Teresa Gail Van Valkenburg

Notes:

Listed in her mother's obituary, and on the SSDI, as Teresa CHIMENE.

Teresa married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living

Teresa married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The son of Leo Van Valkenburg. Evon Tisdale instead listed his middle name as Alan.

Gerald married Gay Nell Cammack on 16 Jul 1960. Gay (daughter of Herman Bailey "Jack" Cammack and Emma Lelee McLemore) was born on 9 Mar 1939 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 3 Jul 2011 in Pasedena, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
July 13, 2011, Page 12

Gay Nell Cammack Van Valkenburg

Gay Nell Cammack Van Valkenburg of Livingston, TX was born March 9, 1939 to Herman and Emma McLemore Cammack near Hemphill, TX. She passed away July 3, 2011 at Paramount Health Care in Pasadena.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband Gerald "Jerry" Van Valkenburg, and daughter Teresa Chimene.

She is survived by her beloved son Bruce Van Valkenburge and wife Melissa of Houston; grandchildren Sara Van Valkenburg, Brian Van Valkenburg, Casey Copeland, and Cory Copeland. She is also survived by her brother Max Cammack and wife Bobbie of Pasadena, and sister Charlcye Barrett and husband Billy of Pasadena; brother ? in-laws Jimmy Van Valkenburg and wife Pat, and Ronnie Van Valkenburg; niece Retta Cammack Cook, and two nephews Doug Barrett and Don Barrett.

Funeral services were held Wednesday July 6, at Pasadena Funeral Chapel. Interment followed in Woodlawn cemetery in Houston, TX.

Notes:

Mason. His Texas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows him as the retired foreman of a Sawmill. His parents were listed as Forrist Cammack and Sarah Karcher, and the informant was his wife, Emma.

Name: Herman Baily Cammack
Death Date: 26 Jan 1969
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 65 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 08 Jun 1903
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Emma Cammack
Father's Name: Forrist Cammack
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Sarah Karcher
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Retired Sawmill Foreman
Place of Residence: Hemphill, Precinct #1, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Gravelhill Cemetery
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date: 28 Jan 1969
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137324
Digital Film Number: 4029798
Image Number: 3116
Reference Number: Certificate # 13094
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Medical):See attached sources.

Herman married Emma Lelee McLemore on 29 Mar 1930. Emma (daughter of John F. "Finn" McLemore and Rutha Triphene White) was born on 22 Jul 1900 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Dec 1981 in Harris County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):
Census Listings:

1900 Census
Not located

1910 Census
Texas, Shelby County, JP 7
Enumerated 10 May 1910
SD 2 ED 146 Sheet 22A Stamped 63
Tenaha Road
277-282
Cammack, Thomas F Hd M W 45 M1 23 Miss Miss Miss Farmer
Cammack, Sarah Wf F W 43 m1 23 7/6 Tx Germany Tx
Cammack, Thomas Son M W 19 S Tx Miss Tx Laborer Home Farm
Cammack, Marvin Son M W 17 S Tx Miss Tx Laborer Home Farm
Cammack, Alvin Son M W 15 S Tx Miss Tx Laborer Home Farm
Cammack, Mae Dtr F W 13 S Tx Miss Tx
Cammack, Herman Son M W 6 S Tx Miss Tx
Cammack, Thomas J Father M W 70 Wd Miss Miss Miss Own Acct

Thomas married Sarah Elizabeth Karcher on 22 Aug 1887. Sarah was born on 12 Nov 1866 in Huffman, Harris County, Texas; died on 8 Jul 1937 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her last name is sometimes shown as KARTCHER. However, on herTexas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, her parents were listed as Philip Karcher of Germany and Minerva Huffman of Huffman, Texas. She was shown as a housewife, and the informant was her daughter, Cora Dickerson.

Name: Sarah Elizabeth Cammack
Death Date: 08 Jul 1937
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 70 years 7 months 26 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1866
Birthplace: Huffman, Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: T.F. Cammack
Father's Name: Philip Karcher
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Name: Minerva Huffman
Mother's Birthplace: Huffman, Texas
Occupation: Housekeeper
Place of Residence: 5 miles north of Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Grand Hill Cemetery
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 09 Jul 1937
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117296
Digital Film Number: 4166737
Image Number: 743
Reference Number: cn 38205
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Medical):See attached sources.

Notes:

Finn's middle name could have been Fenton (based on a poll tax receipt from Jasper) or Finerel (based on the middle name of his son, Rufus) or Finn, as he was commonly called.

At the time of the 1880 census, he was widowed, and living in the home of his in-laws with his young daughter.

He was a farmer. On the 1900 Sabine County census, he is shown in household 22, next to the Henry S. White family, his wife's brother. Household 36 is that of Thomas E. McLemore, his half brother.

Finn died in at the home of his son, Vessie McLemore. Vessie and Nina had been caring for him. Granddaughter Evon remembers she and some cousins going out into the woods to gather wildflowers for him while her father built a coffin. Her father and his brothers took the coffin by cart to the Gravel Hill cemetery a few days later.

(Research):Census information:

1880 Census
Census Place:Precinct 3, Jasper, Texas
Source:FHL Film 1255313 National Archives Film T9-1313
Page 14 Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
J.F. MCLEMORE Self M W W 25 Texas Occ: Laborer Fa: AR Mo: GA
Vilona MCLEMORE Dau F S W 7 M Texas Fa: Texas Mo: MS
Frances WIGLEY Self M M W 69 GA Occ: FarmerFa: VA Mo: VA
Sarah WIGLEY Wife F M W 67 SC Occ: Keeping House Fa: SC Mo: SC
Martha WIGLEY Dau F S W 31 MS Occ: At HomeFa: GAMo: SC
Alexander WIGLEY Son M S W 25 Texas Occ: Printer Fa: GA Mo: SC

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 2A Stamped 93
22-23
McLemore, John Head W M Dec 1853 46 M 17 Ga NC NC Farmer
McLemore, Ruth T Wf W F Dec 1859 40 M 17 7/6 Tx Miss Miss
McLemore, Vessie E Son W M Feb 1885 15 S Tx Ga Tx Farm Laborer
McLemore, Rufus F Son W M July 1886 13 S Tx Ga Tx Farm Laborer
McLemore, Earnest Son W M May 1887 13 S Tx Ga Tx Farm Laborer
McLemore, Mellie Dtr W F Feb 1891 9 S Tx Ga Tx
McLemore, Ira Son W M Jan 1896 4 S Tx Ga Tx

1910 Federal Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 16 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 1B
Milam Road
12-13
McLemore, John F. Head M W 51 M2 26 Ga Ga Ga Farmer
McLemore, Ruth T Wf F W 50 m1 26 8/7 Tx Ala Miss
McLemore, Ernest E Son M W 20 S Tx Ga Tx Farmer
McLemore, Mellie M Dtr F W 19 S Tx Ga Tx
McLemore, Elvie R Dtr F W 16 S Tx Ga Tx
McLemore, Ira W Son M W 14 S Tx Ga Tx Laborer Farm
McLemore, Emma L Dtr F W 9 S Tx Ga Tx

John married Rutha Triphene White on 11 Dec 1883 in Sabine County, Texas. Rutha (daughter of Henry Strickland White, Sr and Mary Etta "Polly" Vardeman) was born on 27 Dec 1859 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Jun 1939 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to her obituary, Ruth White McLemore "slipped in her home in Hemphill, and fractured her left thigh on June 2nd. She was carried to . . . hospital in Jasper (and then) transferred here to the home of her son, Mr. V.E. McLemore of San Augustine, where she passed away on June 11, 1939. She was born December 27, 1859 at Hemphill. She joined the Baptist church when a young girl and was a faithful Christian worker all of her life. She married to J.F. McLemore on December 13, 1883 and was the mother of eight children, four boys and four girls. Six children survive: namely V. E. McLemore, San Augustine; Earnest and Ira McLemore, Miss Mellie McLemore, and Mrs. Herman Commack of Gravel Hill, and Mrs. Mermon Speights of Hemphill. She is also survived by seventeen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. In addition to relatives, local people attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. T.F. Read, Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Jacks, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Clark, Mr and Mrs W.F. Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burkhalter, Mrs. Rosalie Polly, W.L. Polly, Mr. and Mrs. Rob Horn, Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Mitchell, Mrs. E.M. Boyett, Theo Boyett and others."

Melinda McLemore Strong has a maroon and white quilt made by Ruth circa 1880. At Ruth's death, the quilt was passed on to her daughter Millie. Millie added a calico border to the quilt edges which had apparently frayed. At Millie's death, the quilt was passed to her older brother, Vessie McLemore. After Vessie and Nina died, Evon McLemore Tisdale used the quilt. She later gave it to her niece, Melinda McLemore Strong.

(Research):Triphene is a "pseudo-classical" name, often whimsically given to the third child in a family.