Elmira (Martin) Lewis (1875 - aft. 1930)

Born 1875 in Dublin, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died after 1930 after age 55 in New Jersey, United States [uncertain]

Biography

The daughter of Jonas Martin Jr and his first wife, Mary (Crouthamel) Martin, Elmira Martin was born in Dublin, Pennsylvania^{[citation needed]} in1875, residing with her family in Doylestown Township.^[1] She married Warren G. Lewis (1870-1964), the son of Thomas Ellwood Lewis and Angeline Fryling, marrying in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 5, 1898^[2] and having two known children together:

1. Earl Lewis (1899-1960)
2. Helen Dorothy (Lewis) Fryling (1916-1990)

Elmira and her family made their home on Poplar Avenue in Philadelphia's Ward 29, where her husband worked as a painter.^[3][4] In 1910, they rented a home on N. Cleveland Avenue in Philadelphia,^[5] and Elmira worked as an orchestra musician. In 1920, residing on N. Woodstreet Street in Philadelphia, Elmira worked as a music teacher.^[6]

After moving to New Jersey, Elmira and Warren divorced and in 1930, Elmira lived in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with her daughter, living in the home of her sister, Barbara, and her family on Chelsea Avenue and working as a dress maker in a dress shop and living in a household on Chelsea Avenue.^[7]

Research Notes

Nothing more is known; it's possible that she passed away in California, where her daughter moved.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWX4-RLZ : 14 January 2022), Elmyra Martin in household of Jones Martin, Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania Civil Marriages, 1677-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29S-J873 : 2 May 2023), Warren G Lewis and Elmira Martin, 05 Dec 1898; citing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, Register of Wills Offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,299,976.
3. ↑ "Pennsylvania Civil Marriages, 1677-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29S-J873 : 2 May 2023), Warren G Lewis and Elmira Martin, 05 Dec 1898; citing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, Register of Wills Offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,299,976.
4. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 29, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1470; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0703: Philadelphia City, 29th Ward, 1st Division, Bounded By Girard Ave, Broad, Poplar, Ridge Ave, 18th. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Ancestry Record 7602 #68919343 with attached Image
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGHS-Q26 : Wed Jul 19 01:54:23 UTC 2023), Entry for Warren Lewis and Elmira Lewis, 1910.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF1X-47R : 3 February 2021), Elmira Lewis in entry for Warren Lewis, 1920.
7. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Year: 1930; Census Place: Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0032; FHL microfilm: 2341044. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Ancestry Record 6224 #3996555 with attached Image