Jessie (Munch) Clem Coleman
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Title
Jessie (Munch) Clem Coleman
Subject
Coleman, Jessie Blanche (Munch) Clem (1892-1943)
Description
Jessie (Munch) Clem Coleman standing beside a wicker chair and wearing a long skirt and blouse.
Jessie was from Fort Valley, the daughter of Jacob (1849-1928) and Margaret (McInturff) (1854-1932) Munch. In the 1900 census, she was the youngest of five children. The family farmed.
In 1908, at just 16 years old, she married Charles F. Clem (1884-1912), also from Fort Valley. His parents were John F. and Amanda J. Clem. The 1910 census found the couple living with his mother and brother. Jessie was listed as having had a child but it was no longer alive.
The couple moved to Detroit, Michigan, shortly after that. Tragically, her husband was killed in December 1912, when he fell off a roof where he was working. His body was sent back to Fort Valley for burial. Jessie stayed in Detroit where, over several years she appeared in the annual directories there.
The 1920 census found her living as a lodger on High Street, West, still in Detroit. She worked as a “Ladies tailor” and had her own shop.
She moved to southern California in the early 1920s and married Ernest Newton Coleman (1892-1979), originally from Kingman County, Kansas. It is unclear whether Jessie and Ernest met and married in Michigan or California. Their daughter, Margaret Jane Coleman, was born in California, in 1923.
Ernest was a landscape gardener and for two decades, until Jessie died, the couple lived in the Los Angeles area.
Jessie was from Fort Valley, the daughter of Jacob (1849-1928) and Margaret (McInturff) (1854-1932) Munch. In the 1900 census, she was the youngest of five children. The family farmed.
In 1908, at just 16 years old, she married Charles F. Clem (1884-1912), also from Fort Valley. His parents were John F. and Amanda J. Clem. The 1910 census found the couple living with his mother and brother. Jessie was listed as having had a child but it was no longer alive.
The couple moved to Detroit, Michigan, shortly after that. Tragically, her husband was killed in December 1912, when he fell off a roof where he was working. His body was sent back to Fort Valley for burial. Jessie stayed in Detroit where, over several years she appeared in the annual directories there.
The 1920 census found her living as a lodger on High Street, West, still in Detroit. She worked as a “Ladies tailor” and had her own shop.
She moved to southern California in the early 1920s and married Ernest Newton Coleman (1892-1979), originally from Kingman County, Kansas. It is unclear whether Jessie and Ernest met and married in Michigan or California. Their daughter, Margaret Jane Coleman, was born in California, in 1923.
Ernest was a landscape gardener and for two decades, until Jessie died, the couple lived in the Los Angeles area.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "Jan 1921" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified by Margie Lichliter, a niece of the subject, in 2006.
Biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
010845
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Jessie (Munch) Clem Coleman,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed May 5, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/36614.
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