John Emanuel Prudhomme

John Emanuel Prudhomme

• Father: Charles N. Prudhomme b. 18 February 1847, d. 18 February 1898
• Mother: Emily Eliza Hyams b. 26 August 1852, d. 24 November 1943

• John Emanuel Prudhomme was born on 1 October 1879 in Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
• He married Willie Grey Pegues, daughter of William Crosland Pegues and Junietta Rosalee Whittington, 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.
• He was employed as a traveling salesman, according to the 1920 census.
• 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.
• He was a real estate agent, according to the 1930 census.
• 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.
• He was employed as a salesman by a real estate agency, according to the 1940 census.
• 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..
• John Emanuel Prudhomme died on 15 December 1953 at age 74 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
• His wife Willie Grey Pegues became a widow at his death.
• 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

• Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders