Here are my notes for Emma, from her entry in my family tree file- Rick Waggener:
From the book "Genealogy of the Swink Family of Missouri" by Robert A. Swink; The Star-News Publishing Co., Pasadena, California, 1940:
Emma Mary Kenner was the twin sister to Anna Eliza Kenner, born May 4, 1861, in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri. She married W. B. Gamel and resided near Festus, Missouri, all her married life. The Gamel brothers owned most of the land adjoining Festus on the west. Emma Mary died October 8, 1936. Both Emma and her husband are buried in the Gamel graveyard near Festus, Missouri.
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From the 1870 Federal Census of Beauvais township, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, page 498, taken July 8, 1870, household #104; from ancestry.com, image #16 of 218. Emma is listed in the household of her parents:
----- Emma; age- 9, female, born- Missouri
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From "The Jefferson Democrat" of Hillsboro, Jefferson, Missouri; sent to me courtesy of Charlotte Maness:
****** FRIDAY, 17 OCTOBER 1879. - GAMEL -- KENNER -- Oct 9, 1879, by Rev. D.J. MARQUIS, Mr. William GAMEL to Miss Emma M. KENNER. All of Jefferson county.
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From Jefferson County, Missouri Marriage Records, posted on-line by Brian J. Oster; http://www.vienici.com/default.htm:
Name: Kenner, Emma M. Miss
Page: 233
County: Jefferson County
Mr. William A. Gamel and Miss Emma M. Kenner both of Jefferson Co., Mo.; married on 9 October 1879 by D. J. Marquis, ordained MG at Jefferson Co., Mo.
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From Ancestry.com. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007:
Name: Miss Ema M Kenner
Marriage Date: 9 Oct 1879
Marriage Place: Jefferson, Missouri
Registration Place: Jefferson, Missouri, USA
Spouse: Mr William A Gamel
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From the 1880 Federal Census of Joachim Township, Jefferson County, Missouri, district 192, page 52, taken June 26, 1880, household 438. Emma is listed in the household of her husband:
------ Emma; female, age- 19, wife, married, occupation- keeps house, born- Missouri, parents born- Missouri
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From the 1900 Federal Census of Plattin Township, Jefferson County, Missouri, district 57, page 8A, taken June 22, 1900, household #137. Emma is listed in the household of her husband and children:
------ Emma; wife, female, born- May 1861, age- 39, married 21 years, mother of 2 children/ 2 children living, born- Missouri, father born- Missouri, mother born- Tennessee, r/w's
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From the 1910 Federal Census of Central Township, Jefferson County, Missouri, district 29, sheet 9b, taken April 29, 1910, household 141. Emma is listed in the household of her husband:
------ Emma M.; wife, female, age- 47, married (1st) 31 years, mother of 2 children/ 2 children living, born- Missouri, parents born- Missouri, r/w's
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I found a Warranty Deed, in Jefferson County, Missouri Deed Book 85, pages 153-156. It is dated July 3rd, 1918, and involves the sale of a 1.5 acre of property by "Ida J. Sherlock, a widow of the City of St. Louis, Mo., William A. Gamel and Emma his wife of the City of Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri, Jessie D. Waggener and Anna E. Waggener his wife of the city of Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri, Genevieve Baker, a single woman and Mary Kenner, widow of William B. Kenner, deceased, of the City of Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri" to "R. W. Wills and Ida E. Wills his wife of the County of Jefferson in the State of Missouri." The selling price was $750. The plot of land was in Township 40, Range Six, East, and I believe it was on Kenner Hill just adjacent to the property where the Kenner house was. There is an easement included in the property for what was apparently the roadway or driveway leading to what was the Kenner house and property on the hill. The Kenners were allowed access on the roadway. It looks like it was just off of what is now North Mill Road. The description of the property mentions that it was adjacent to a piece of property previously owned by Mary Swink Kenner's brother John Edwin Swink and his wife Mariah, which they had sold in 1905. Jesse and Anna Waggener were actually in Detroit, Michigan by this time, and trier names were signed by a Notary Public. I am not sure why Thomas and George Kenner are not included in this document. - RW
