Willie Grey Pegues

b. 4 March 1889
  • Willie Grey Pegues was born on 4 March 1889 in Texas.
  • Willie Grey Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, boarding in the household of widow Allis Martin.
  • She was employed as a stenographer by Armour P? Company, according to the 1910 census.
  • She married John Emanuel Prudhomme, son of Charles N. Prudhomme and Emily Eliza Hyams, on 11 October 1911.
  • John Emanuel Prudhomme registered for the draft on 17 September 1918 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, while living with his wife at 236 Wall Street in Shreveport, employed there as a salesman by Henry Rose Mercantile & Manufacturing Company.
  • John Emanuel Prudhomme and Willie Grey Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, at 236 Vine. Other members of the household included Charles Prudhomme.
  • John Emanuel Prudhomme and Willie Grey Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, at 304 Rutherford. Other members of the household included John Emanuel Prudhomme Jr.
  • John Emanuel Prudhomme and Willie Grey Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, at 304 Rutherford. Other members of the household included John Emanuel Prudhomme Jr.
  • John Emanuel Prudhomme (and Willie Grey Pegues) appeared in the 1953 Shreveport, Louisiana, City Directory at 304 Rutherford listied as "John L (Willie)," John in the real estate business. John died in 1953, and this is the last Shreveport directory listing him with an occupation, but in 1955, they are listed as "John E (Willie)" at 304 Rutherford..
  • Willie Grey Pegues became a widow at the 15 December 1953 death of her husband John Emanuel Prudhomme.
  • The following appeared on 16 December 1953 in the Monroe News-Star: (Shreveport, La.) John E Prudhomme, 74, a resident of Shreveport for 60 years and a retired realtor, died following a heart attack Tuesday. He had been ill about two years.
  • Last Edited: 10 Sep 2015

Family: John Emanuel Prudhomme b. 1 October 1879, d. 15 December 1953