Edith Mae (Lowe) Herman (1877 - 1947)

Born 24 Sep 1877 in Key West, Monroe, FL, USA

Ancestors

Wife of William Harvey Pent — married 3 Apr 1895 in Key West, Monroe, Florida, USA

Wife of William Frederick Herman — married 29 Aug 1910 in , Dade, Florida, USA

Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1947 at age 69 in , Dade, Florida, USA

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Biography

Edith Mae Lowe was born September 1877 in Key West, Florida to Gideon William Lowe and Tahpenes Ann Kemp. <1> Edith lived in the household of her parents <2, 3> until she married William Harvey Pent 3 April 1895 in Key West < 4>. By the time of the 1900 census, the couple was living in Miami, where William was employed as a barber. The couple had three daughters, Gladys Mae, Edith Mae and Drothy. The first child died young.

William Harvey Pent died 26 July 1910 at age 39 leaving Edith a widow with two children.

Edith quickly remarried. She married William Friederich Herman 20 August 1910 in Dade County, Florida. The 1920 US Census show the couple living in Key West, William was employed as a dredge boat captain <9>. From about 1930 until their deaths, Edith and William lived in Hialeah, Florida where William worked for the Hialeah water works <10, 11>. William passed away in 1945 and Edith in 1947 <14>.

Sources

• 1 Birth - William Curry Harllee, Kinfolks, A Genealogical and Biographical Record, Special Edition of the Curry and Kemp Section, Clefan Publishing, Portland, Oregon, 1998, page 1863.

• 2 United States Census 1880, Key West, Monroe, FL; ED 116, page 261, Edith in the household of her father Gideon Lowe; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 131. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYY-9VTX?mode=g&i=10&wc=QZ27-SBH%3A1589395953%2C1589396092%2C1589398703%2C1589395310%3Fcc%3D1417683&cc=1417683

• 3 Florida State Census, 1885, Key West, Monroe, Florida, page 10, line 44, Edith in the household of her father Gideon Lowe, citing State Archives, Tallahassee; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6XSX-1W?mode=g&i=215&wc=M6PP-XTG%3A41820601%2C41819602%3Fcc%3D1457854&cc=1457854

• 4 Marriage - Florida, Monroe County Marriage License, William H. Pent – Edith M. Lowe, Record Book 4, Page 210, 1895. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW4N-8LM

• 5 United States Census 1900, Miami, Dade, FL; ED 32, page 13B, Edith in the household of her husband William H. Pent citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 167. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6W93-3KM?mode=g&i=25&wc=9BWQ-MJS%3A1030551201%2C1030823201%2C1030831301%3Fcc%3D1325221&cc=1325221

• 6 United States Census 1910, Miami, Dade, FL; ED 54, Page: 17A, Edith in the household of her husband William H. Pent; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624 roll 158. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRVX-FH6?mode=g&i=32&wc=QZZW-6VF%3A133639301%2C134297501%2C133991801%2C1589089182%3Fcc%3D1727033&cc=1727033

• 7 Death of first husband – William H Pent, 26 Jul 1910, Dade County, Florida.

• 8 Marriage – Florida Marriages; William F. Herman and Edith Pent, Dade County, Book 7, Page 279, 1910. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWSJ-JTP

• 9 United States Census 1920, Key West, Monroe, FL; ED 91, page 13B, Edith in the household of her husband William Herman; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 225. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR6Z-LQT?mode=g&i=25&wc=QZJP-4KT%3A1036469901%2C1036813301%2C1037675901%2C1589332312%3Fcc%3D1488411&cc=1488411

• 10 United States Census 1930, Hialeah, Dade, FL; ED 84, page 9B, Edith in the household of her husband William Herman; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 311. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR46-62V?mode=g&i=18&wc=QZF9-PSV%3A648804501%2C649213201%2C649394401%2C1589282481%3Fcc%3D1810731&cc=1810731

• 11 United States Census 1940, Hialeah, Dade, FL; ED 13-12A, page 1A, Edith in the household of her husband William Herman; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 580; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9MR-6LR7?mode=g&wc=QZXG-PC4%3A790105401%2C791153401%2C791201501%2C791201502%3Fcc%3D2000219&cc=2000219

• 12 Florida State Census, 1945, Hialeah, Dade, Florida, precinct 4, line 6; Household of Edith Herman, citing State Archives, Tallahassee; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6WVS-S19?mode=g&i=9&wc=M6G9-K6J%3A41861601%2C41924801%3Fcc%3D1457855&cc=1457855

• 13 Death of second husband – Florida Death Certificate, William Frederick Herman, 1945, Dade County. Certificate No. 15303

• 14 Death - Florida, Death Certificate, Edith Mae Herman, Dade County, 1947. Certificate No. 17513

• 15 Burial - Bonaventure Cemetery; Savannah, Chatham, Georgia. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=122346744