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From the 1920 Federal Census of Jefferson County, Missouri, Joachim Township, Festus Town, District 11, Sheet #12, taken January 16, 1920; Emma is listed in the home of her husband with a daughter-in-law and her two daughters:
Emma M.; wife, female, age- 59, married, reads/writes, born- Missouri, parents born- Missouri, occupation- none
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From the 1930 Federal Census of Festus Town, 4th Ward, Joachim Township, Jefferson County, Missouri, district 50-9, sheet 6B, taken April 2, 1930, household 116, apparently in an unnumbered house on North Main Street; from ancestry.com, image 12 of 20. Emma is listed in the household of her husband:
------- Emma M.; wife/ head, female, age- 67, married, 19 years old at 1st marriage, r/w's, born- Missouri, parents born- Missouri, occupation- none
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From an interview with Harry David Waggener (b. 1900 d. 1990) and his wife Elsie Gregg by Phil and Elaine Waggener, made in August of 1979. Here are some excerpts that talk about the Gamel family. Harry was the son of Emma Kenner's sister, Annie Kenner and her husband Jesse Waggener. The transcript of the entire interview are in the notes for Harry:
My mother's twin sister, Em (Emma). She lived in DeSoto and of course they would visit back and forth. One day I was going off to school and I had to go by Kenners’ house and down the road. My granddad was going along there in a buggy on his way to DeSoto and he said “boy, I think I'll take you with me.” And so instead of going to school that day I got into that buggy and went to DeSoto. It took a couple of hours...
Em married a man named Gamel. They had a big farm. They raised lots of chickens and when we went there we always had a lot to eat. But they never had beefsteak. I remember that they always had shredded wheat. I loved that shredded wheat when they had whipped cream on it. It was a real treat...
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From The Tri-City Independent, (Festus, Missouri), Friday Oct. 19, 1934, Page 8:
MRS. MARY EMMA GAMEL
Mrs. Mary Emma Camel, relict .of the late W. A. Camel, was bom on Saline Creek in Ste. Genevieve Co., May 4, 1861 and departed this life at the home of her eon and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gamel, October 11 at the age of 73. years. Her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B. Kenner, came to Festus in 1877 and two years later she was married to W. A. Gamel who proceeded her in death about 2 years ago. Two sons were born to this union, Lee and Bertrand, the latter departing this life about twelve yean ago.
Mrs. Gamel was a member of one of the earliest pioneer families in this city and affiliated with the Christian Church of Festus at the age of sixteen years and maintained her membership to the very end.
The remains lay in state at Duester and Vinyards Funeral Parlor and where hundreds celled to pay their last tribute of respect. The funeral was held Sunday at 2 p. m., at the Christian Church, Rev. Bailey, the pastor, officiating and she was laid to rest in the family lot in Gamel's Cemetery.
She leaves to mourn her loss one son, two daughter-in-laws, three sisters, Mesdames Ida Sherlock of St Louis, Anna Waggoner of Lake Worth, Fla., and Mrs. Kate Baker, also one brother, G. Kenner. Sympathy is extended the bereaved family.
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I located Emma's death certificate, posted on line by the State of Missouri:
Missouri State Board of Health; Bureau of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Death
File no. 36441
Place of death: Joachim Township, Festus, Missouri
Full name: Emma Mary Gamel
Residence: Festus, Mo.
Sex: female
Color: white
Marital status: widowed
Spouse: Wm. A. Gamel
Date of birth: May 4, 1861
Age: 73 years, 5 months, 7 days
Occupation: housewife
Date last worked: Sept. 15, 1934
Birthplace: Ste. Genevieve County, Mo.
Father's name: Wm. B. Kenner
Father's Birthplace: Ste. Genevieve County, Mo.
Maiden name of mother: Mary M. Swink
Birthplace: Coffman, Missouri
Burial: Festus, Mo., October 14, 1934
Informant: Lee B. Gamel
Address: Festus, Mo.
Undertaker: Duester and Vinyard
Address: Festus, Mo.
Date of death: October 11, 1934
Cause of death: Acute Nephritis
Contributory: Lobar Pneumonia
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Emma is buried with her husband William in the Festus Methodist Cemetery, AKA the Gamel Cemetery, (off Lee Ave. in Festus near Highway A and Interstate 55). Their headstone reads:
Gamel
William A.
Mar. 10, 1846
Dec. 14, 1932
Emma M.
