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Note: Harry J. Savoy shows in his book that Newville m. Margaret Strutzel.
Family members state that Homer moved up north to Illinois.
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Comments from Carroll Paul Savoie Sept. 2005
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According to Mama, Uncle Homer's first wife spent many years in a mental institution and apparently died there. The 1930 U. S. Census, Winnebago County, Rockford City, IL had Homer N. Savoy living as a boarder at 723 Park Ave, Rockford, IL. The head and owner of house ($8,500 value) was Anne Montgomery, a 68 year old widow who was born in Scotland, but had been in the U. S. since 1866. Homer was 42, married, and had been for 26 years. Census indicates he was from Louisiana but his mother and father from France. He is proprietor of a barber shop and is a veteran of the world war. If you do the math, years married and having gone to war do not check out. This means he was 17 or 18 when he and Ethel were married. I don't know when Ethel died and I don't know when he married Margaret. The 1940 census might show him married. We'll have to wait until 2012 for that! Erna visited Uncle Homer and Aunt Margaret in July 1953 when they lived at 500 Grant Ave, in Rockford. He died around Christmas that year. I met Uncle Homer when he came down for Papa's funeral in March 1950. I cannot remember whether it was that trip or not, but I also met Aunt Margaret. I remember vividly her visiting us at home because I was amazed at her accent - a typical mid-western accent - very articulate.
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More info provided by Carroll Paul Savoie Oct 2, 2005
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.........A check of WWI registration records shows Homer Newell Savoy, age 29, home address, Brookshire Texas. DoB 25Dec1887, natural born citizen born in Houma Louisiana, self employed barber in Brookshire, Texas. He claimed exemption from draft to support his wife. The part of the form which is Registrar`s Report states that he is medium height, medium build, brown eyes, black hair, not bald. I cannot make out the signature of the registrar from Precinct 10, Waller County, Texas, June 5th 1917. It is stamped Local
..Waller County, Hempstead, Texas.........
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ancestry.com
U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 about Homer Newell Savoy
Name: Homer Newell Savoy
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1888
Birth Place: Houma, Louisiana
Residence: 2009 Grant Ave., Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
Mailing address: 515 Talcott Building
Race: White
Age: 53 years
Person who will always know your address: Miss Margaret Strutzel; 2026 Aubuon St.
Occupation: self employed, Savoy Beauty Shop, 515 Talcott Building, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
Identifying body marks: Deformed finger, second on left hand
Date: Apr. 26, 1942 in Rockford, Illinois
Height: 5:10; Weight 160
Brown eyes; black hair; dark complexion
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