BERT was short for Berthan
s/o Berthan Ansolem Clarkson Sr
& Sophronia Lee Younger Kirkpatrick Clarkson
married#2, Blanche Robinson
no children with Blanche
He was a switchman for the RR
1880 Eureka Springs, Carroll Co AR census
Page 22 of 24
Ansolem B age 2
with parents B A Clarkson & S L Younger Clarkson
and 1/2 sister Pearl Kirkpatrick 7
Harry Coleman Kirkpatrick 11 is not with them.
1885 Kansas City,Wyandotte Co KS census
Page 97 of 175
with parents B A Clarkson 46
& S L Younger Clarkson 37
ch: Harry Clarkson 16
Pearl Clarkson 12
Ansolem Berthan Clarkson 6
1886 KC MO Directory
Sophronia L Clarkson
(son) Benjamin F Clarkson
[ Berthan Ansolem Clarkson]
1891 KC MO Directory/2008 Holmes
she calls herself Sopronia L Clarkson
widow of Berthan
**He was still very much alive**
**interesting: son, Harry Coleman Kirkpatick,
same house calls himself Harry K Clarkson, Plumber**
1897 KC MO Directory
Sophronia Clarkson
widow of B A Clarkson
(He is very much alive)
904 E 15th St KC MO
1900 Kansas City, Jackson Co MO census
Page 14 0f 24
Sophronia 52 , Harry 31, Pearl 27 are all going by Kirkpatrick now
& Berthan Ansolem Clarkson is going by:
Benjamin Kirkpatrick 22 born in AR
**It must have been very confusing for a young man of 22 to change his name**
In this census Sopronia calls herself a widow
**B A Clarkson is still living, but widow sounded better than divorced back then**
She also says she was the mother of 4 children, with 4 living.
1909 He married, Martha A Bullis b 1891 in MO
1910 Kansas City, Jackson Co MO census
Page 16 of 31
with, Arthur & Pearl Persinger
Bert F Kirkpatrick 31 , wife, Martha A 19 b MO
Mother, Sophronia L 62, says 5 children with 4 living
2 sons & 1 daughter of: B A Clarkson/Bert F Kirkpatrick & Martha A Bullis
Margaret Pearl 1911-1976
m/Everett Cretcher
Arthur Harry 1912 MO-1996 MO
Bert F 1913 MO-1977 MO
Since legally his last name was never Kirkpatrick,
nor any of his children
I have honored his father B A Clarkson Sr
with a memorial with his legal & correct name
Stone with ALIAS #54125124
BERT was short for Berthan
s/o Berthan Ansolem Clarkson Sr
& Sophronia Lee Younger Kirkpatrick Clarkson
married#2, Blanche Robinson
no children with Blanche
He was a switchman for the RR
1880 Eureka Springs, Carroll Co AR census
Page 22 of 24
Ansolem B age 2
with parents B A Clarkson & S L Younger Clarkson
and 1/2 sister Pearl Kirkpatrick 7
Harry Coleman Kirkpatrick 11 is not with them.
1885 Kansas City,Wyandotte Co KS census
Page 97 of 175
with parents B A Clarkson 46
& S L Younger Clarkson 37
ch: Harry Clarkson 16
Pearl Clarkson 12
Ansolem Berthan Clarkson 6
1886 KC MO Directory
Sophronia L Clarkson
(son) Benjamin F Clarkson
[ Berthan Ansolem Clarkson]
1891 KC MO Directory/2008 Holmes
she calls herself Sopronia L Clarkson
widow of Berthan
**He was still very much alive**
**interesting: son, Harry Coleman Kirkpatick,
same house calls himself Harry K Clarkson, Plumber**
1897 KC MO Directory
Sophronia Clarkson
widow of B A Clarkson
(He is very much alive)
904 E 15th St KC MO
1900 Kansas City, Jackson Co MO census
Page 14 0f 24
Sophronia 52 , Harry 31, Pearl 27 are all going by Kirkpatrick now
& Berthan Ansolem Clarkson is going by:
Benjamin Kirkpatrick 22 born in AR
**It must have been very confusing for a young man of 22 to change his name**
In this census Sopronia calls herself a widow
**B A Clarkson is still living, but widow sounded better than divorced back then**
She also says she was the mother of 4 children, with 4 living.
1909 He married, Martha A Bullis b 1891 in MO
1910 Kansas City, Jackson Co MO census
Page 16 of 31
with, Arthur & Pearl Persinger
Bert F Kirkpatrick 31 , wife, Martha A 19 b MO
Mother, Sophronia L 62, says 5 children with 4 living
2 sons & 1 daughter of: B A Clarkson/Bert F Kirkpatrick & Martha A Bullis
Margaret Pearl 1911-1976
m/Everett Cretcher
Arthur Harry 1912 MO-1996 MO
Bert F 1913 MO-1977 MO
Since legally his last name was never Kirkpatrick,
nor any of his children
I have honored his father B A Clarkson Sr
with a memorial with his legal & correct name
Stone with ALIAS #54125124
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