May 4, 1861
Oct. 8, 1934
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From the book "Genealogy of the Swink Family of Missouri" by Robert A. Swink; The Star-News Publishing Co., Pasadena, California, 1940:
Emma Mary Kenner was the twin sister to Anna Eliza Kenner, born May 4, 1861, in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri. She married W. B. Gamel and resided near Festus, Missouri, all her married life. The Gamel brothers owned most of the land adjoining Festus on the west. Emma Mary died October 8, 1936. Both Emma and her husband are buried in the Gamel graveyard near Festus, Missouri.
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From the 1870 Federal Census of Beauvais township, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, page 498, taken July 8, 1870, household #104; from ancestry.com, image #16 of 218. Emma is listed in the household of her parents:
----- Emma; age- 9, female, born- Missouri
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From "The Jefferson Democrat" of Hillsboro, Jefferson, Missouri; sent to me courtesy of Charlotte Maness:
****** FRIDAY, 17 OCTOBER 1879. - GAMEL -- KENNER -- Oct 9, 1879, by Rev. D.J. MARQUIS, Mr. William GAMEL to Miss Emma M. KENNER. All of Jefferson county.
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From Jefferson County, Missouri Marriage Records, posted on-line by Brian J. Oster; http://www.vienici.com/default.htm:
Name: Kenner, Emma M. Miss
Page: 233
County: Jefferson County
Mr. William A. Gamel and Miss Emma M. Kenner both of Jefferson Co., Mo.; married on 9 October 1879 by D. J. Marquis, ordained MG at Jefferson Co., Mo.
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From Ancestry.com. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007:
Name: Miss Ema M Kenner
Marriage Date: 9 Oct 1879
Marriage Place: Jefferson, Missouri
Registration Place: Jefferson, Missouri, USA
Spouse: Mr William A Gamel
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From the 1880 Federal Census of Joachim Township, Jefferson County, Missouri, district 192, page 52, taken June 26, 1880, household 438. Emma is listed in the household of her husband:
------ Emma; female, age- 19, wife, married, occupation- keeps house, born- Missouri, parents born- Missouri
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From the 1900 Federal Census of Plattin Township, Jefferson County, Missouri, district 57, page 8A, taken June 22, 1900, household #137. Emma is listed in the household of her husband and children:
------ Emma; wife, female, born- May 1861, age- 39, married 21 years, mother of 2 children/ 2 children living, born- Missouri, father born- Missouri, mother born- Tennessee, r/w's
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From the 1910 Federal Census of Central Township, Jefferson County, Missouri, district 29, sheet 9b, taken April 29, 1910, household 141. Emma is listed in the household of her husband:
------ Emma M.; wife, female, age- 47, married (1st) 31 years, mother of 2 children/ 2 children living, born- Missouri, parents born- Missouri, r/w's
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I found a Warranty Deed, in Jefferson County, Missouri Deed Book 85, pages 153-156. It is dated July 3rd, 1918, and involves the sale of a 1.5 acre of property by "Ida J. Sherlock, a widow of the City of St. Louis, Mo., William A. Gamel and Emma his wife of the City of Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri, Jessie D. Waggener and Anna E. Waggener his wife of the city of Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri, Genevieve Baker, a single woman and Mary Kenner, widow of William B. Kenner, deceased, of the City of Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri" to "R. W. Wills and Ida E. Wills his wife of the County of Jefferson in the State of Missouri." The selling price was $750. The plot of land was in Township 40, Range Six, East, and I believe it was on Kenner Hill just adjacent to the property where the Kenner house was. There is an easement included in the property for what was apparently the roadway or driveway leading to what was the Kenner house and property on the hill. The Kenners were allowed access on the roadway. It looks like it was just off of what is now North Mill Road. The description of the property mentions that it was adjacent to a piece of property previously owned by Mary Swink Kenner's brother John Edwin Swink and his wife Mariah, which they had sold in 1905. Jesse and Anna Waggener were actually in Detroit, Michigan by this time, and trier names were signed by a Notary Public. I am not sure why Thomas and George Kenner are not included in this document. - RW
