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Note: 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. ============= 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. =============== 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. ============= 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 ============= 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 ============= 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 ============= 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 =========== 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
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