This page is dedicated to the memory of Edna Carolina Funk. Her first
marriage was to Seth Moses in 1879. They had one child named Lilie Mae
Moses b 6 March 1880, d who married Alexander Redon on 31 January 1903,
died on 12 August 1975.
Lena's second marriage was to William Latimore Lea and is in our line.
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WILLIAM L LEA (g-g) Edna Carolina Funk (g-m)
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b 8-30-1855 Port Vincent,La /b 9-12- 1861 Liberty, Ms
m 1891 in Amite Cty, Ms
d 10-14-1902 gunshot,Kentwood La / d 3-7-1930 (N. O.)
---Children---
Lillie May Lea 3-6-1881--8-12-1975
Edna Emma Lea 2-26-1892--6-19-1985
Esther Annie Lea 4-14-1895 --
3-26-1982
Wilmay Henrietta Lea 2-12-1897
1-14-1956 -?-
------->> HENRY LATTIMORE LEA 6-19-1899
1-14-1956
Mable Leona Lea 4-30-1902-2-18-80
The Marriage Bond between Bill Lea and Lena Funk was executed on May 31,
1889 and showed her name as being "L C Funk". Thus, she must have used
the name of Lena rather than Edna.
The 1900 census showed the following data:
father's mother's
name birth age born birth birth occup
Wm L Lea Aug 1855 44 La Ms Ms Butcher
Lena E 9 1860 39 Ms Germany Germany
Lilla W 3 1880 20 Ms La Ms
Margout P 9 1880 19 Ms La Ms
Wm J 7 1882 17 Ms La Ms
Benjamin E. 2 1886 14 Ms La Ms
Major 12 1888 11 Ms La Ms
Saphronia 1 1890 10 Ms La Ms
Edna E 2 1892 8 La La Ms
Esther A 4 1895 5 La La Ms
Willmary H 2 1897 3 La La Ms
Henry L 6 1899 1/2 La La Ms
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Little information is available about Lena C. Funk's background. Her
death certificate in Orleans Parish, La lists her father as Henry Funk.
The death certificate showed that Lena was residing at 4800 Canal St, New
Orleans at the time of her death on March 7, 1930. She died of cerebral
hemorrhage, hypertension and "auricular fibbrilulation". It further
stated that the "deceased was the wido of Wm L Lea and the daughter of
Henry Funk." Her name in this document was listed as Lena Caroline Lea.
I found a ship record of a Henry Funk arriving from Germany to Philadelphia
in 1847. Although I don't know that this is Lena's father, it was the only
Henry Funk listed and is a good possibility for checking out. It is listed
in United States: Index to records of Aliens' Declarations vol 1-11, A to Z
and on page 169. I still need to check Pa and other census records for
1850 and 1860 to learn more about this family.
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I have received two sources of information that indicate that our "Lena"
comes from one line or another. Both appear to be right on target but I
am not in a position to verify either one. It is my guess that the two
sets of data are really only one and that the correct one is based on the
data in Data Set I. If that is the case, there is still some confusion
with the names.
However, the first set of data listed below provides memories of Lena
Funk who was married to Bill Lea, which is indicative of a connection.
The second set of data knew of Lena Caroline Funk with a b-date of 9-12-1861
which is indicative of a connection, since that is the correct b-date for
our Lena Funk.
Both data sets show a Henry Funk as the father which was confirmed on
Lena's death certificate in New Orleans. However, one was born in 1823 and
married Eva Nick whereas the other was born in 1842 and married Ada Grover.
Both sets of parents could have, conceivably, been our Lena's parents.
There is also a good possibility that both sets of Henry's listed below
are related or that the first one is even the son of the earlier one. The
listed wife of the earlier one was born in 1832 and the second Henry was
born in 1842 so there would be a conflict of age for the mother. However,
the earlier Henry could have been married prior to marrying Eva Nick and
that wife could have died.
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Data Set I
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In contrast and as a contradiction of the above family of our Lena Funk,
I received a call and faxed information from E S Watts of Kentwood who
said that her grandmother was Annie Funk and that she was the sister of
the Lena Funk who married to Bill Lea. This knowledge of the relationship
to Bill Lea indicates this is closer to our line than the previous data.
This data shows that George Henry Funk (1823-1899), born Germany, married
Eva Nick (1832-1905) born Alsace Lorraine. They are buried at Osyka
Cemetery, Osyka, Ms.
Although we don't have a complete listing of children, the data indicates
that one daughter was Annie Margaret Funk (1-4-1864 to June 1906) who
married James Emanuel Smith, Jr (9-02-1856 to 7/11/1931). They had the
following children:
Joseph D Smith 4-30-1883 1-11-1944
August Henry Smith 11-1885 12-19-1950
James Emanuel Smith III 4-1-1888 6-6-1948
Eva Elizabeth SMith 9-15-1990 7-1-1956
Lillian Annie Smith 6-10-1898 11-23-1984
Nell smith 2-13-1900 7-1-1991
James Emanuel Smith III is the father of E S Watts.
Mrs Watts further stated:
"Annie Funk Smith was a younger sister of Lena Funk that was married to
Bill Lea. I remember my aunts talking about Aunt Lena and I met Mable and
Ester (Lena's daughters). I also remember Brother Lea.
