Mary Helen (Scott) Lehue (1907 - 1995)

Born 31 Oct 1907 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 29 Nov 1995 at age 88 in Morongo Valley, San Bernardino, California, United States

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Biography

Birth and Early Life

Mary Helen Scott was born on 31 October 1907 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States as the second of ten children born to William Peter Scott (1888-1948) and Grace Agatha Mallory (1883-1939) .

Siblings

1. Josephine Genevieve Scott born 7 July 1906 in Alliance, Box Butte, Nebraska, United States. Jo married Andrew Jackson Wells, Jr. (1902-1982) on 29 April 1927 in Yuma, Yuma, Arizona. She died on 22 August 1985 in Torrance, Los Angeles, California, United States aged 79.
2. William Peter Scott, Jr. born and died in 1908 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.
3. William J. Scott born on 18 March 1909 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. He died on 22 February 1910 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.
4. Wesley Preston Scott born on 2 August 1910 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. Wes married 1) Marie Virginia Gatewood (1908-1991) on 23 March 1930 in Houston, Harris, Texas and they divorced about 1935; 2) Mary Ruth Helton (1908-1994) about 1937. Wes died on 2 April 1994 in Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States aged 95.
5. Lillian Grace Scott born 13 March 1912 in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States. Grace married Edward Reese Christensen (1911-1980) on 18 August 1933 in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. She died on 28 November 1979 in South Gate, Los Angeles, California, United States aged 67.
6. Mildred Veronica Ruth Scott born 16 November 1914 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States. She had a child fathered by Robert Kirby when she was about 17, but the family believes that they were never married because the son carried her maiden name. Then she married 1) Charles Edison Donnell, Sr. in about 1933 and they divorced before 1939;^[1]2) Herman Frank DeSomber (1903-1967) on 7 June 1939 in Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington. Mildred died on 15 September 1993 in Gridley, Butte, California, United States aged 79.
7. Richard Earl Scott born on 3 October 1916 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States. Dick never married. He died on 16 January 1982 in Gridley, Butte, California, United States aged 65.
8. Frances Elizabeth Scott called Mattie Jane, born 5 November 1918 in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States. She married 6 times to these surnames: Glowacz, Keith, Mendoza, Peyron, Requena, Wilson. The 7th marriage on 22 June 1963 in Imperial County, California was to Julian A. Fitzgerald, still living. Mattie died on 5 September 1990 in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States aged 71.
9. June Alice Scott June was born on 28 May 1920 in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States. She married Watson Grady Hodges Jr. (1922-1982). June died on 28 July 2015 in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States.
10. Jack Elliott Scott was born on 5 August 1922 in Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States. Jack married 1) Virginia Margaret Wheeler and they divorced in 1964 in San Diego, San Diego, California; (2 Christine Gayle Jeffers, aka Foster, (1932-2004) on 6 March 1965 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada. Chris and Jack also divorced before 1990. He died on 22 January 1992 in Fullerton, Orange, California, United States aged 69.

1910 United States Federal Census

Place: Chicago, Ward 26, Cook, Illinois, United States

Street Address: 1654 Olive Street

Date of Enumeration: 19 April 1910

Page and Lines: 6B, 97-100

Family Surname: SCOTT

Notes: It is the first marriage for both and they have been married for 5 years. Grace has given birth to 3 and 2 are living. Her entry date from Canada is 1884.

The family had moved before November 1918 to Houston, Texas and the 8 January 1920 Census shows them still in Houston.

1920 United States Federal Census

Place: Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

Street Address: 4411 Marina Street

Date of Enumeration: 8 January 1920

Page and Lines: 9B, 66-74

Family Surname: SCOTT

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Marriages and Families

Helen married twice.

1. William A. Kelly married before 1926, divorced before 1935.
2. Thomas Robert Lehue (1908-1982) married before 1940.

Child of Kelly-Scott Marriage

1. Jack Preston Kelly born 1 April 1927 in Mississippi, United States. He died on 3 December 1989 in Morongo Valley, San Bernardino, California, United States.

Child of the Lehue-Scott Marriage

1. Cheryl Lehue born on 15 May 1944 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. She died on 21 May 1999 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States.

Later Life

1940 United States Federal Census

Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Street Address: 5907 Crocker

Date of Enumeration: 15 April 1940.

Page and Lines: 1B, 56-58.

Notes: Tom has 2 years of high school and Helen has 1 year. Jack Kelly completed 7th grade.

In 1946 the LeHues live in Compton, Los Angeles, California.

Her husband died on 24 May 1982 in Morongo Valley, San Bernardino, California. They had moved out to the San Bernardino County area sometime before that and Helen lived in the area until she died. In 1988 she was in an apartment at 6971 Mohawk in the Yucca Valley, San Bernardino.

Death and Burial

Helen died 29 November 1995 at Morongo Valley, San Bernardino, California, United States at the age of 88. She was cremated and interred at Morongo Valley according to her niece Teri.

Sources

• 1910 United States Federal Census: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA
• 1920 United States Federal Census: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).
• 1940 United States Federal Census on 15 April 1940 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. T627, 4,643 rolls. Page 1B, lines 56-58. ^[3]
• 1946 U.S. City Directories 1821-1989 in Compton, Los Angeles, California. Page 273. Lehue, Thos R. (Helen M.) living at 5401 Rayborn.
• U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1. 1988.
• California Death Index, 1940-1997.
• U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current for Helen M. Lehue.
• U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1936-2007 for her son Jack Preston Kelly stating that the father was Bill A. Kelly. Data: Jack was born on 1 April 1927 in Gulfport, Mississippi and died on 3 December 1989.

Footnotes

1. ↑ There was probably at least one other marriage before DeSomber because her marriage record is in the name of Mildred Veronica Abbott.
2. ↑ Note that Jo's birthplace is given here & in 1910 as Colorado.
3. ↑ 1940: LeHue, Tom R. 31, railway express clerk, head; Helen 32, rubber builder at factory, wife; Kelly, Jack 13, stepson.