After the death of her parents in 1876, little is known of the whereabouts of Emily Adelaide Hamel until 1900. By 1900 she was a "servant" in the James Kirk household, visitation #282, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Mr. Kirk's occupation was RR conductor. Three years later, Emily A. Hamel married Francis M. McReynolds, 30 Mar 1903, Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas. Miss Hamel's brother Francis Marion Hamel (1859-1941) was a resident of Newport in 1880, and her sister Mary Lorinda (1862-1943) married William Woodruff there in 1884, suggesting that Emily A. also lived in Newport, Jackson County, or close proximity, in the years following the death of her parents.
At the time of his 1903 marriage to Miss Hamel, Mr. McReynolds, a locomotive fireman, was a widower living in Little Rock. Due to the apparent death of Mr. Reynolds soon after this marriage, the widow Emily married Mabry Ludwig Cameron circa 1907. The Camerons moved to Alabama where their son, John H. Cameron, was born in 1912. The Cameron Family Tree of rubybb34 viewed at Ancestry lists this son's given name as John Hamel.
From Arkansas, the Cameron family moved to Tennessee in the 1920s and Mabry L. Cameron passed away 12 April 1929 in Rockwood, Roane County, Tennessee. His Tennessee death certificate indicates that he was at that time a painter, born in Alabama the son of J. D. Cameron and Elizabeth Ludwig.
The following years for the widow and son remain elusive, but suggest a move to the Springfield, Greene County, MO, area where Mrs. Emily Robinson is listed in the 1935 Springfield City Directory; whether this refers to Emily Cameron remains speculative. Emily A. Cameron, widow of Ludwig, is listed in the Springfield Directory in the late 1930s and by 1940, at age 67, she is living with her son and his wife in Springfield.
Records indicate that Emily nee Hamel married Edward Gagel, perhaps in the early 1940s. Mr. Gagel died 19 September 1944, MODC # 30904, in Springfield, MO. He was interred in the Chesterton Cemetery, Chesterton, IN, the cemetery where his parents and others of his family were laid to rest.
After the death of her husband, the widow Mrs. Gagel probably spent the next 24 years in the Dade-Greene counties, MO, area. She died at Lockwood Memorial Hospital, Lockwood, Dade County, MO, 1 April 1966, at the age of 95 years, seven months, and five days. Please note her obituary among photos. She was survived by six grandchildren and her son, John Hamel Cameron.
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The Village of Hamel, Madison County, IL, originally Hamel's Corner in 1865, was named for Andrew Jackson (Jack) Hamel, a farmer who owned much of the land there on the north side of the crossroads. In 1955 Hamel was incorporated as a village. (Village of Hamel, Illinois: http://www.villageofhamel.com/history.html) Jack Hamel was Mrs. Gagel's father.
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An obituary of Mrs. Gagel's grandson, David Mabra Cameron, from the Springfield, MO, News-Leader, Feb. 2, 2016, and viewed online, provides Cameron family information:
David Mabra Cameron
David was born on December 7th 1946 to John & Hazel Cameron in Springfield, Missouri He passed away on January 23rd 2016. He was preceded in death by his father John Cameron, daughter Robin Cameron & sister Jeannie Wilcoxson .He is survived by his mother Hazel Thomson, one son Mickey Webster and one daughter Shelly Cameron and twelve grandchildren also two brothers Joe & Jim Cameron and two sisters Janet Keller and Becky Bass. David was raised in Lockwood, Mo.& graduated from Lockwood High in 1962. David loved writing poetry and had many pieces published.
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New or additional information may affect this narrative for Emily Adeline Gagel nee Hamel.
At the time of his 1903 marriage to Miss Hamel, Mr. McReynolds, a locomotive fireman, was a widower living in Little Rock. Due to the apparent death of Mr. Reynolds soon after this marriage, the widow Emily married Mabry Ludwig Cameron circa 1907. The Camerons moved to Alabama where their son, John H. Cameron, was born in 1912. The Cameron Family Tree of rubybb34 viewed at Ancestry lists this son's given name as John Hamel.
From Arkansas, the Cameron family moved to Tennessee in the 1920s and Mabry L. Cameron passed away 12 April 1929 in Rockwood, Roane County, Tennessee. His Tennessee death certificate indicates that he was at that time a painter, born in Alabama the son of J. D. Cameron and Elizabeth Ludwig.
