Emma Mae (Redmond) Padgett (1902 - 1990)

Born 9 May 1902 in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Gordon Allen Padgett — married 3 Apr 1926 in Bradley County, Tennessee, United States

Died Aug 1990 at age 88 in Tennessee, United States

Biography

Emma was born in 1902 to parents Layfette Brown Redmond (1870-1950) and Elizabeth Norton.^[1]

Emma, age 8, lived with her father, Lafayette, and mother, Lizzie, and siblings Winnie and Bryant when the 1910 Georgia Census was enumerated.

Emma, 17, lived with her parents and four siblings on Graysville Pike in Hamilton, Tennessee, when the 1920 Tennessee Census was enumerated.

Emma, 24, and Gordon Allen Padgett (1904-1945) married in 1926 in Tennessee.^[2]

Lyra(?) Pagett was enumerated as sister-in-law of the head of household in Hooker Road, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee for the April 12, United States Census, 1930. She was noted as born 1904 in Alabama and married. She was an inspector at a hosiery mill as seen in an image of the original census. Also included in the household are head William B Hickey, wife Nannie H Hickey, daughter Grace E Hickey, son Richard B Hickey, daughter Bettye R Hickey, son Donald R Hickey, mother-in-law Lula M Pagett and brother-in-law Allen R Pagett.^[3]

Emma's spouse, Gordon, died at age 40 of throat cancer in 1945. He wife is Leah.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909"
   Tennessee Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2282 #1314663 (accessed 7 February 2023)
   Emma Mae Redmond born on 9 May 1902, daughter of Layfette Brown Redmond & Elizabeth Norton, in Hamilton.
2. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHQ-JQGF : 10 March 2021), Gordon Allen Padgett and Emma Mae Redmond, 03 Apr 1926; citing Bradley, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,928,609.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP4H-KZJ : accessed 26 December 2015), Lyra Pagett in entry for William B Hickey, 1930, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0064, sheet 16A, family 312, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 2252.
4. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS74-GLY : 23 February 2021), Gordon A. Padgett, 7 May 1945; Death, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHQ-JQGF : 10 March 2021), Gordon Allen Padgett and Emma Mae Redmond, 03 Apr 1926; citing Bradley, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,928,609.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175422608/emma-holmes: accessed 07 February 2023), memorial page for Emma Redmon Holmes (9 May 1902–Aug 1990), Find A Grave: Memorial #175422608, citing Calvary Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by v f (contributor 46924171).