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John Wentworth CLAWSON, Jr.

Male 1910 - 1969  (58 years)


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  1. 1.  John Wentworth CLAWSON, Jr. was born on 16 Jul 1910 in Pennsylvania (son of Dr. John Wentworth CLAWSON and Isabelle Chipman ROBERTSON); died in Mar 1969; was buried in Fairchance, Fayette, Pennsylvania.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1920, Collegeville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1930, Collegeville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1935, Providence, Rhode Island
    • Census: 1940, Providence, Rhode Island

    Notes:

    John Wentworth Clawson, Jr. COLLEGEVILLE, PA. Collegeville High School. Chemistry-Biology Group; Football, I; Baskeball, I; Biology Club, II, III, IV; Business Manager, Y. Handbook, III; Manager Track, IV; Business Manager Ruby, IV; Rho Delta Rho
     When John came to Ursinus in the Fall of 1928 he had two things he had to “live down” — he was a local boy and also the son of one of the professors. Because of perseverance, hard work and ability to get along with nearly everyone, John has succeeded in overcoming any obstacles which may have been in his path, and is today one of the most active and best liked members of our class.
     John is a keen-minded, level-headed chap with efficient executive ability as was demonstrated in his fine work in connection with the 1929 "Y" Handbook and in directing the financial policy of the 1932 Ruby.
     Whenever you are looking for John it is an almost sure bet that he may be found down at the "Tim and Ken’s" Garage. He spends a great deal of his leisure time at this place where he has led may "seminars" on topics of the day. We feel sure that John’s genial smile and his ability to get along with the fellow man are going to be treasured asses in his life after college.

    Family/Spouse: Helen F.. Helen was born in 1913; died in 1972; was buried in Fairchance, Fayette, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Dr. John Wentworth CLAWSON was born on 26 Nov 1881 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 26 Oct 1964 in Collegeville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; was buried in Evansburg, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Immigration: 1905
    • Census: 1910, Collegeville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1920, Collegeville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1930, Collegeville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1940, Collegeville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

    Notes:

    John Wentworth Clawson (1881-1964) was born in St. John, New Brunswick. He took his bachelors and masters degrees from New Brunswick College in 1901 and 1905. In between he studied at Cambridge University in England. Clawson came to the department of mathematics and physics at Ursinus College in 1907. He taught at Ursinus and lived in Collegeville the rest of his life, spending the years 1947-1952 as dean of the college. Clawson was a charter member of the MAA in 1916 and was elected chairman of the Philadelphia Section in 1935. Earlier he served two one-year stints on the Program Committee (now the Executive Committee) of the section, in 1930 and 1933. Clawson retired as emeritus professor in 1952 at age 70. He was an inveterate problem solver, beginning with his published solution to a problem in the January 1909 issue of the Monthly, ending with the solution to an Advanced Problem in the June/July 1957 issue, and including solutions to over 50 other problems in between. J W. Clawson died in 1964 after having been an MAA member for 48 years.

    J. W. Clawson was probably the first to publish a description of an object in triangle geometry now known as the Clawson point. Born in St. John’s, New Brunswisk, Canada, Clawson received the A.B. degree in 1901 from the University of New Brunswick. In 1905, he received the A.M. degree from Cambridge University. From 1907 until his retirement in 1952, Clawson was Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. During the last six of these years, he was Dean of the College.

    Clawson published a book of 63 pages: Geometry of Three Dimensions (Edwards Brothers, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1938) and several journal articles:

    Annals of Mathematics:
    20 (1919) 232-261 The complete quadrilateral
    23 (1921) 40-44 More theorems on the complete quadrilateral

    American Mathematical Monthly:
    24 (1917) 71- An inversion of the complete quadrilateral
    26 (1919) 63- A theorem in the geometry of the triangle
    32 (1925) 169- Points on the circumcircle
    61 (1954) 161- A chain of circles associated with the 5-line
    63 (1956) 306- A chain of circles associated with the n-line
    65 (1958) 32- An n-line property

    The Clawson point originates in one of Clawson’s problem proposals in the American Mathematical Monthly: no. 3132, submitted in 1925, and solved in v. 33 (1926), page 285. (Source : Faculty Evansville.)

