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Name: Emily Fariss ^{1 2 3 4}
Sex: F
Birth: 30 OCT 1892 in Giddings, Lee County, Texas ^{1 2 3 4}
Death: 09 OCT 1982 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX ¹
Burial: Giddings City Cemetery, Giddings, Texas, USA. ¹
Residence:
1. 1900 in Justice Precinct 1, Lee, Texas, USA. ²
1. 1910 in Justice Precinct 1, Lee, Texas, USA. ⁴
1. 1935 in Houston, Harris, Texas. ³
1. 01 APR 1940 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA. ³
Person Id: I354
Tree Id: 617002

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Parents

Father:

Ira Killough Jones Fariss: Birth: 10 DEC 1859 in Serbin, Fayette County, Texas. Bank President.. Death: 01 JUN 1934 in Giddings, Lee County, TX.

Mother:

Letha Ann "Annie" Stockton: Birth: 28 JAN 1867 in Evergreen, Washington County, Texas. Death: 30 AUG 1951 in Giddings, Lee County, TX.

Family
Marriage:

Married: William Herman Joekel on 13 AUG 1914 at Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas.
William Herman Joekel: Birth: 25 MAR 1891 in Giddings, Lee County, TX. The third of four Herman Joekel.. Death: 01 JUL 1960 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA

Children:

Sources

1.	Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
2.	Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Lee, Texas; Roll: 1654; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0056; FHL microfilm: 1241654 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;
3.	Title: 1940 United States Federal Census Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Houston, Harris, Texas; Roll: T627_4198; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 258-248 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
4.	Title: 1910 United States Federal Census Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Lee, Texas; Roll: T624_1572; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0046; FHL microfilm: 1375585 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;

Notes

Note: Dar# 132847 Little Sister is # 544767
She was not given a middle name.
Emily and Herman made a plan to get married. Emily rode thepuddle-jumper train to Caldwell, to visit her aunt Mary Penn Stocktonand husband Saffron Bowers while she served as a bride's maid in anothergirl's wedding. She told Saffron of her own marriage plans, but did nottell Mary-Penn-Aunt-Major. This made Aunt Major very mad later.
Back in Giddings, Herman told his mother of the plans, and then hetoo caught the train to Caldwell. It was an elopement. But Zipporahfelt that it was not right for her to keep such a secret, so she toldIra Fariss, father of the bride. Everything worked out all right inthe end.
Emily and Herman had a farm in Giddings, and their two girls were bornin Giddings. She graduated from the University of Texas after thebirth of her second daughter. He worked for a time in his father'sJoekel & Williams general store, and then later in the Grange Store.
They moved to Houston in 1922. She taught school in Houston in 1925.
They were founding members of the St. Phillips Presbyterian Churchand also the Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church in Houston.
Herman worked for Gulf Oil Corporation until his retirement.
She is buried in the Giddings City Cemetery.

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