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From the 1920 Federal Census of Jefferson County, Missouri, Joachim Township, Festus Town, District 11, Sheet #12, taken January 16, 1920; Emma is listed in the home of her husband with a daughter-in-law and her two daughters:
Emma M.; wife, female, age- 59, married, reads/writes, born- Missouri, parents born- Missouri, occupation- none
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From the 1930 Federal Census of Festus Town, 4th Ward, Joachim Township, Jefferson County, Missouri, district 50-9, sheet 6B, taken April 2, 1930, household 116, apparently in an unnumbered house on North Main Street; from ancestry.com, image 12 of 20. Emma is listed in the household of her husband:
------- Emma M.; wife/ head, female, age- 67, married, 19 years old at 1st marriage, r/w's, born- Missouri, parents born- Missouri, occupation- none
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From an interview with Harry David Waggener (b. 1900 d. 1990) and his wife Elsie Gregg by Phil and Elaine Waggener, made in August of 1979. Here are some excerpts that talk about the Gamel family. Harry was the son of Emma Kenner's sister, Annie Kenner and her husband Jesse Waggener. The transcript of the entire interview are in the notes for Harry:
My mother's twin sister, Em (Emma). She lived in DeSoto and of course they would visit back and forth. One day I was going off to school and I had to go by Kenners’ house and down the road. My granddad was going along there in a buggy on his way to DeSoto and he said “boy, I think I'll take you with me.” And so instead of going to school that day I got into that buggy and went to DeSoto. It took a couple of hours...
Em married a man named Gamel. They had a big farm. They raised lots of chickens and when we went there we always had a lot to eat. But they never had beefsteak. I remember that they always had shredded wheat. I loved that shredded wheat when they had whipped cream on it. It was a real treat...
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From The Tri-City Independent, (Festus, Missouri), Friday Oct. 19, 1934, Page 8:
MRS. MARY EMMA GAMEL
Mrs. Mary Emma Camel, relict .of the late W. A. Camel, was bom on Saline Creek in Ste. Genevieve Co., May 4, 1861 and departed this life at the home of her eon and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gamel, October 11 at the age of 73. years. Her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B. Kenner, came to Festus in 1877 and two years later she was married to W. A. Gamel who proceeded her in death about 2 years ago. Two sons were born to this union, Lee and Bertrand, the latter departing this life about twelve yean ago.
Mrs. Gamel was a member of one of the earliest pioneer families in this city and affiliated with the Christian Church of Festus at the age of sixteen years and maintained her membership to the very end.
The remains lay in state at Duester and Vinyards Funeral Parlor and where hundreds celled to pay their last tribute of respect. The funeral was held Sunday at 2 p. m., at the Christian Church, Rev. Bailey, the pastor, officiating and she was laid to rest in the family lot in Gamel's Cemetery.
She leaves to mourn her loss one son, two daughter-in-laws, three sisters, Mesdames Ida Sherlock of St Louis, Anna Waggoner of Lake Worth, Fla., and Mrs. Kate Baker, also one brother, G. Kenner. Sympathy is extended the bereaved family.
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I located Emma's death certificate, posted on line by the State of Missouri:
Missouri State Board of Health; Bureau of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Death
File no. 36441
Place of death: Joachim Township, Festus, Missouri
Full name: Emma Mary Gamel
Residence: Festus, Mo.
Sex: female
Color: white
Marital status: widowed
Spouse: Wm. A. Gamel
Date of birth: May 4, 1861
Age: 73 years, 5 months, 7 days
Occupation: housewife
Date last worked: Sept. 15, 1934
Birthplace: Ste. Genevieve County, Mo.
Father's name: Wm. B. Kenner
Father's Birthplace: Ste. Genevieve County, Mo.
Maiden name of mother: Mary M. Swink
Birthplace: Coffman, Missouri
Burial: Festus, Mo., October 14, 1934
Informant: Lee B. Gamel
Address: Festus, Mo.
Undertaker: Duester and Vinyard
Address: Festus, Mo.
Date of death: October 11, 1934
Cause of death: Acute Nephritis
Contributory: Lobar Pneumonia
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Emma is buried with her husband William in the Festus Methodist Cemetery, AKA the Gamel Cemetery, (off Lee Ave. in Festus near Highway A and Interstate 55). Their headstone reads:
Gamel
William A.
Mar. 10, 1846
Dec. 14, 1932
Emma M.