The following years for the widow and son remain elusive, but suggest a move to the Springfield, Greene County, MO, area where Mrs. Emily Robinson is listed in the 1935 Springfield City Directory; whether this refers to Emily Cameron remains speculative. Emily A. Cameron, widow of Ludwig, is listed in the Springfield Directory in the late 1930s and by 1940, at age 67, she is living with her son and his wife in Springfield.
Records indicate that Emily nee Hamel married Edward Gagel, perhaps in the early 1940s. Mr. Gagel died 19 September 1944, MODC # 30904, in Springfield, MO. He was interred in the Chesterton Cemetery, Chesterton, IN, the cemetery where his parents and others of his family were laid to rest.
After the death of her husband, the widow Mrs. Gagel probably spent the next 24 years in the Dade-Greene counties, MO, area. She died at Lockwood Memorial Hospital, Lockwood, Dade County, MO, 1 April 1966, at the age of 95 years, seven months, and five days. Please note her obituary among photos. She was survived by six grandchildren and her son, John Hamel Cameron.
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The Village of Hamel, Madison County, IL, originally Hamel's Corner in 1865, was named for Andrew Jackson (Jack) Hamel, a farmer who owned much of the land there on the north side of the crossroads. In 1955 Hamel was incorporated as a village. (Village of Hamel, Illinois: http://www.villageofhamel.com/history.html) Jack Hamel was Mrs. Gagel's father.
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An obituary of Mrs. Gagel's grandson, David Mabra Cameron, from the Springfield, MO, News-Leader, Feb. 2, 2016, and viewed online, provides Cameron family information:
David Mabra Cameron
David was born on December 7th 1946 to John & Hazel Cameron in Springfield, Missouri He passed away on January 23rd 2016. He was preceded in death by his father John Cameron, daughter Robin Cameron & sister Jeannie Wilcoxson .He is survived by his mother Hazel Thomson, one son Mickey Webster and one daughter Shelly Cameron and twelve grandchildren also two brothers Joe & Jim Cameron and two sisters Janet Keller and Becky Bass. David was raised in Lockwood, Mo.& graduated from Lockwood High in 1962. David loved writing poetry and had many pieces published.
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New or additional information may affect this narrative for Emily Adeline Gagel nee Hamel.
After the death of her parents in 1876, little is known of the whereabouts of Emily Adelaide Hamel until 1900. By 1900 she was a "servant" in the James Kirk household, visitation #282, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Mr. Kirk's occupation was RR conductor. Three years later, Emily A. Hamel married Francis M. McReynolds, 30 Mar 1903, Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas. Miss Hamel's brother Francis Marion Hamel (1859-1941) was a resident of Newport in 1880, and her sister Mary Lorinda (1862-1943) married William Woodruff there in 1884, suggesting that Emily A. also lived in Newport, Jackson County, or close proximity, in the years following the death of her parents.
At the time of his 1903 marriage to Miss Hamel, Mr. McReynolds, a locomotive fireman, was a widower living in Little Rock. Due to the apparent death of Mr. Reynolds soon after this marriage, the widow Emily married Mabry Ludwig Cameron circa 1907. The Camerons moved to Alabama where their son, John H. Cameron, was born in 1912. The Cameron Family Tree of rubybb34 viewed at Ancestry lists this son's given name as John Hamel.
From Arkansas, the Cameron family moved to Tennessee in the 1920s and Mabry L. Cameron passed away 12 April 1929 in Rockwood, Roane County, Tennessee. His Tennessee death certificate indicates that he was at that time a painter, born in Alabama the son of J. D. Cameron and Elizabeth Ludwig.
The following years for the widow and son remain elusive, but suggest a move to the Springfield, Greene County, MO, area where Mrs. Emily Robinson is listed in the 1935 Springfield City Directory; whether this refers to Emily Cameron remains speculative. Emily A. Cameron, widow of Ludwig, is listed in the Springfield Directory in the late 1930s and by 1940, at age 67, she is living with her son and his wife in Springfield.
Records indicate that Emily nee Hamel married Edward Gagel, perhaps in the early 1940s. Mr. Gagel died 19 September 1944, MODC # 30904, in Springfield, MO. He was interred in the Chesterton Cemetery, Chesterton, IN, the cemetery where his parents and others of his family were laid to rest.
