
Married
: 1909-10-08, Age:29y 8m 0d, Fairmont, Fillmore county, Nebraska, Role:groom
Job
: c1940 , Age:59y 10m 24d, Estes Park, Larimer county, Colorado, retired because of ill health
Death
: 1945-10-18, Age:65y 8m 10d, Denver, Denver county, Colorado
Burial
: 1945-10-20, Age:65y 8m 12d, Fairmont, Fillmore county, Nebraska, Fairmont Cemetery
Church
: ?, Denver, Denver county, Colorado, Washington Park Congregational Church, Congregational
Education
: ?, Fairmont, Fillmore county, Nebraska, Fairmont High School, Role:student, high
Job
: ?, Colorado, Role:manager
Membership
: ?, 32nd degree

Places In
Denver, Denver county, Colorado
Estes Park, Larimer county, Colorado
Odell, Livingston county, Illinois
Fairmont, Fillmore county, Nebraska
Wyoming

General

Claude had a brother Earle B. Verry who lived in Geneva (Fillmore) Nebraska. Earle died 06-09-1957 and had one son, Verl who died in 1935 at age 23. Earle married Leota Irelan sometime around 1911.


Sources
Book The Searles Family, Harry A. Howk, 1962, Lisa Robinson 1996 revision
Claude E. Verry obituary, Fillmore Nebraska, 1945
Letters from Fairmont (Nebraska) Public Library with cemetery info, 1998-1999
Letters from Shari Adair, Nashville Tennessee, 1987
O.O. Verry obituary, Fairmont Nebraska, 1957
William H. Searls obituary, Fairmont Nebraska, 1923


Historical
1880-1881: England, South Africa - the First Boer War between England and the Dutch-speaking Inhabitants of South Africa
1881-1899: Sudan - The Mahdist War in Sudan
1881: England - First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming, Britain
1882: England, Egypt - The British Invasion and the subsequent occupation of Egypt
1883: Indonesia - Krakatau (often mispelled Krakatoa) volcano explosion in Indonesia (Java and Sumatra)
1884-1885: Africa - The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European "scramble for Africa", attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves
1884-1885: Japan, Korea - The Sino-French War led to the formation of French Indochina
1885: United States - Singer begins production of the "Vibrating Shuttle" which would become the Model T of sewing machines
1886: Russia - Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians, Imam Shamil defeated
1888: Brazil - Slavery banned in Brazil
1888: England - Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering in August and murdered his last victim in November
1889: Brazil - End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889: France - Eiffel tower was Inaugurated in Paris
1889: India - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community
1890: United States - The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars, this event represents the end of the American Old West
1891: United States - James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, Invents basketball
1894-1895: Japan, Korea - After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea
1895-1896: Ethiopia, Italy - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902