May 4, 1861
Oct. 8, 1934
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here are my notes for Emma, from her entry in my family tree file- Rick Waggener:
From the book "Genealogy of the Swink Family of Missouri" by Robert A. Swink; The Star-News Publishing Co., Pasadena, California, 1940:
Emma Mary Kenner was the twin sister to Anna Eliza Kenner, born May 4, 1861, in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri. She married W. B. Gamel and resided near Festus, Missouri, all her married life. The Gamel brothers owned most of the land adjoining Festus on the west. Emma Mary died October 8, 1936. Both Emma and her husband are buried in the Gamel graveyard near Festus, Missouri.
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From the 1870 Federal Census of Beauvais township, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, page 498, taken July 8, 1870, household #104; from ancestry.com, image #16 of 218. Emma is listed in the household of her parents:
----- Emma; age- 9, female, born- Missouri
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From "The Jefferson Democrat" of Hillsboro, Jefferson, Missouri; sent to me courtesy of Charlotte Maness:
****** FRIDAY, 17 OCTOBER 1879. - GAMEL -- KENNER -- Oct 9, 1879, by Rev. D.J. MARQUIS, Mr. William GAMEL to Miss Emma M. KENNER. All of Jefferson county.
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From Jefferson County, Missouri Marriage Records, posted on-line by Brian J. Oster; http://www.vienici.com/default.htm:
Name: Kenner, Emma M. Miss
Page: 233
County: Jefferson County
Mr. William A. Gamel and Miss Emma M. Kenner both of Jefferson Co., Mo.; married on 9 October 1879 by D. J. Marquis, ordained MG at Jefferson Co., Mo.
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From Ancestry.com. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007:
Name: Miss Ema M Kenner
Marriage Date: 9 Oct 1879
Marriage Place: Jefferson, Missouri
Registration Place: Jefferson, Missouri, USA
Spouse: Mr William A Gamel
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From the 1880 Federal Census of Joachim Township, Jefferson County, Missouri, district 192, page 52, taken June 26, 1880, household 438. Emma is listed in the household of her husband:
------ Emma; female, age- 19, wife, married, occupation- keeps house, born- Missouri, parents born- Missouri
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From the 1900 Federal Census of Plattin Township, Jefferson County, Missouri, district 57, page 8A, taken June 22, 1900, household #137. Emma is listed in the household of her husband and children:
------ Emma; wife, female, born- May 1861, age- 39, married 21 years, mother of 2 children/ 2 children living, born- Missouri, father born- Missouri, mother born- Tennessee, r/w's
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From the 1910 Federal Census of Central Township, Jefferson County, Missouri, district 29, sheet 9b, taken April 29, 1910, household 141. Emma is listed in the household of her husband:
------ Emma M.; wife, female, age- 47, married (1st) 31 years, mother of 2 children/ 2 children living, born- Missouri, parents born- Missouri, r/w's
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I found a Warranty Deed, in Jefferson County, Missouri Deed Book 85, pages 153-156. It is dated July 3rd, 1918, and involves the sale of a 1.5 acre of property by "Ida J. Sherlock, a widow of the City of St. Louis, Mo., William A. Gamel and Emma his wife of the City of Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri, Jessie D. Waggener and Anna E. Waggener his wife of the city of Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri, Genevieve Baker, a single woman and Mary Kenner, widow of William B. Kenner, deceased, of the City of Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri" to "R. W. Wills and Ida E. Wills his wife of the County of Jefferson in the State of Missouri." The selling price was $750. The plot of land was in Township 40, Range Six, East, and I believe it was on Kenner Hill just adjacent to the property where the Kenner house was. There is an easement included in the property for what was apparently the roadway or driveway leading to what was the Kenner house and property on the hill. The Kenners were allowed access on the roadway. It looks like it was just off of what is now North Mill Road. The description of the property mentions that it was adjacent to a piece of property previously owned by Mary Swink Kenner's brother John Edwin Swink and his wife Mariah, which they had sold in 1905. Jesse and Anna Waggener were actually in Detroit, Michigan by this time, and trier names were signed by a Notary Public. I am not sure why Thomas and George Kenner are not included in this document. - RW
