Individual Details

Sophronia Lula Somers

(1888 - 13 Oct 1943)



If Oscar was born in 1904, Sophronia was only 11 years old, if her date of death as shown on FindAGrave is correct as 7 Oct 1893. Obviously one of the dates is wrong or Sophronia was not Oscar's mother. However, the following census records suggest that Lula was born in 1888, or would have been 17 at Oscar's birth and that the marriage to Thomas Engle was the first for both Thomas and Sophronia.

1900 Census. Justice Prec. 1, Hunt, TX, Hh 54
Sofornia Summers, b. Jan 1859, 41, widow, 5 children - 4 living, b. KY
Calvin E., son, b. Jan 1884, 16, b. TX
Sofronia, dau, b. Oct 1886, 13, b. TX, father b. IN, mother b. KY
Henry C., son, b. Oct 1894, 5, b. TX
Wm. L., son, b. Feb 1897, 3, b. TX

1910 Census. Justice Prec 1, Hunt, TX, Hh 71
T. M. Engle, 27, married 1 time for 7 years, b. AL, farm labor
Lula, wife, 23, 1 child, b. TX
Elmo, son, 4, b. TX

1920 Census. Greenville, Hunt, TX, Hh 85
2809 Water Street
Thomas Engle, 37, b. AL, House Carpenter
Lula, wife, 32, b. TX, Laundress, public, dry
Elmoe, son 15, b. TX
Dozier, brother, 34, b. AL, mattress maker, factory

Events

Birth1888Grayson County, Texas
Marriage13 Sep 1903Hunt County, Texas - Thomas M. Engle
Marriage28 Jan 1937Hunt County, Texas - Dr. Samuel Doak Fry
Death13 Oct 1943Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas
BurialWeiland Cemetery, Weiland, Hunt County, Texas

Families

SpouseDr. Samuel Doak Fry (1866 - 1948)
SpouseThomas M. Engle (1882 - 1938)
ChildOscar Elmo Engle (1904 - 1970)

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