Louis Gabriel MYE

1866 - 1916  (49 years)

• Name	Louis Gabriel MYE  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	8 Sep 1866	Grosse Tete, Iberville, Louisiana, USA   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1 Jun 1880	, McLennan, Texas, USA
  ED 111, pg 4 (151D)
  Precinct 6 Mary McMahan Self F 43 Louisiana Everett McMahan Son M 19 Louisiana Joseph McMahan Son M 19 Louisiana Gabriel McMahan Son M 13 Louisiana Mary and Everett are laborers. Mary cannot read or write. There are brackets on Everett and Joseph's names and ages (maybe to indicate that they're twins).
  Tax List	1890	, Coryell, Texas, USA
  	County
  	L G Mye
  Died	4 Mar 1916	Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA   [3]
  Obituary	5 Mar 1916	Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
  Waco Morning News
  Pioneer Citizen Answers Last Call Funeral of L G Mye Will Take Place Tomorrow at Residence, 315 N Eleventh Funeral services of L G Mye, aged 49 years, who died yesterday morning at 10:30 o'clock at his residence, 315 North Eleventh street, will take place Monday morning from the Church of the Assumption, with interment at Holy Cross cemetery. Mr Mye had been a citizen of Waco for the last forty-six years. He was born in Louisiana and at the age of three years with his parents he became a resident of this city. He was one of the pioneer tinners and cornice makers in Central Texas and had been engaged in this business in Waco fir several years, recently retiring because of ill health. Mr Mye was a charter member of the Waco council No. 1358, Knights of Columbus and held several important offices with this order. He is survived by his widow and nine children. The children are Misses Pearl, Geraldine, Frances and Esther Mye and Paul, Joe, Fred, Albert and Ernestine Mye. Mr Mye also has one brother, Joe B Mye, who resides in Waco.
  Buried	5 Mar 1916	, McLennan, Texas, USA   [3, 6]
  	Address: Holy Cross Cemetery McLennan County McLennan County, Texas
  Person ID	I18886	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	Peter MYE,   b. Abt 1832, , , Louisiana, USA ,   d. Deceased
  Mother	Mary DEMLETT,   b. 1837, , , Louisiana, USA ,   d. 8 Nov 1922, , McLennan, Texas, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F6976	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thresa TOWLER,   b. 22 Feb 1868, West Dereham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 14 Mar 1923, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, USA  (Age 55 years)
  Married	21 Sep 1889	, McLennan, Texas, USA   [7]
  Children	1. Pearl MYE,   b. Abt 1891, , McLennan, Texas, USA ,   d. Deceased   2. Cecily Esther MYE,   b. 2 Apr 1893, , , Texas, USA ,   d. 23 Apr 1972, , , Wisconsin, USA  (Age 79 years)   3. Louis Fredric MYE,   b. 12 Apr 1895, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA ,   d. 31 Oct 1978, Claude, Armstrong, Texas, USA  (Age 83 years)   4. Joseph Edward MYE,   b. 14 Jul 1897, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA ,   d. 17 Aug 1937, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA  (Age 40 years)   5. Paul John MYE,   b. 8 Jan 1900, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA ,   d. 21 May 1969, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA  (Age 69 years)   6. Francis Gabriel MYE,   b. 24 Nov 1903, , , Texas, USA ,   d. 26 Feb 1962, , San Francisco, California, USA  (Age 58 years)   7. Alfred J MYE,   b. 3 Oct 1908, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA ,   d. Aft 1929  (Age 21 years)   8. Geraldine MYE,   b. 3 Jan 1912, , McLennan, Texas, USA ,   d. Aft 1929  (Age 17 years)   9. Ernestine MYE,   b. 3 Jan 1912, , McLennan, Texas, USA ,   d. Aft 1939  (Age 27 years)
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F6974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  I don't find much of anything on Louis's family. Brother Everett disappears. Brother Joseph married Emma Rotan in 1884 and were still in Waco in 1920, his death certificate lists his parents as J B Mye and Mary McMinn.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1108] Birth Certificate, Mye, Baby #106340. L G Mye [S275] Death Certificate, Mye, Paul John #31956. Gabriel Mye [S275] Death Certificate, Mye, Louis Gabriel #7579. [S1108] Birth Certificate, Mye, Baby #106340. Nationality: German [S275] Death Certificate, Mye, Louis Gabriel #7579. 8 Sep 1866, Gross Tette, Louisiana [S767] Obituary, Waco Morning News, 5 Mar 1916, L G Mye. [S1249] Texas Marriages, 1837-1973, (FamilySearch.org), Mye, L G. to Thurza Towler, 21 Sep 1889, McLennan County