- Lula Mae (1894-1972)
- Jessie William (1897-1931)
- James Elmer (1899-1975) - spelled the surname as Smeltzer
- Stella Eva (1906-1991)
- Melissa Catherine (1909-1999)
- Clarence Nelson “Jerry” (1912-1967) - spelled the surname as Smelzer
- Etta Muriel (1915-1955)
1900 - Aaron, Emma and family were living in Pierce Township, Texas County, Missouri.
HOWEVER - if you look at the enumeration page below, the children are wrong. I suggest the enumerator or transcriber, merged two families. You can see by the dates, above, that Lula, Jessie, and Elmer should have been listed as Aaron & Emma's children, not Mary, John & Nora. Also note Aaron's sister, Sarah. She's not listed in his obituary.
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1910 - Aaron, Emma, and (correctly named) children are listed: Jesse W., Elmer J., Stella E., and "Malysa" C. Lula was married to William Mahan a few weeks before the enumeration date. The family was still living in Pierce Twp, Texas Co., MO.
1920 -The 1920 enumeration date was the 18th & 19th of January. Emma Elmore Smelser died on 13 March that year. When I first looked at the 1920 census, I was confused because I didn't find Emma nor Aaron. Aaron wasn't at home (I'll address that in a later post), but YES, Emma was enumerated. The info is just wrong, again.
If you look carefully at the entry for James E. Smelser, there's an Emma E.... and it looks like "daughter" has been written over something else. And the F for Female looks like it was written over M. And Clifford, who was born to Mary & James E. Smelser on 15 January is missing from this page. I suggest... that the enumerator or transcriber replaced baby Clifford with his grandmother Emma E.
So, it looks like to me, James Elmer Smelser, wife Mary J., daughter Sultana ("Billie") and newborn Clifford were living next door to Emma Elizabeth Elmore Smelser. Isn't that a creative way to spell "Smelser"? Who was Sarah J.? Perhaps it was Aaron's sister Sarah Catherine "Cassie" - she was married & had two kids. But, perhaps Cassie came to help out. Emma died two months later, so was probably ill at the time.
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If you look carefully at the entry for James E. Smelser, there's an Emma E.... and it looks like "daughter" has been written over something else. And the F for Female looks like it was written over M. And Clifford, who was born to Mary & James E. Smelser on 15 January is missing from this page. I suggest... that the enumerator or transcriber replaced baby Clifford with his grandmother Emma E.
So, it looks like to me, James Elmer Smelser, wife Mary J., daughter Sultana ("Billie") and newborn Clifford were living next door to Emma Elizabeth Elmore Smelser. Isn't that a creative way to spell "Smelser"? Who was Sarah J.? Perhaps it was Aaron's sister Sarah Catherine "Cassie" - she was married & had two kids. But, perhaps Cassie came to help out. Emma died two months later, so was probably ill at the time.
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