I am not sure about how many other siblings there were, As my aunts were
up in age when I was born. I do now that my grandmother Funk lived in the
house with my grandmother Annie after her husband died.
According to the 1880 census, my Grandfather, James E Smith was 23 years
of age and living with his mother in Ward One of Tangipahoa Parish near
the Mississippi line by Osyka, Ms. He and Annie Funk evidently married
shortly thereafter because my Uncle Joe Smith was born in 1883. My
Great Grandmother Funk and my grandmother died within a year of each other."
In our visit to McComb, Kim and I found a book of Gone But Not Forgotten
with an excerpt on page 41 from the McComb City Enterprise as follows:
Feb 9, 1905
Died suddenly last Saturday at Liberty, Miss. Eva Funk age 73.
I have computed that Feb 9, 1905 was a Thursday so the reference to her
death would indicate that death was on Sat, Feb 4, 1905.
Another reference indicated there was a George H Funk, Jr was a marshall
in 1877 in Osyka.
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Data Set II
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In 2001, I got the following data on the descendants of Henry Funk from my
daughter who had received it from Ralph Martin.
Ralph Martin's records show that Henry Funk was born abt 1842. He married
Ada Schlee Grover about 1862 in Miss. She was born abt 1843. Ralph descends
from Isabelle Funk and E F Lloyd as is shown below. Henry and Ada's
children were listed by Ralph as being:
John Funk, b July 11, 1857, Miss
------> Lena Caroline Funk, b Sept 12, 1861 (our line--see Lea pages)
Isabelle Funk b Nov 8, 1863, Miss, m Early Frances Lloyd abt 1880.
Lloyd was born Mar 25, 1853 and died Oct 19, 1932
Lloyd came from Ireland. All of the children listed below
were born in Linn Cty, Ks
Andrew lloyd, b 6-29-1881, d 11-02-1882 Linn Cty, Ks
Adabelle Lloyd, b 2-09-1883, d 8-22-1893, Linn Cty, Ks
Clarence Lloyd, b 5-11-1885,
John Grover Lloyd, b 1-19-1887 d 5-6-1953
Emmet Preston Lloyd, b 12-23-1890, d 7-21-1973
Early Frances Lloyd II, b 3-30-1892, d 3-10-1893
Wm Bartlett Lloyd, b 4-3-1896,
Alcie Sclee Lloyd, b 5-14-1898,
Leslie Bryan Lloyd, b 6-27-1902, d 5-31-1964
Also, Ralph Martin is a Funk descendant from the above Lloyd descendants
and is the grandson of Emmet Preston Lloyd: nitram@redrivernet.com
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The 1860 census for Amite County Ms shows the following:
July 21 & 27 1860-G H Barney
LN HN FN Lst name 1st name Age sex Race occup
20 766 766 Funk George 36 M W Tailor Bavaria
21 766 766 Funk Nick 28 F W France
22 766 766 Funk George 9 M W LA
23 766 766 Funk William 4 M W LA
24 766 766 Funk John 2 M W LA
In this listing, the Husband could easily have been "George Henry" and
the listing of the first name of the wife fits into the maiden name listed
above of Eva Nick Funk.
The child, John, would have been born a couple of years prior to 1860 and
this would fit in with the data below of his census record in 1900 and
the cemetery record at Kentwood.
This record also would fit into the birth of Edna (Lena) Funk having been
born into this family in Sept 1861.
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In addition to the above data supplied by Ralph, Kim and I found data on
the above John Funk at the cemetery in Kentwood as listed below. This
data ties in to both of the data sets above and ties into the 1860 census
above for George and Nick Funk
Double Stone:
John G Funk 1857-1911 and Mary J 1864-1905
Next to them is a stone that reads:
Daisy M Funk, wife of henry Stone and Charles A Kent, Sr 1884-1964
The 1900 census listed the above John Funk in Tangipahoa Parish, First
Ward, Kentwood, SD B, ED 7, Enumerated on June 8th, 1900 by Thompson
as follows:
Avenue C, Household #135
Name Relation b-day age self dad mom
Funk, John Head WM Ap 1855 45 marr 16 yrs Ms Ms Ms
Mary Wife WF Jul1856 43 marr 16 yrs La Ms la
(had 5 children, 3 still living)
Daisy M Daugh WF Mar1885 15 single La Ms La
Guy Son WM Dec1895 4 single La Ms La
Eugene Son WM Jul1898 2 single La Ms La
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There were other Funk families living in Miss or La in the census records.
Although I don't consider these to be the same family, they may be related
and the data may be of value at a later time.
name age birthplace
Jacob Funk 30 Bavaria dockworker
Eliza 40 Bavaria
Peter 8 La
Jos 7 La
Lena 4 La
Louisa 3 Ms
Jacob 1 Ms
Louise 24 Prussia
Joseph Funk 3 Italy
May 2 Ms
Jacob Funk was also listed in the 1870 census for Adams County.
There was a Peter Funk in 1870 in New Orleans at age 41, married with
several children.
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My daughter Kim is also a researcher and has some material & can be reached
at kimchance@attbi.com in the Dallas area.
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