Violet Phelan was born 31 March 1899 in St. Louis, MO, to James and Delia (Brandon) Phelan. She was the oldest of six children, with four brothers, Lawrence, Everett (whose name was misspelled on the 1910 census as Evhart), Raymond, and Harold, and sister Aileen.[1]
Marriage
She married Alvin H. Lohbeck before 1918 in St. Louis, MO.[2]
Notable Events
Violet was a housewife, but was a voracious reader and lover of classical music. She instilled in her children and grandchildren a love of learning that each carried into adulthood. She was also very skilled at quilting, embroidering, and the lost art of tatting. She had four children: Ruth, Jeanne, Don, and Alvin. Her husband, Alvin H. Lohbeck passed away in 1961. She did not remarry.[3]
Death
Violet Phelan Lohbeck died 22 December 1981 at the age of 82. She is interred at Lakewood Park Cemetery in Affton, St. Louis County, MO.[4]
Research Notes
Family tree is a work in progress - To avoid the creation of unsourced profiles, additional children and siblings will be added to the header at a later date when current projects are completed.
↑ Includes personal recollections of Pamela Lohbeck, 23 October 2019.
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 October 2019), memorial page for Violet E. Lohbeck (31 Mar 1899–22 Dec 1981), Find A Grave Memorial no. 154508364, citing Lakewood Park Cemetery, Affton, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Sharon Matlock (contributor 47645155). Retrieved from Find a Grave, accessed 23 October 2019.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Violet by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Violet: