Lucille Ernestine MCELVEEN: Geneastory

Generation: 1

Lucille Ernestine MCELVEEN was born on 16 Aug 1891 in Georgia; died on 24 Jan 1970 in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina.

Notes:

In the 1920 census, indexed as Sneevog, she (shown as a widow) and her two sons were living in Georgia with her brother. Both sons were shown as born in Georgia. The youngest, Richard, was shown as 5 months old.

When her father, Jack McElveen died in 1928, she was still Mrs. Paul Smevog.

In the 1930 census, she and her sons are living with her mother, Eunice McElveen, in Atlanta. The boys are still shown as born in Georgia to parents who both were born in Georgia.

In the 1940 census, she is the head of household in Atlanta. a household that includes her son Richard, her mother Eunice, and her brother James H. She is a clerk and an auto dealership, Richard is a clerk in the printing dept. of Lane Drug Store, and James H. is a car painter at the Ford plant. Richard, now 21, had only completed 2 years of high school.

Birth:
Her death certificate says August 19.

Died:
Adcox Nursing Home

Lucille married Paul C SMEVOG on 2 Apr 1914 in Polk County, Georgia. Paul (son of Knud Olaus Knudsen SMEVOG and Kristianna Pedersdatter BAE) was born on 22 Aug 1889 in La Crosse County, Wisconsin; died on 6 Jun 1925 in La Crosse County, Wisconsin; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Paul Conrad SMEVOG was born on 18 Jun 1913 in Polk County, Georgia; died on 11 Mar 1995 in Fulton County, Georgia; was buried in Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.
3. John Perry SMEVOG was born on 23 Dec 1915; died on 6 Jun 1917; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Cedartown, Polk County, Georgia.
4. Richard Harold SMEVOG was born on 27 Aug 1919 in Georgia; died on 31 Mar 1976 in North Carolina; was buried in Lafayette Memorial Park, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina.

Lucille married Ralph Joseph DAVIS on 6 Sep 1942 in Georgia. Ralph was born about 1899; died in 1978. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Paul Conrad SMEVOG

(1.Lucille¹) was born on 18 Jun 1913 in Polk County, Georgia; died on 11 Mar 1995 in Fulton County, Georgia; was buried in Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he lived in Atlanta and worked as a truck driver for Railway Express. His wife worked as a box maker at a box factory.

A deacon at the Grant Park Baptist Church in Atlanta.

His surviving daughters were Roberta Hughes of Carrollton and Paula Couch of Jupiter, Florida.

Family/Spouse: Margaret EVANS. Margaret was born about 1912; died on 31 Mar 1975 in Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

3.	John Perry SMEVOG (1.Lucille¹) was born on 23 Dec 1915; died on 6 Jun 1917; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Cedartown, Polk County, Georgia. Notes: It’s only somewhat speculative that little John Perry was a son of Paul Smevog.

Richard Harold SMEVOG

(1.Lucille¹) was born on 27 Aug 1919 in Georgia; died on 31 Mar 1976 in North Carolina; was buried in Lafayette Memorial Park, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina.

Notes:

He lived in Fayetteville and was the informant for his mother’s death certificate.

Richard married Margaret A QUICKEL on 20 Dec 1945 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. Margaret was born on 17 Jul 1924 in Virginia; died on 6 Jan 2012 in North Carolina; was buried in Lafayette Memorial Park, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]