Ella Maude (Hopkins) Heath GGM (1884 - 1976)

Born 18 Mar 1884 in Roscoe, St. Clair, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John James Heath — married 19 May 1902 in Montrose, Henry, Missouri, USA

Descendants

Died 10 Dec 1976 at age 92 in Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Maude, or Ella Maude as her mother would have called her when she wasn't doing what she was suppose to be doing, was born into the Hopkins family. The Hopkins family lived next door to the Heath family. They were Missouri farmers making their way west in a time of uncertainty. The Civil War had torn the nation apart and they were caught right in the middle of it. The Hopkins family lived along the Arkansas River in the county of St. Clair.

St. Clair County, Missouri

Ella Maude Hopkins Heath was born on March 18, 1884, in St. Clair County, Missouri. Her father was George Washington Hopkins II of St. Clair County and her mother was Mary E. Royse. Her mother was born in Ohio, but then moved with her family to St. Clair.

Maude's siblings were:

• Julia Elizabeth (Walker), b. 24 jan 1876
• William Robert Hopkins, b. 26 Nov 1877 William married Laura Lou Heath Hopkins, the sister of Maude's husband.
• Ida R., b. 8 Apr 1880
• James Melvin, b. 21 Dec 1881
• Laura Lee Hopkins Davis, b. 11 Mar 1886
• Pearl Louanna Hopkins Johnson, b. 20 Jan 1888

In 1890, Maude's mother died. Maude was only six years old. Her mother was thirty-four years old. The cause of death is unknown, however, she left 7 children at home, with the oldest being just 14 years old. Six years later her father married Ms.Winnie Porter. ^[1]

When she turned eighteen years old, Maude married John James Heath. ^[2] John James' sister, Laura Lou, married Muzzy's older brother, William Robert Hopkins. Muzzy and John had four children while living in Missouri.

• Floyd Alva Heath, b. 22 Dec 1902
• Jessie Jewel Heath Miller, b. 18 Aug 1904
• Rexie Theophilus Heath, b. 20 Sep 1907
• Audrey Mable Heath Harvey, b. 29 Nov 1913

Sometime after her last child, Audrey, was born in 1913, they moved to Stafford in Stafford County, Kansas, just west of Hutchinson, Kansas. By the time of the 1915 Kansas Census, the family was living in Stafford. ^[3]

Maude was a kind and gentle soul. A devout Christian and loving wife to John James Heath, an energetic and industrious farmer who was always ready to help others. One day, John became ill and went to bed. The family just thought it was a mild flu, but John died that night of a severe hemorrhage, at the young age of 39. The whole town mourned for the loss of their fellow farmer John Heath.

A few years after her husband's death, Maude married Harry Albright and they had a little girl that they named Margaret, who became known as Margie Jo. Maude lost her husband again, so she moved to Long Beach, California, and married again. However, by the time of the 1930 census Maude was single again taking care of her eight year old daughter, Margie Jo. ^[4]

Muzzy married again to a Mr. Williams. They divorced before 1940 as Maude is living with her son Rexie Theophilus, in Long Beach, California.^[5]

Muzzy

Muzzy's last place of residence was at her youngest daughter's home in Long Beach, California. She passed away on December 10, 1976, and is buried at the Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, Los Angeles County, California. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial for Ella Maude Hopkins Heath; Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205890732/ella-maude-heath : accessed 05 February 2022), memorial page for Ella Maude “Muzzy” Hopkins Heath (18 Mar 1884–10 Sep 1976), Find A Grave: Memorial #205890732, citing Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by L Davis (contributor 47875000) .
2. ↑ Missouri Marriage Record for Maude Hopkins and John Heath; "Missouri Marriage Records"; Ancestry .com (accessed 5 Feb 2022) Ancestry Record 1171 #511624618 * Ancestry Sharing Link
3. ↑ 1915 Kansas State Census for Maud E. Heath; "Kansas State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBR-L248 : 13 October 2019), Maud E Heath in household of J J Heath, Stafford, Stafford, Kansas, United States; citing Stafford, Stafford, Kansas, United States, 10, 21, Kansas Historical Society, Topeka. (accessed 5 Feb 2022)
4. ↑ 1930 U.S. Census for Maude E. Williams; "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJ2-PG1 : accessed 5 February 2022), Maude E Williams, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1113, sheet 2B, line 58, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 130; FHL microfilm 2,339,865.
5. ↑ 1940 U.S. Census for Maude E Williams; "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9HF-H5J : 6 January 2021), Maude D Williams, Long Beach Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 59-79, sheet 8A, line 16, family 207, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 372. (accessed 5 Feb 2022)
6. ↑ California Death Index for Maude Hopkins; "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP2S-674 : 26 November 2014), Maude Hopkins, 10 Dec 1976; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento. (accessed 5 Feb 2022)