Lillie C. M. (Mitchell) Amelung (1872 - 1957)

Born 23 Mar 1872 in Washington, Missouri, United States

Wife of Johann Louis Carl Amelung — married 10 Apr 1888 (to about 1922) in Pilot Knob, Iron, Missouri, United States

Wife of William Addison Hamil — married about 1929 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Died 16 Mar 1957 at age 84 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Lillie C. M. Mitchell was born March 23, 1872 (or 1870 per her death certificate) in Potosi, Washington County, Missouri to John Israel Mitchell and Verna Margaret Small.^[1][2][3]

Lillie married John C. Amelung on 10 Apr 1888 in Pilot Knob, Iron County, Missouri. She was under age and her mother had to give her permission.^[4]

Lillie was confirmed in the Immanuel Lutheran Church of Pilot Knob on July 15, 1894, the same day as Mary (Schlueter) Amelung, her sister-in-law.^[2]

By March 1922 (just two months after her mother passed away), Lillie left her husband, John Amelung, and moved to St. Louis with her older children. She left Fred, Grace, and Hattie with John.^[5] By 1927 they lived at 5832 S. Compton Avenue and she was listed in the 1927 city directory as the widow of John C. Amelung. She does not show up after 1928 nor before 1927. Lillie was not a Widow as John Amelung did not pass away until 1966 at age 100.

Lillie had 7 children by John C. Amelung:

1. Christian "Chris" Johann Amelung
2. Clarence Martin Edgar Amelung
3. Roy Charles Amelung, Sr.
4. George Johann Heinrich Amelung
5. Fredricke "Fred" Wilhelm Charles Amelung
6. Grace Louise Henrietta (Amelung) Klunk
7. Hattie M. Amelung

Lillie married, as her second husband, William Addison Hamil, circa 1929 in Saint Louis, St Louis City, Missouri and is listed as his wife on the 1930 census.^[6]

Lillie Hamil died on 16 Mar 1957 in Saint Louis, St Louis City, Missouri, and was buried in the Sunset Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Affton, St. Louis County, Missouri.^[1][7][3]

HAMIL-AMELUNG, LILLIE M., 3146 Ohio Ave., Sat., Mar. 16, 1957, wife of the late William A. Hamil, dear mother of Chris, Roy, George, Fred Amelung, Grace Klunk and the late Hattie and Clarence Amelung, dear mother-in-law, grandmother, great-grandmother and aunt.

Funeral from Gebken-Benz Mortuary, 2842 Meramec St., Tues., Mar. 19n at 1:30 p.m. Interment Sunset Burial Park.^[5]

Research Notes

1870 Belleview, Washington County, Missouri Census; Post Office: Osage; Roll: M593_825; Page: 10; Image: 20.
Michael, J. M. age 40 (born circa 1830), male, born Missouri.
Michael, Virena, age 36 (born circa 1834), female, born Illinois.
Michael, Charlotta, age 8 (born circa 1862), female, born Missouri.
Michael, John W., age 4 (born circa 1866), male, born Missouri.
Michael, George P., age 9/12 (born circa 1869), male, born Missouri.
Small, Rosanna, age 18 (born circa 1852), female, born Missouri.

1880 Walton, Washington County, Missouri Census; Roll: T9_740; Family History Film: 1254740; Page: 79.4000; Enumeration District: 174; Image: 0362.
Mitchell, Israel M., age 50 (born circa 1830), white, male, works in Saw Mill, born Illinois, parents born Illinois.
Mitchell, Laura M., age 46 (born circa 1834), wife, keeping house, born Illinois, father born Tennessee, mother born New York.
Mitchell, Ola H., white, female, age 17 (born circa 1863), born Missouri, parents born Illinois.
Mitchell, John W., white, male, age 14 (born circa 1866), son, born Missouri, parents born Illinois.
Mitchell, George W., white, male, age 10 (born circa 1870), son, born Missouri, parents born Illinois.
Mitchell, Lillie F., white, female, age 6 (born circa 1874), daughter, born Missouri, parents born Illinois.

1930 St Louis, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri Census; Roll T626_1233; Page 32B; Enumeration District 440; Image 0295.
William Hamel, head, male, white, age 57 (born circa 1873), married, age 30 at first marriage, born Tennessee, parents born U.S.
Lillie Hamel, wife, female, white, age 57 (born circa 1873), married, age 18 at first marriage, born Missouri, parents born US.
Hattie Ameling, daughter, female, white, age 13 (born circa 1917), single, born Missouri, parents born Missouri.

1940 St Louis, St Louis City, Missouri Census; Roll: m-t0627-02191; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 96-239, 2756 Chariton Street.
William A Hamil, age 67, Head, male, white, married, schooled to 8th grade, born Tennessee.
Lillie M Hamil, age 64, Wife, female, white, married, schooled to 8th grade, born Missouri.
August Erny, age 64, Lodger, male, white, widowed, schooled to 8th grade, born Missouri.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Gebken-Benz Mortuary, 2842 Meramec Street, St. Louis, Missouri, 63118 (Now known as Henry Funeral and Cremation Services), Record # 2680, Lillie M. Hamil-Amelung, born March 23, 1870, died March 16, 1957, buried Sunset Memorial Park, 10180 Gravois Road, St. Louis, MO 63123.. Their records indicate that her parents are John Mitchell and Verna M. Mitchell.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Hollie, Mrs. Polly, Church Secretary, Immanuel Ev. Lutheran Church of Pilot Knob, Box 26, Arcadia, Missouri 63621 (Original Church Books, Microfilm at MO State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri of Original Church Books), Immanuel Lutheran Church of Pilot Knob, Pilot Knob, Missouri, Page 107. Lily Amelung, nee Mitchell, born 23 Mar 1872, confirmed 15 Jul 1894, in Pilot Knob, Missouri.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Missouri State Archives, Records Management & Archives Service, 600 West Main Street, P. O. Box 778, Jefferson City, MO 65102. (https://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/browse.asp?id=All), (314) 751-3280., Missouri Death Certificate No. 10356. Lillie M. Hamil, born March 23, 1870 in Potosi, Missouri to John Mitchell, widowed (2), died March 16, 1957 in St. Louis, Missouri (pronounced dead at City Hospital), of Coronary Sclerosis due to Generalized Arterio Sclerosis, she was 86 years old. Lillie was buried on March 19, 1957 in the Sunset Burial Park in St. Louis County, Missouri.
4. ↑ Iron County Courthouse, P. O. Box 24, Ironton, MO 63650, Iron County Marriage Records, April 10, 1888, Book 3, Page 389. Permission given for Lillie Mitchell by her mother, Verna M. Mitchell, since she was under age. Marriage to John Amelung 10 Apr 1888.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Klunk, Grace (Amelung). Personal recollections, via conversations with Lohman, Marcine (Amelung).
6. ↑ 1930 USA Federal Census (Washington, D.C., USA, National Archives), 1930 St Louis, St. Louis (Independent City), Missouri Census; Page: 32B; Enumeration District: 0440; FHL microfilm: 2340968, Oregon Avenue. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3677715:6224.
7. ↑ Sunset Memorial Park, 10180 Gravois Road, St. Louis, MO 63123, Lillie M. Hamil, died March 16, 1957, buried March 19, 1957, funeral director, Gebken-Benz Mortuary.