Violetta Marie Imel1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 16601, (1894 - 1981)
FatherElmer Lawrence Imel4,5,6 (10 Aug 1867 - 27 Aug 1953)
MotherCatharine Parsels7,8 (26 Feb 1874 - 7 Aug 1962)

Key Events:

Birth: 12 Feb 1894, Missouri9,10,11
Marriage: 20 Aug 1919, St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri, Samuel Benjamin Thomas (16 Jun 1893 - 18 Mar 1969)3,12,13
Death: 22 Aug 1981, Kansas City, Missouri14,11
Burial: 25 Aug 1981, Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri15,16
ChartsDescendants of Jacob K. and Christiana Ohl Riegel
AncestryThe Reigel Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Violetta Marie Imel was born on 12 Feb 1894 in Missouri.9,10,11
     She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri, in the household of her parents, Elmer Lawrence Imel and Catharine Parsels.4 She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri, in the household of her parents.5
     She worked as a stenographer for her uncle John F. Imel in 1913 and 1914, while he was judge of the probate court. By 1918 she was a bookkeeper at Tootle-Campbell Dry Goods Company, where her father also worked.17
     Violetta married Samuel Benjamin Thomas, son of John Franklin Thomas and Sarah Elizabeth McAlexander, on 20 Aug 1919 in St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri, with Rev. Arthur J. McClung officiating.3,12,13
     Violetta and Samuel appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of St Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri, at 1825 North Nineteenth, enumerated 2 Jan 1920, reporting they rented their home.18
     Violetta and Samuel appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of St Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri, at 1518 5th Ave., enumerated 10 Apr 1930, reporting they owned a home valued at $4,000, and did not own a radio. Their son Robert was listed as living with them.19
     Violetta and Samuel appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of St Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri, at 724 North Sixth St., enumerated 13 Apr 1940, reporting they rented their home, for $22 per month, and that they had lived in the same city in 1935. Their son Robert was listed as living with them. Samuel reported he was not working nor looking for work, and had not worked the prior year. Violetta reported she was working in a hospital kitchen, and had worked 70 hours the last week of March, and 26 weeks the prior year, earning $150. Their 19-year-old son was working as a plumber's helper, and reported he had worked 48 hours the last week of March, and 46 weeks the prior year, earning $276.20
     She was a clerk typist at a city hall by 1950, reporting in the 1950 census she had worked 32 hours the prior week.21
     Violetta and Samuel appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, at 3001 Forest, enumerated 18 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm.22
     Her husband died on 18 Mar 1969 in Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri.23,24
     Violetta died on 22 Aug 1981 in Kansas City, Missouri, at age 87.14,11 She was buried on 25 Aug 1981 in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri.15,16

Children:
     Child with Samuel Benjamin Thomas:

  • Robert Lee Thomas19,25,26 (5 Jul 1920 - 26 Oct 2002)

Citations

  1. [S1086] Elmer Imel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Buchanan Co., Missouri, shows name as Violetta Imel.
  2. [S1087] Elmer L. Imel household, 1910 U.S. Census, Buchanan Co., Missouri, shows name as Violetta M. Imel.
  3. [S4742] Samuel B. Thomas and Violetta Marie Imel, marriage license.
  4. [S1086] Elmer Imel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Buchanan Co., Missouri.
  5. [S1087] Elmer L. Imel household, 1910 U.S. Census, Buchanan Co., Missouri.
  6. [S4743] First Employe of Tootle-Campbell Factory Dies, undated clipping, shows Mrs. S. B. Thomas as his daughter.
  7. [S1086] Elmer Imel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Buchanan Co., Missouri, shows the child as daughter of Katherine's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  8. [S1087] Elmer L. Imel household, 1910 U.S. Census, Buchanan Co., Missouri, shows the child as the daughter of Katherine's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  9. [S1086] Elmer Imel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Buchanan Co., Missouri, shows month, year, age 6, and state.
  10. [S1087] Elmer L. Imel household, 1910 U.S. Census, Buchanan Co., Missouri, shows age 16 and state.
  11. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 76941206, Violetta I. Thomas, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  12. [S12908] Samuel Thomas household, 1920 U.S. Census, Buchanan Co., Missouri, shows married.
  13. [S12909] Samuel Thomas household, 1930 U.S. Census, Buchanan Co., Missouri, shows married, with age at first marriage of both as 26.
  14. [S12913] Violetta I. Thomas obituary, St. Joseph News-Press, shows died Saturday, city, and state.
  15. [S12913] Violetta I. Thomas obituary, St. Joseph News-Press, shows services Tuesday and cemetery.
  16. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 76941206, Violetta I. Thomas, includes tombstone photo.
  17. [S4468] R. L. Polk & Co.'s St. Joseph City Directory, 1913 pg 425, 1914 pg 263, and 1918 pg 259.
  18. [S12908] Samuel Thomas household, 1920 U.S. Census, Buchanan Co., Missouri.
  19. [S12909] Samuel Thomas household, 1930 U.S. Census, Buchanan Co., Missouri.
  20. [S12910] Samuel B. Thomas household, 1940 U.S. Census, Buchanan Co., Missouri.
  21. [S12912] Samuel Thomas household, 1950 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Missouri, shows occupation as clerk typist and industry as city hall.
  22. [S12912] Samuel Thomas household, 1950 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Missouri.
  23. [S12914] Samuel Benjamin Thomas, Certificate of Death, shows date, city, county, and state.
  24. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 76941287, Samuel B. Thomas, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  25. [S12910] Samuel B. Thomas household, 1940 U.S. Census, Buchanan Co., Missouri, shows him as the son of her husband.
  26. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Robert Lee Thomas, Soc. Sec. No. 500-10-4200.