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From the 1920 Federal Census of Jefferson County, Missouri, Joachim Township, Festus Town, District 11, Sheet #12, taken January 16, 1920; Emma is listed in the home of her husband with a daughter-in-law and her two daughters:
Emma M.; wife, female, age- 59, married, reads/writes, born- Missouri, parents born- Missouri, occupation- none
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From the 1930 Federal Census of Festus Town, 4th Ward, Joachim Township, Jefferson County, Missouri, district 50-9, sheet 6B, taken April 2, 1930, household 116, apparently in an unnumbered house on North Main Street; from ancestry.com, image 12 of 20. Emma is listed in the household of her husband:
------- Emma M.; wife/ head, female, age- 67, married, 19 years old at 1st marriage, r/w's, born- Missouri, parents born- Missouri, occupation- none
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From an interview with Harry David Waggener (b. 1900 d. 1990) and his wife Elsie Gregg by Phil and Elaine Waggener, made in August of 1979. Here are some excerpts that talk about the Gamel family. Harry was the son of Emma Kenner's sister, Annie Kenner and her husband Jesse Waggener. The transcript of the entire interview are in the notes for Harry:
My mother's twin sister, Em (Emma). She lived in DeSoto and of course they would visit back and forth. One day I was going off to school and I had to go by Kenners’ house and down the road. My granddad was going along there in a buggy on his way to DeSoto and he said “boy, I think I'll take you with me.” And so instead of going to school that day I got into that buggy and went to DeSoto. It took a couple of hours...
Em married a man named Gamel. They had a big farm. They raised lots of chickens and when we went there we always had a lot to eat. But they never had beefsteak. I remember that they always had shredded wheat. I loved that shredded wheat when they had whipped cream on it. It was a real treat...
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From The Tri-City Independent, (Festus, Missouri), Friday Oct. 19, 1934, Page 8:
MRS. MARY EMMA GAMEL
Mrs. Mary Emma Camel, relict .of the late W. A. Camel, was bom on Saline Creek in Ste. Genevieve Co., May 4, 1861 and departed this life at the home of her eon and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gamel, October 11 at the age of 73. years. Her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B. Kenner, came to Festus in 1877 and two years later she was married to W. A. Gamel who proceeded her in death about 2 years ago. Two sons were born to this union, Lee and Bertrand, the latter departing this life about twelve yean ago.
Mrs. Gamel was a member of one of the earliest pioneer families in this city and affiliated with the Christian Church of Festus at the age of sixteen years and maintained her membership to the very end.
The remains lay in state at Duester and Vinyards Funeral Parlor and where hundreds celled to pay their last tribute of respect. The funeral was held Sunday at 2 p. m., at the Christian Church, Rev. Bailey, the pastor, officiating and she was laid to rest in the family lot in Gamel's Cemetery.
She leaves to mourn her loss one son, two daughter-in-laws, three sisters, Mesdames Ida Sherlock of St Louis, Anna Waggoner of Lake Worth, Fla., and Mrs. Kate Baker, also one brother, G. Kenner. Sympathy is extended the bereaved family.
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I located Emma's death certificate, posted on line by the State of Missouri:
Missouri State Board of Health; Bureau of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Death
File no. 36441
Place of death: Joachim Township, Festus, Missouri
Full name: Emma Mary Gamel
Residence: Festus, Mo.
Sex: female
Color: white
Marital status: widowed
Spouse: Wm. A. Gamel
Date of birth: May 4, 1861
Age: 73 years, 5 months, 7 days
Occupation: housewife
Date last worked: Sept. 15, 1934
Birthplace: Ste. Genevieve County, Mo.
Father's name: Wm. B. Kenner
Father's Birthplace: Ste. Genevieve County, Mo.
Maiden name of mother: Mary M. Swink
Birthplace: Coffman, Missouri
Burial: Festus, Mo., October 14, 1934
Informant: Lee B. Gamel
Address: Festus, Mo.
Undertaker: Duester and Vinyard
Address: Festus, Mo.
Date of death: October 11, 1934
Cause of death: Acute Nephritis
Contributory: Lobar Pneumonia
============
Emma is buried with her husband William in the Festus Methodist Cemetery, AKA the Gamel Cemetery, (off Lee Ave. in Festus near Highway A and Interstate 55). Their headstone reads:
Gamel
William A.
Mar. 10, 1846
Dec. 14, 1932
Emma M.