    John married Isabelle Chipman ROBERTSON on 18 Aug 1909 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick. Isabelle (daughter of Alexander ROBERTSON and Rebecca SKINNER) was born in 1877 in New Brunswick; died in 1928 in Pennsylvania; was buried in Evansburg, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Isabelle Chipman ROBERTSON was born in 1877 in New Brunswick (daughter of Alexander ROBERTSON and Rebecca SKINNER); died in 1928 in Pennsylvania; was buried in Evansburg, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1901, Saint John, New Brunswick
    • Census: 1910, Collegeville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1920, Collegeville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

    Children:
    1. 1. John Wentworth CLAWSON, Jr. was born on 16 Jul 1910 in Pennsylvania; died in Mar 1969; was buried in Fairchance, Fayette, Pennsylvania.
    2. Alexander Robertson CLAWSON was born on 5 May 1914 in Pennsylvania; died in Feb 1976 in Montgomery, Pennsylvania; was buried in Trappe, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.
    3. Jean Robertson CLAWSON was born on 23 May 1920 in Collegeville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; died on 8 Nov 2017 in Gaithersburg, Montgomery, Maryland.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Alexander ROBERTSON was born about 1841 in Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 13 Mar 1913 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1901, Saint John, New Brunswick

    Alexander married Rebecca SKINNER in 1866 in Saint John, New Brunswick. Rebecca (daughter of Samuel SKINNER and Phebe Sherwood GOLDING) was born on 9 Jul 1841 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 12 Oct 1917 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; was buried in Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Rebecca SKINNER was born on 9 Jul 1841 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick (daughter of Samuel SKINNER and Phebe Sherwood GOLDING); died on 12 Oct 1917 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; was buried in Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1901, Saint John, New Brunswick

    Children:
    1. Elisabeth M. ROBERTSON was born on 2 Apr 1869 in Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 20 Feb 1947 in Sussex, Kings, New Brunswick.
    2. Grace Osborne ROBERTSON was born on 1 Jan 1871 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 28 Feb 1958 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.
    3. Alice Partelow ROBERTSON was born on 29 Nov 1873 in Sussex, Kings, New Brunswick; died on 17 Oct 1944 in Sussex, Kings, New Brunswick.
    4. Ralph Nelson Medley ROBERTSON was born on 1 Feb 1876 in New Brunswick; died on 16 Nov 1940 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.
    5. 3. Isabelle Chipman ROBERTSON was born in 1877 in New Brunswick; died in 1928 in Pennsylvania; was buried in Evansburg, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.
    6. Charles Sherwood Erving ROBERTSON was born on 14 Feb 1880 in Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 9 Oct 1937 in Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick; was buried in Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  Samuel SKINNER was born on 16 Mar 1802 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia (son of Charles SKINNER and Sarah OSBORN); died on 21 Jan 1888 in Saint John, New Brunswick; was buried in Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.

    Notes:

    According to “Biographical Review… Province of New Brunswick”, Samuel Skinner was born in Nova Scotia and during his life was a leading builder and contractor of St. John, N.B.

    Samuel married Phebe Sherwood GOLDING on 1 May 1832 in Wickham, Queens, New Brunswick. Phebe (daughter of Robert GOLDING and Elizabeth SMITH) was born about 1814 in Wickham, Queens, New Brunswick; died on 21 Nov 1863 in Saint John, New Brunswick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 15.  Phebe Sherwood GOLDING was born about 1814 in Wickham, Queens, New Brunswick (daughter of Robert GOLDING and Elizabeth SMITH); died on 21 Nov 1863 in Saint John, New Brunswick.

    Notes:

    Samuel and Phebe were married by Rev. Joseph Churchill Skinner

    Children:
    1. Hon. Charles Nelson SKINNER was born on 12 Mar 1833 in Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 22 Sep 1910 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; was buried in Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.
    2. Sarah Ann SKINNER was born in 1835 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 9 Mar 1910 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.
    3. Elizabeth Golding SKINNER was born in 1836 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 3 May 1894 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; was buried in Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.
    4. Mary Manning SKINNER was born on 8 Nov 1838 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 20 Feb 1915 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; was buried in Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.
    5. William Henry SKINNER was born in 1840 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 18 Jun 1874 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.
    6. 7. Rebecca SKINNER was born on 9 Jul 1841 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 12 Oct 1917 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; was buried in Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.
    7. Judge Robert Chipman SKINNER was born on 6 Dec 1843 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 28 May 1892 in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick; was buried in Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.
    8. Alfred Osborne SKINNER was born on 16 Oct 1846 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 31 May 1927 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; was buried in Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.
    9. Matilda Eliza SKINNER was born in Oct 1847 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 15 Dec 1907 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; was buried in Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.
    10. Frederick Smith SKINNER was born on 5 Oct 1849 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 7 Jul 1921 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; was buried in Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.
    11. Emma Sophia SKINNER was born on 23 Oct 1852 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 29 Oct 1914 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; was buried in Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.
    12. Isabella Jane SKINNER was born on 23 Dec 1855 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 21 Sep 1932 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; was buried in Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.
    13. Samuel Leverett SKINNER was born in 1856 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; died on 5 Apr 1901 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick; was buried in Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.