Euphemia Maude McAlpine
b. 13 May 1877
- Father: John Anderson McAlpine b. 11 November 1842, d. 23 April 1898
- Mother: Willie Cabeen Cameron b. 14 April 1857, d. 2 October 1937
- Euphemia Maude McAlpine was born on 13 May 1877 in Texas.
- She was known as Maude.
- John Anderson McAlpine appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Euphemia Maude McAlpine, Willie Cabeen Cameron, Alexander Duncan McAlpine and Lela Beatrice McAlpine.
- She married Robert Siddall circa 1898, obituary of Lela McAlpine, married 2 yrs 1900 census, 0 of 1 children living.
- In June 1900, Euphemia Maude McAlpine was living next door to mother Willie McAlpine, 1900 census.
- Robert Siddall appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Grimes County, Texas, NARA Film T623-1640, pages 234-B & 235-A, A.com images 18 & 19 of 45. Other members of the household included Euphemia Maude McAlpine.
- The following appeared on 22 September 1907 in The Galveston Daily News: (Anderson) Mrs. Robert P. Siddall has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Green Wood, in Navasota for some time.
- In 15 November 1974, Euphemia Maude McAlpine was living in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, cited in obituary of sister Lela McAlpine.
- The following appeared on 21 November 1974 in the Navasota Examiner: Funeral services for Mrs. Lela McAlpine Wood Fahey, 94, of 2209 Portsmouth, Houston, were held at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 18, from St. Anne's Catholic Church, Houston. Mrs. Fahey died Friday, Nov. 15, at a Houston nursing home. She was born Nov. 21, 1879, in White Hall, the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. John A. McAlpine, pioneer Texans. Her early education was in private schools and she later graduated from the Old Chappel Hill Female College. Her first marriage was to the late Green A. Wood, who died in 1909. She remarried on June 8, 1914, to Pat N. Fahey, attorney, who preceded her in death Dec. 20, 1973. She was past regent of Samuel Sorrell chapter, D.A.R., past president of the Colonial Dames of America, Chapter VIII, member of the Magna Charter Cames, the Newman Circle, and a member of St. Anne's Catholic Church. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Neill F. (Edith Wood) Amsler, Sr. of Houston; three grandchildren, Neill F. Amsler, Jr. and Mrs. George W. Hansen, both of Houston, and Mrs. Melvin X. Hobbs, Jr. of Laguna Niguel, Calif; ten great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Maude McAlpine Siddall of Navasota, Mrs. Sterrett McAlpine Terry of Alexandria, La., and Mrs. Bess McAlpine Braunig of Lafayette, La; plus numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Neill F. Amsler, Jr., George W. Hansen, Melvin X. Hobbs, Jr., Truman S. Thomas, Jr., Stewart Perry and Phillip M. Pappas. Honorary pallbearers were Neill F. Amsler, III, George W. Hansen, Jr., Mark Amsler, Melvin X. Hobbbs, III, Patrick Wood Hobbs, Col. James F. Kerr, Lanson F. Demming, and Karl Seiling. In lieu of usual remembrances, friends may contribute to the Larry Amsler Memorial Fund, c-o Hermann Hospital, Houston.
- Last Edited: 9 Sep 2013