After the death of her husband, the widow Mrs. Gagel probably spent the next 24 years in the Dade-Greene counties, MO, area. She died at Lockwood Memorial Hospital, Lockwood, Dade County, MO, 1 April 1966, at the age of 95 years, seven months, and five days. Please note her obituary among photos. She was survived by six grandchildren and her son, John Hamel Cameron.
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The Village of Hamel, Madison County, IL, originally Hamel's Corner in 1865, was named for Andrew Jackson (Jack) Hamel, a farmer who owned much of the land there on the north side of the crossroads. In 1955 Hamel was incorporated as a village. (Village of Hamel, Illinois: http://www.villageofhamel.com/history.html) Jack Hamel was Mrs. Gagel's father.
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An obituary of Mrs. Gagel's grandson, David Mabra Cameron, from the Springfield, MO, News-Leader, Feb. 2, 2016, and viewed online, provides Cameron family information:
David Mabra Cameron
David was born on December 7th 1946 to John & Hazel Cameron in Springfield, Missouri He passed away on January 23rd 2016. He was preceded in death by his father John Cameron, daughter Robin Cameron & sister Jeannie Wilcoxson .He is survived by his mother Hazel Thomson, one son Mickey Webster and one daughter Shelly Cameron and twelve grandchildren also two brothers Joe & Jim Cameron and two sisters Janet Keller and Becky Bass. David was raised in Lockwood, Mo.& graduated from Lockwood High in 1962. David loved writing poetry and had many pieces published.
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New or additional information may affect this narrative for Emily Adeline Gagel nee Hamel.
At the time of his 1903 marriage to Miss Hamel, Mr. McReynolds, a locomotive fireman, was a widower living in Little Rock. Due to the apparent death of Mr. Reynolds soon after this marriage, the widow Emily married Mabry Ludwig Cameron circa 1907. The Camerons moved to Alabama where their son, John H. Cameron, was born in 1912. The Cameron Family Tree of rubybb34 viewed at Ancestry lists this son's given name as John Hamel.
From Arkansas, the Cameron family moved to Tennessee in the 1920s and Mabry L. Cameron passed away 12 April 1929 in Rockwood, Roane County, Tennessee. His Tennessee death certificate indicates that he was at that time a painter, born in Alabama the son of J. D. Cameron and Elizabeth Ludwig.
The following years for the widow and son remain elusive, but suggest a move to the Springfield, Greene County, MO, area where Mrs. Emily Robinson is listed in the 1935 Springfield City Directory; whether this refers to Emily Cameron remains speculative. Emily A. Cameron, widow of Ludwig, is listed in the Springfield Directory in the late 1930s and by 1940, at age 67, she is living with her son and his wife in Springfield.
Records indicate that Emily nee Hamel married Edward Gagel, perhaps in the early 1940s. Mr. Gagel died 19 September 1944, MODC # 30904, in Springfield, MO. He was interred in the Chesterton Cemetery, Chesterton, IN, the cemetery where his parents and others of his family were laid to rest.
After the death of her husband, the widow Mrs. Gagel probably spent the next 24 years in the Dade-Greene counties, MO, area. She died at Lockwood Memorial Hospital, Lockwood, Dade County, MO, 1 April 1966, at the age of 95 years, seven months, and five days. Please note her obituary among photos. She was survived by six grandchildren and her son, John Hamel Cameron.
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The Village of Hamel, Madison County, IL, originally Hamel's Corner in 1865, was named for Andrew Jackson (Jack) Hamel, a farmer who owned much of the land there on the north side of the crossroads. In 1955 Hamel was incorporated as a village. (Village of Hamel, Illinois: http://www.villageofhamel.com/history.html) Jack Hamel was Mrs. Gagel's father.
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An obituary of Mrs. Gagel's grandson, David Mabra Cameron, from the Springfield, MO, News-Leader, Feb. 2, 2016, and viewed online, provides Cameron family information:
David Mabra Cameron
David was born on December 7th 1946 to John & Hazel Cameron in Springfield, Missouri He passed away on January 23rd 2016. He was preceded in death by his father John Cameron, daughter Robin Cameron & sister Jeannie Wilcoxson .He is survived by his mother Hazel Thomson, one son Mickey Webster and one daughter Shelly Cameron and twelve grandchildren also two brothers Joe & Jim Cameron and two sisters Janet Keller and Becky Bass. David was raised in Lockwood, Mo.& graduated from Lockwood High in 1962. David loved writing poetry and had many pieces published.
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New or additional information may affect this narrative for Emily Adeline Gagel nee Hamel.
