Born in Tahlequah District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Chambers
and Zetha Leah (Ridgway) Chambers
[sibling(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Leah Theresa (Graham) Gantt, Horace Reynolds Graham Jr and Marguerite Chambers (Graham) Strong
Died
at about age 75
in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
Profile last modified
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Biography
Zetha Leah Chambers was born 26 Sep 1893 in Tahlequah, Tahlequah District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States (Oklahama)[1][2] [3] [4] Leah was the daughter of James Chambers and Zetha Leah Ridgeway.[4] Her father was employed by the Braden Copper Company as a Railroad Superintendent at the El Teniente Mine in Sewell, Chile, where she met her husband Horace Reynolds Graham Sr. They were married in Sewell on April 22, 1913.[4]
She passed away in September of 1969 at her home in Memphis, Tennessee.
Research Notes
- Thanks to Randy Ridgeway, I have an image of a document[1] that shows Leah's Birthplace as Tahlequah, Indian Territory, United states. Restoring that as birthplace.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Application for Registration As Native Citizen", U.S. Consulate, Valpariaso, Chile; 17 May 1919; citing Leah Chambers Graham as born at Tahlequah District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States, on 26 Sept 1894
- ↑ Emergency Passport application, US Consulate, La Paz, Bolivia, 6 Oct 1920, citing name: Leah Chambers Graham; DOB: September 23, 1893, Birthplace: Kansas City Missouri; Source:Ancestry.com. U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007; Original Data: Selected Passports. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Volume #: Volume 001: Bolivia
- ↑ Emergency Passport application, US Consulate, La Paz, Bolivia, 12 Jan 1925, citing name: Leah Chambers Graham; DOB: September 23, 1893, Birthplace: Kansas City Missouri; Source:Ancestry.com. U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007; Original Data: Selected Passports. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Volume #: Volume 142: Albania to China
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Certified copy of marriage certificate issued in Rancagua, Chile on Feb. 19, 1948. The original issue date for the certificate (and the date of the marriage) was April 22, 1913. See scanned image copy of the license. The document is in the personal files of Rob Graham
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Nana hated her first name. She never used it and would not tell anyone that did not know what it was. Those few that knew it would not risk her ire by mentioning it. I didn't learn it until I grew interested in genealogy, long after her death. I think it is a pretty name, if a bit unusual.
posted 20 Dec 2018 by Rob Graham
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Most other family trees on Ancestry and elsewhere, show her first name as "Detha". Examination of her signature on a passport application clearly shows it to be "Zetha", as does the Marriage Certificate. She hated the name, and would never tell her children or grandchildren what it was.
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