May 4, 1861
Oct. 8, 1934
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From the book "Genealogy of the Swink Family of Missouri" by Robert A. Swink; The Star-News Publishing Co., Pasadena, California, 1940:
Emma Mary Kenner was the twin sister to Anna Eliza Kenner, born May 4, 1861, in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri. She married W. B. Gamel and resided near Festus, Missouri, all her married life. The Gamel brothers owned most of the land adjoining Festus on the west. Emma Mary died October 8, 1936. Both Emma and her husband are buried in the Gamel graveyard near Festus, Missouri.
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From the 1870 Federal Census of Beauvais township, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, page 498, taken July 8, 1870, household #104; from ancestry.com, image #16 of 218. Emma is listed in the household of her parents:
----- Emma; age- 9, female, born- Missouri
==============
From "The Jefferson Democrat" of Hillsboro, Jefferson, Missouri; sent to me courtesy of Charlotte Maness:
****** FRIDAY, 17 OCTOBER 1879. - GAMEL -- KENNER -- Oct 9, 1879, by Rev. D.J. MARQUIS, Mr. William GAMEL to Miss Emma M. KENNER. All of Jefferson county.
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From Jefferson County, Missouri Marriage Records, posted on-line by Brian J. Oster; http://www.vienici.com/default.htm:
Name: Kenner, Emma M. Miss
Page: 233
County: Jefferson County
Mr. William A. Gamel and Miss Emma M. Kenner both of Jefferson Co., Mo.; married on 9 October 1879 by D. J. Marquis, ordained MG at Jefferson Co., Mo.
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From Ancestry.com. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007:
Name: Miss Ema M Kenner
Marriage Date: 9 Oct 1879
Marriage Place: Jefferson, Missouri
Registration Place: Jefferson, Missouri, USA
Spouse: Mr William A Gamel
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From the 1880 Federal Census of Joachim Township, Jefferson County, Missouri, district 192, page 52, taken June 26, 1880, household 438. Emma is listed in the household of her husband:
------ Emma; female, age- 19, wife, married, occupation- keeps house, born- Missouri, parents born- Missouri
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From the 1900 Federal Census of Plattin Township, Jefferson County, Missouri, district 57, page 8A, taken June 22, 1900, household #137. Emma is listed in the household of her husband and children:
------ Emma; wife, female, born- May 1861, age- 39, married 21 years, mother of 2 children/ 2 children living, born- Missouri, father born- Missouri, mother born- Tennessee, r/w's
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From the 1910 Federal Census of Central Township, Jefferson County, Missouri, district 29, sheet 9b, taken April 29, 1910, household 141. Emma is listed in the household of her husband:
------ Emma M.; wife, female, age- 47, married (1st) 31 years, mother of 2 children/ 2 children living, born- Missouri, parents born- Missouri, r/w's
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I found a Warranty Deed, in Jefferson County, Missouri Deed Book 85, pages 153-156. It is dated July 3rd, 1918, and involves the sale of a 1.5 acre of property by "Ida J. Sherlock, a widow of the City of St. Louis, Mo., William A. Gamel and Emma his wife of the City of Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri, Jessie D. Waggener and Anna E. Waggener his wife of the city of Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri, Genevieve Baker, a single woman and Mary Kenner, widow of William B. Kenner, deceased, of the City of Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri" to "R. W. Wills and Ida E. Wills his wife of the County of Jefferson in the State of Missouri." The selling price was $750. The plot of land was in Township 40, Range Six, East, and I believe it was on Kenner Hill just adjacent to the property where the Kenner house was. There is an easement included in the property for what was apparently the roadway or driveway leading to what was the Kenner house and property on the hill. The Kenners were allowed access on the roadway. It looks like it was just off of what is now North Mill Road. The description of the property mentions that it was adjacent to a piece of property previously owned by Mary Swink Kenner's brother John Edwin Swink and his wife Mariah, which they had sold in 1905. Jesse and Anna Waggener were actually in Detroit, Michigan by this time, and trier names were signed by a Notary Public. I am not sure why Thomas and George Kenner are not included in this document. - RW
