Sunday, December 18, 2016

Clementine Truneau KIing, 1897-1919

The Seymour Herald – 23 October 1919
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  Clementine Trumeau was born at St. Aignon, France, June 7, 1897, and died at the Graham hospital, Centerville, Iowa, October 19, 1919, aged 22 years, 4 months, 12 days.
  During the war she met and married Wilbur King.  To this union was born one child, Jeanne Cleo.  Her stay in this country was exceedingly short.  She arrived in New York with her husband and child August 22, 1919.  Her death was very pathetic because she left her native land and her kindred for the one she loved, and coming here among strangers then falling sick and death taking her from her husband and babe.
  She leaves to mourn her loss, husband and babe, father, step-mother, four brothers and two sisters.
  Funeral services were conducted from the M. E. Church at Jerome, on Monday, October 20, at 2 o’clock, by Rev. Clemens of Seymour, assisted by the pastor of the M. E. Church.
  Burial in the Jerome cemetery.

Gravestone in the Jerome Cemetery
for
Clementine Thumeau King
Row 3, Block 1, Lot 3

2 comments:

  1. Hi, I'm so happy to find this page about Clementine TRUMEAU ! She was an aunt of ma dear grand father. I found her name because I 'm working on my family tree. I was lookink for her and wanted to learn more about her life and story, and I find it here. So she and her husband had a daughter, Jeanne : fanstastic to learn that, it really moves me ! Thank you so much, from France

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  2. Hi, I'm so happy to find this page about Clementine TRUMEAU ! She was an aunt of my dear grand father. I found her name because I 'm working on my family tree. I was looking for her and wanted to learn more about her life and story, and I find it here. So she and her husband had a daughter, Jeanne : fanstastic to learn that, it really moves me ! Thank you so much, from France

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