"Aunt Lula" as she was known to her family only lived to be 33 years old. Her name is found spelled several ways including Louela and Luella. She spelled it Luella on her marriage license. She was the second (first daughter) of nine children born to Rueben Towne Boyer and Ermina Savilla Chilson. Her mother was 26 and her father was 25 years old when she was born. She was born in the stone house, built by John William Boyer, her grandfather (a Civil War veteran), that was on his farm near Dover, Kansas.
She was 26 years old when her mother died at age 52. She had been married for eight years and had one daughter who was three years old. Her eight siblings ranged in age from 28 to 10 years old when her mother died.
She married Charles Henry Asquith, when she was 19, almost 20, and he was 23, almost 24, years old in Topeka, Kansas. The family called it a double wedding saying that Luella and Charles Asquith as well as Luella's older brother Eddie and Margaret Wilson were married on the same day. However, this was not true. Luella and Charles were married on February 25, 1914; the day after Eddie and Margaret.
Their only child, Ruby, was born when she was 21. Most likely they moved from Kansas to New Mexico in the Spring of 1920; continuing the move already started when her mother died in March 1920 en route. Their daughter, Ruby, was four years old.
Her father was a contractor and builder of homes and commercial buildings in Kansas and Albuquerque. Among his transactions he acquired adjoining residential properties in an Albuquerque subdivision called Stronghurst. He decided to build mirror matching homes, one for each of his daughters on the lots.
For legal purposes, Lula paid $1 for her land on Broadway. She died before her father had finished building the house for her at 3010 North Broadway, so she never lived in her new house. Taxes were not paid on the house until 1934, seven years after her death. Although her daughter and widowed husband lived, according to the 1930 census, within four dwellings of her sister's home it is unclear if they were occupying her new home. Several years later her daughter, remarried husband and his second wife, and their son lived in this house next to her sister. Her daughter did inherit the home, also known as 3010 North Broadway, later renamed Commercial NE.
Luella died of the complications of tuberculosis. Per her death certificate she was known to have had tuberculosis for the five years prior to her death. Her daughter, Ruby, was 11 years old.
One sister and four brothers were still living.
"Aunt Lula" as she was known to her family only lived to be 33 years old. Her name is found spelled several ways including Louela and Luella. She spelled it Luella on her marriage license. She was the second (first daughter) of nine children born to Rueben Towne Boyer and Ermina Savilla Chilson. Her mother was 26 and her father was 25 years old when she was born. She was born in the stone house, built by John William Boyer, her grandfather (a Civil War veteran), that was on his farm near Dover, Kansas.
She was 26 years old when her mother died at age 52. She had been married for eight years and had one daughter who was three years old. Her eight siblings ranged in age from 28 to 10 years old when her mother died.
She married Charles Henry Asquith, when she was 19, almost 20, and he was 23, almost 24, years old in Topeka, Kansas. The family called it a double wedding saying that Luella and Charles Asquith as well as Luella's older brother Eddie and Margaret Wilson were married on the same day. However, this was not true. Luella and Charles were married on February 25, 1914; the day after Eddie and Margaret.
Their only child, Ruby, was born when she was 21. Most likely they moved from Kansas to New Mexico in the Spring of 1920; continuing the move already started when her mother died in March 1920 en route. Their daughter, Ruby, was four years old.
Her father was a contractor and builder of homes and commercial buildings in Kansas and Albuquerque. Among his transactions he acquired adjoining residential properties in an Albuquerque subdivision called Stronghurst. He decided to build mirror matching homes, one for each of his daughters on the lots.
For legal purposes, Lula paid $1 for her land on Broadway. She died before her father had finished building the house for her at 3010 North Broadway, so she never lived in her new house. Taxes were not paid on the house until 1934, seven years after her death. Although her daughter and widowed husband lived, according to the 1930 census, within four dwellings of her sister's home it is unclear if they were occupying her new home. Several years later her daughter, remarried husband and his second wife, and their son lived in this house next to her sister. Her daughter did inherit the home, also known as 3010 North Broadway, later renamed Commercial NE.
Luella died of the complications of tuberculosis. Per her death certificate she was known to have had tuberculosis for the five years prior to her death. Her daughter, Ruby, was 11 years old.
One sister and four brothers were still living.
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