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From the 1920 Federal Census of Jefferson County, Missouri, Joachim Township, Festus Town, District 11, Sheet #12, taken January 16, 1920; Emma is listed in the home of her husband with a daughter-in-law and her two daughters:
Emma M.; wife, female, age- 59, married, reads/writes, born- Missouri, parents born- Missouri, occupation- none
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From the 1930 Federal Census of Festus Town, 4th Ward, Joachim Township, Jefferson County, Missouri, district 50-9, sheet 6B, taken April 2, 1930, household 116, apparently in an unnumbered house on North Main Street; from ancestry.com, image 12 of 20. Emma is listed in the household of her husband:
------- Emma M.; wife/ head, female, age- 67, married, 19 years old at 1st marriage, r/w's, born- Missouri, parents born- Missouri, occupation- none
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From an interview with Harry David Waggener (b. 1900 d. 1990) and his wife Elsie Gregg by Phil and Elaine Waggener, made in August of 1979. Here are some excerpts that talk about the Gamel family. Harry was the son of Emma Kenner's sister, Annie Kenner and her husband Jesse Waggener. The transcript of the entire interview are in the notes for Harry:
My mother's twin sister, Em (Emma). She lived in DeSoto and of course they would visit back and forth. One day I was going off to school and I had to go by Kenners’ house and down the road. My granddad was going along there in a buggy on his way to DeSoto and he said “boy, I think I'll take you with me.” And so instead of going to school that day I got into that buggy and went to DeSoto. It took a couple of hours...
Em married a man named Gamel. They had a big farm. They raised lots of chickens and when we went there we always had a lot to eat. But they never had beefsteak. I remember that they always had shredded wheat. I loved that shredded wheat when they had whipped cream on it. It was a real treat...
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From The Tri-City Independent, (Festus, Missouri), Friday Oct. 19, 1934, Page 8:
MRS. MARY EMMA GAMEL
Mrs. Mary Emma Camel, relict .of the late W. A. Camel, was bom on Saline Creek in Ste. Genevieve Co., May 4, 1861 and departed this life at the home of her eon and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gamel, October 11 at the age of 73. years. Her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B. Kenner, came to Festus in 1877 and two years later she was married to W. A. Gamel who proceeded her in death about 2 years ago. Two sons were born to this union, Lee and Bertrand, the latter departing this life about twelve yean ago.
Mrs. Gamel was a member of one of the earliest pioneer families in this city and affiliated with the Christian Church of Festus at the age of sixteen years and maintained her membership to the very end.
The remains lay in state at Duester and Vinyards Funeral Parlor and where hundreds celled to pay their last tribute of respect. The funeral was held Sunday at 2 p. m., at the Christian Church, Rev. Bailey, the pastor, officiating and she was laid to rest in the family lot in Gamel's Cemetery.
She leaves to mourn her loss one son, two daughter-in-laws, three sisters, Mesdames Ida Sherlock of St Louis, Anna Waggoner of Lake Worth, Fla., and Mrs. Kate Baker, also one brother, G. Kenner. Sympathy is extended the bereaved family.
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I located Emma's death certificate, posted on line by the State of Missouri:
Missouri State Board of Health; Bureau of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Death
File no. 36441
Place of death: Joachim Township, Festus, Missouri
Full name: Emma Mary Gamel
Residence: Festus, Mo.
Sex: female
Color: white
Marital status: widowed
Spouse: Wm. A. Gamel
Date of birth: May 4, 1861
Age: 73 years, 5 months, 7 days
Occupation: housewife
Date last worked: Sept. 15, 1934
Birthplace: Ste. Genevieve County, Mo.
Father's name: Wm. B. Kenner
Father's Birthplace: Ste. Genevieve County, Mo.
Maiden name of mother: Mary M. Swink
Birthplace: Coffman, Missouri
Burial: Festus, Mo., October 14, 1934
Informant: Lee B. Gamel
Address: Festus, Mo.
Undertaker: Duester and Vinyard
Address: Festus, Mo.
Date of death: October 11, 1934
Cause of death: Acute Nephritis
Contributory: Lobar Pneumonia
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Emma is buried with her husband William in the Festus Methodist Cemetery, AKA the Gamel Cemetery, (off Lee Ave. in Festus near Highway A and Interstate 55). Their headstone reads:
Gamel
William A.
Mar. 10, 1846
Dec. 14, 1932
Emma M.
May 4, 1861
Oct. 8, 1934
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