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CLARK, Lawson Victor
1893 - 1988 (94 years) Has 2 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
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Name CLARK, Lawson Victor Birth 4 Nov 1893 Iowa, USA 
Gender Male Death 18 Mar 1988 Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, USA Person ID I1504 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father CLARK, George Emerson d. Yes, date unknown Relationship natural Mother DEMOSS, Mary Alice d. Yes, date unknown Relationship natural Family ID F861 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family STROHMEIER, Clara Harriet, b. 30 Oct 1894, Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, USA d. Nov 1980, Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, USA (Age 86 years) Marriage 9 Nov 1921 Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, USA Children 1. CLARK, Donald W., b. 1924, South Dakota, USA d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F666 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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LAWSON V. CLARK 1893-1988
He was an engineer, i.e. a railway locomotive driver
According to the SSDI LAWSON V. CLARK was born on 4 November 1893 and died on 18 March 1988. He was living at Aberdeen, South Dakota, when he died.
According to www.militaryindexes.com/worldwarone LAWSON VICTOR CLARK was born on 4 November 1894.
According to bethanyfrerichs@hotmail.com LAWSON VICTOR CLARK was born at Calhoun County, Iowa, on 4 November 1895.
Lawson CLARK aged 28 of Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, married Clara H. STROHMEIER aged 27 of Aberdeen on 9 November 1921.
(Record of Marriage, Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota)
The 1940 US Federal Census of 819 Washington Street North, Aberdeen City, Brown County, South Dakota:
*Lawson V. CLARK, head, aged 46, married, born in Iowa, USA, lived in same house in 1935, mechanic, servicing and repairing;
Clara H. CLARK, wife, aged 45, married, born in South Dakota, lived in same house in 1935, USA;
Marjorie E. CLARK, daughter, aged 17, born in South Dakota, USA;
Donald W. CLARK, son, aged 16, born in South Dakota, USA, labourer on farm;
Erwin A. CLARK, son, aged 14, born in South Dakota, USA, labourer on farm;
Doris L. CLARK, daughter, aged 12, born in South Dakota, USA;
Valletta CLARK, daughter, aged 10, born in South Dakota, USA;
Eleanore CLARK, daughter, aged 9, born in South Dakota, USA;
Richard L. CLARK, son, aged 6, born in South Dakota, USA.
(www.thegenealogist.com)
"Mr. and Mrs. Strohmeier's daughter, Mrs. Lawson Clark, living now at 819 North Washington Street, Aberdeen, keeps busy as a member of several organizations, and also builds the most beautiful trinkets for sale a person could wish to see. Mr. Clark still owns his old home farm near Glynden, Minnesota, just east of Moorhead. He is a very well known steam engineer at a number of steam reunions in North and South Dakota and Minnesota and probably Nebraska. In late 1969 he was given special recognition as a steam engineer by the Steam Engineering and Locomotive Department of New York City."
(From 'Recollections' by Lyman Matthews. www.steamtraction.com/archive/2766/ )
He died at Aberdeen, South Dakota, on 18 March 1988.
(SSDI)
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