Emily "Emma" Mary McLemore: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Emily "Emma" Mary McLemore was born in Jun 1859 in Texas; died after 1920 in Boerne, Kendall County, Texas.

Notes:

Pleasant McLemore, in the mid 1950's, wrote that "Sister Emma has three daughters, namely Vivian-the eldest, Marry the next, Ester last....all Emma daughters are dead but Marry."

(Research):Census Information:

1910 Federal Census
Texas, Bexar, San Antonio Ward 7, ED 55
Enumerated 21 and 22 of April 1910 by Nettie Hucker
SD 14 ED 55 Ward 7th Sheet 7A
Virginia Street
913-135-136
Hughes, Emily M. Hd F W 50 Wd 4/4 Tx US Tenn Nurse Private
Hughes, Charlie Son M W 17 S Tx Ky Tx Carpenter House
Hughes, Vivian Dtr F w 15 S Tx Ky Tx Operator Telephone
Hughes, Mary Dtr F w 12 S Tx Ky Tx
Hughes, Esther Dtr F w 6 S Tx Ky Tx
McLemore, Nancy Mother F W 75 Wd 8/6 TN TN NC Nurse Private

1920 Census
California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Assembly District 71
Enumerated 5th of January 1920 by Mrs. Emily Alting
SD 8, ED 298, Ward Precinct 588, Sheet 3A
620-62-64
Hughes, Emma M Had F W 60 Wd Tx Miss La Power ??????
Hughes, Charles M Son M W 27 S Tx Ky Tx Electrical ???
Hughes, Mary N Dtr F W 22 S Tx Ky Tx Telephone Operator
Hughes, Esther E Dtr F W 15 S Tx Ky Tx None
Bargo, Goldie Lodger F W 15 S Bohemia Bohemia Bohemia Telep
hone Operator

Rosa McLemore Dunkerley writes that Emma died in Boerne, Texas. It would therefore appear she left California sometime after this census to return to Texas. She can not be located on a 1920 census index, so she may have died prior to this.

Emily married Rudolph Bluhm on 8 Jan 1878 in Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas. Rudolph was born about 1851 in Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emily married Charles L. Hughes after 1890. Charles was born in Feb 1852 in Kentucky; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Charlie McLemore Hughes was born on 4 Jun 1892 in Texas; died on 13 Jan 1950 in Los Angeles County, California.
3. Vivian Hughes was born in Jun 1894 in Texas; and died.
4. Mary Hughes was born in Nov 1896 in Texas; and died.
5. Esther E. Hughes was born about 1906 in Texas; and died.

Generation: 2

Charlie McLemore Hughes

(1.Emily¹) was born on 4 Jun 1892 in Texas; died on 13 Jan 1950 in Los Angeles County, California.

Notes:

At the time of the 1930 census, he is still living in California, listed as single, and apart from his mother and sisters. He is enumerated on April 5, 1930 in the City of Los Angeles, District 518 (ED 19-518, SD 17, Sheet 6B). He is shown as owning a home valued at $8,500, age 38, born in Texas with his parents born in Kentucky and Texas, and working as a "Carpenter, Houses"

3. Vivian Hughes (1.Emily¹) was born in Jun 1894 in Texas; and died.
4. Mary Hughes (1.Emily¹) was born in Nov 1896 in Texas; and died.
5. Esther E. Hughes (1.Emily¹) was born about 1906 in Texas; and died.