Individual Record 166

Name}   Hildebrand, Emma Wilhelmina		Family History} Olson
Title}	Race} White	Sex} Female
Birth:   Date} Fam 14 Sep 1871	Place} Santa Clara, Washington, Utah
Marr.: Date} Exa  6 Mar 1893	Place}    , Los Angeles, California     (Link)
Death: Date} Exa 24 Jul 1961	Place}     , Los Angeles, California
Burial: Date} Exa 26 Jul 1961	Place} San Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California
	Grave Marker} Yes	Source 1} 115 = Interview Source 2} 181 = Interview Source 3} 1035=Geog hist Source 4} 113 = 1880 USA cen Source 5} 1430=Marriage rec Source 6} 2084=Marriage rec Source 7} 1165=Photograph Source 8} 1038=1900 USA cen Source 9} 988 = City directy Source 10} 1073=Newspaper Source 11} 2085=Newspaper Source 12} 1039=1910 USA cen Source 13} 1040=1920 USA cen Source 14} 2106=Voter record Source 15} 2086=1940 USA cen Source 16} 2087=1950 USA cen Source 17} 872 = Voter record Source 18} 716 = Death record Source 19} 1066=Obituary Source 20} 963 = Cemetery rec Source 21} 1160=Letter
Parents: } Charles Hildebrand & Wilhelmina Staheli    Relationship No.} 78
1st Household No.} 444 = Santa Clara, Washington, Utah
Occupation 1} Housewife        Occupation 2} Music teacher
Religion/Church}
Spouses:   Prime} Romandy, Dionys Heberling  Total Number of} 1
Notes:  Emma Wilhelmina Hildebrand was born 14 Sep 1871 in Santa Clara, Utah.  Her parents were Charles and Wilhelmina Hildebrand.  She had one older sister, Rachel, born in 1869.  Three more sisters were born in Santa Clara.  They were Tilda, born in 1893, Julia, born in 1877, and Dora, born in 1879.  In 1879, the family fled the Mormon community by wagons, with armed guards.  They settled in Alhambra, California. In the 1880 U.S. census, Emma was living with her family on Wilson Avenue, San Gabriel Twp. (Alhambra).  Her father, Charles, 40, was a farmer, and her mother Meana, 30, was keeping house.  The children were Seline, 11, Anna, 9, Tilda, 7, Julia, 5, and Dora G., 1.  Her brother Charles was born in 1881, followed by sisters Caroline, born in 1884, and Alice, born in 1886.
Emma married Dionys Heberling Romandy on 6 Mar 1892 in Los Angeles County, California.  They lived in San Diego County, California for a while.  Their first son Gounod was born in Coronado, San Diego County on 18 Apr 1893.  Emma, Dion, and baby Gounod Romandy are seen in the photograph at right in 1894 Their son Dion was born 10 Feb 1895 in Alhambra, Los Angeles County.  Emma's husband Dionys died 3 Jan 1899, leaving her a widow at the age of 27 years.  She supported herself and her two sons as a piano music teacher. In the 1900 U.S. census, Emma, 27, was living at 1013 Wall Street, Los Angeles.  This was her long time family residence, which she lived in until sometime after 1940.  She held the home free of mortgage and taught her music pupils in her home.  Her sons were Gounod, 7, and Dion, 5.  In 1905 the Los Angeles Times noted that Emma was also a composer, some of her pieces were to be played by Sousa's band.  Several of her efforts were played by the Ellery band in 1904. In the 1910 U.S. census, Emma, 37, Gounod, 17, and Dion, 15, were all still living on Wall St.  As the Los Angeles Times noted, in October and December of 1914, Emma and her two young sons, both violinists, played for the Wednesday Afternoon Club of Alhambra. By the 1920 U.S. census, Gounod had married, and Emma, 45, and Dion, 24, a theater musician, remained in the home.  Dion married shortly after the census was taken.  In the Voter Registration records, Emma usually registered as a Republican. Emma is not found in the 1930 U.S. census.  In the 1940 U.S. census, Emma, 69, is still in her Wall Street home.  She had completed 8th grade, was no longer teaching, but had other income.  Enumerated with her was a lodger, Robert Rippet, 35, a merchant marine sailor.  In the 1950 U.S. census, Emma W., 78, was living in the home of her sister Julia Patten, 70, at 103 N. Stoneman Avenue, Alhambra. Emma died 24 Jul 1961, age 89, still living in the Stoneman home.  Private funeral services were conducted on Wednesday, 26 Jul 1961 at the Pierce Brothers-Fred A. Turner Chapel in Alhambra.  She is buried alongside her husband in the San Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel.  Her son Gounod had preceded her in death, and is buried there also.  When she died she left a son, four sisters, three grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.
Time of Birth}	Time of Death}	Fraternal/Social}
Baptism Date}	Place}
Confirm. Date}	Photos} Emma in 1894
Immigr'n Date} N/A	Port} N/A
Education: Grade} Eighth grade                             or Top 2 Degrees}
Military: Service}                                    for the State of}
Health Condition}     Cause of Death}	Last Updated by} Karen Hancock Date Updated} 13 Aug 2023 2023 Date Created}    1 Jan 1992
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