Emma Louise (Weber) Jasmer (1869 - 1946)

Born 5 Dec 1869 in Mosel, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States

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Died 28 Apr 1946 at age 76 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Emma Louise Weber (or possibly Webber) was born on December 5, 1869 in Saint Croix,^[1] or Mosel, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States to parents Peter Weber and Anna Catharine Breiter.^[2]

Emma and family lived at 202 North Walnut in the city of Marshfield in Wood County, Wisconsin during the 1910 United States Census. She a 41-year-old widow and head of household who owned the house free and clear. All seven of her children were alive. Living in the house with her were children Annie a 20-year-old store clerk, Charley, a 17-year-old garage apprentice, Walter and August, both 14, 12-year-old Willie, 10-year-old Elmer, and 4-year-old Alice. Their last name was spelled Jasmire in the census record.^[3]

By the 1920 United States Census, the family had moved to Detroit, Michigan and owned a home at 1066 Vermont Avenue. Emma, age 51, was the widowed head of household and didn't work. Her children living with here were Charles W. who was a 27-year-old factory lathe hand, August who was a 24-year-old police patrolman, Walter H. who was a 24-year-old garage machinist, William H. who was a 23-year-old cost accountant in a factory, Elmer E. who was a 20-year-old factory machinist, and Alice who was a 13-year-old student.^[4]

Emma moved to 9393 Ravenswood in Detroit, Michigan, which she rented, by the 1930 United States Census. She was 61 years old, widowed, and the head of household. Living with her were her children August who was 34 and a warehouse foreman, Elmer E. who was 31 and a chauffeur for a coal company, and Alice who was 24 and worked in the office of a department store. The family had a radio set.^[5]

By the 1940 United States Census, Emma was 71 years old. She rented a house for $37 a month at 5067 Maplewood in Detroit, Michigan. Also in the house were her son Charles W. who was 48 and an auto mechanic at a private garage, son Walter H. who was 44 and an auto mechanic at an auto salesroom, and grandson Charles Gebhardt who was a 19-year-old upholsterer at an auto factory.^[6]

Emma died in Detroit, Michigan, on April 28, 1946^[7]. She was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Ludington, Mason County, Michigan.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Wisconsin Birth Index, 1820-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHCM-9QH : 4 December 2014), Emma L Weber, 05 Dec 1869; from "Wisconsin Births, 1820-1907," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Saint Croix, Wisconsin, reel 0271, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Vital Records Division, Madison.
2. ↑ "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRYP-D9N : 11 January 2022), Emma Louise Weber, 1869.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBW-W85?cc=1727033&wc=QZZC-WZB%3A133639501%2C139900101%2C141877401%2C1589090355 : 24 June 2017), Wisconsin > Wood > Marshfield Ward 1 > ED 197 > image 3 of 26; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR6B-QFH?cc=1488411&wc=QZJ5-WVZ%3A1036472001%2C1037373801%2C1039783701%2C1589335522 : 14 December 2015), Michigan > Wayne > Detroit Ward 8 > ED 257 > image 6 of 28; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RHC-C1L?cc=1810731&wc=QZF3-LHJ%3A648805801%2C649542601%2C651567401%2C1589284303 : 8 December 2015), Michigan > Wayne > Detroit (Districts 0251-0500) > ED 439 > image 27 of 40; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M1-PJ1?cc=2000219&wc=QZFM-MKD%3A790103601%2C796947201%2C802572701%2C802637201 : accessed 28 January 2018), Michigan > Wayne > Detroit City, Detroit, Ward 16 > 84-961 Detroit City Ward 16 (Tract 160 - part) > image 2 of 32; citing 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.
7. ↑ "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFWN-7S7 : 12 December 2014), Emma L Jasmer, 28 Apr 1946; citing Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,972,917.
8. ↑ Find-a-Grave memorial for Emma Louise Weber Jasmer: [1]

• Find-a-Grave memorial for Emma Louise Weber Jasmer. [2]