Louise Victoria (Aiken) Semple (1896 - 1987)

Born 20 Feb 1896 in Aikenton, Jasper County, Georgia, USA

Wife of Edward Lowe Semple Sr. — married Dec 1918 in Shady Dale, Jasper County, Georgia, USA

Died 22 Jul 1987 at age 91 in Coral Gables, Dade County, Florida, USA

Biography

Louise was born 20 February 1896 in Aikenton, Jasper County, Georgia.^[1] She was the daughter of Kimball Smith Aiken and Lillie Belle Harvey.

She married Edward Lowe Semple Sr. in December 1918 in Shady Dale, Jasper County, Georgia.^[2]

Louise died on 22 July 1987 in Coral Gables, Florida,^[3] and she is buried in Miami in the Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Louise supplied her date and place of birth when she applied for a passport in 1920. The month and year are confirmed in the 1900 census, when she lived in her parents' household in Aikenton. Louise's death record and grave stone state that she was born on 20 February 1897. "United States Passport Applications, 1795–1925," Louise A Semple, certificate no. 66696, 12 July 1920, Dade County, Florida; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89XM-F3WY?i=439&wc=3XZQ-ZN5%3A1056306501%2C1056542901%3Fcc%3D2185145&cc=2185145 : accessed August 2016); citing National Archives microfilm M1490, roll 1294. 1900 U.S. Census, Jasper County, Georgia, population schedule, #288 Holeb Dist. Aikenton Town, enumeration district 61, stamped page 276A, sheet 2, dwelling 24, family 24, Kimball Aiken household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7602/004120069_00255/9099193?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/19955070814/facts/citation/680071682338/edit/record : accessed August 2016); citing National Archives microfilm T623, roll 206. "Florida Death Index, 1877–1998," Louise A Semple, 22 July 1987, Dade County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVD7-M61 : accessed August 2016). Paul E Twist, "Louise Victoria Aiken Semple," Memorial no. 71104115, posted 10 June 2011; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71104115 : accessed August 2016).
2. ↑ The announcement of their engagement on 15 December 1918 states that Edward and Louise would marry "before the New Year" at her home in Shady Dale. "Engagements: Aiken-Semple," The Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia), 15 December 1918, p. 2; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/26898799/?terms=semple : accessed August 2016).
3. ↑ "Florida Death Index, 1877–1998," Louise A Semple, 22 July 1987, Dade County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVD7-M61 : accessed August 2016).
4. ↑ Paul E Twist, "Louise Victoria Aiken Semple," Memorial no. 71104115, posted 10 June 2011; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71104115 : accessed August 2016).