Mabel Myrta Lamport Duncan Comer
(preferred her middle name, Myrta)
Daughter of Thomas Victor Lamport and Mary Crews
Marriages
1. To Charles Alfred Duncan
On 11 Oct 1893 at Winfield, Kansas
(divorce Nov 1904)
2. To Elmer Clarke Comer
On 19 April 1910 at Santa Barbara, California
(divorce Feb 1925)
Death Notice
Myrta Lamport Comer, beloved mother of Robert Gordon; sister of Adelle L. Doane of St. Louis, MO; Lora May Comer and Liston Will Lamport of this city. Services Tuesday, 2 p.m. from the chapel of Maynes Mortuary, 630 Venice Boulevard. (Los Angeles Times, Sun., 10 Nov 1935, p.36)
California Death Index
Name: Myrta L Comer
Age: 64 (b. abt 1871)
Death Date: 7 Nov 1935
Death Place: San Diego Co., California
Siblings
Mabel Myrta Lamport (1870-1935)
Liston William Lamport (1873-1939)
Mary Adelle Lamport Doane (1875-1963)
Lora May Lamport Comer (1877-1955)
Lester Crews Lamport (1885-1917)
Census
1870 Census, Momence, Kankakee, Illinois, June 4, P.O. Momence
-Thomas Lamport 27, b. Canada, Livery Keeper, value real estate $3000, personal estate $4000.
-Mary Lamport 21, b. MO, keeps house
-Bertha [Merta]* Lamport, 1mo, b. May, b. IL
-Elisabeth Cruse, 13, adopted child, b. MO
-Matilda Lambart, 16, servant, b. IL
1880 Census, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana; Vigo Street
-Thomas Lamport, head, 34, b. England, parents England, Lumber Dealer.
-Mary Lamport, wife, 32, b. MO, father IN, mother KY
-Myrta* Lamport, dau, 10, b. IL, father England, mother MO
-William Lamport, son, 7, b. IN, father England, mother MO
-Della Lamport 5, b. IN, "
-Lora Lamport, dau, 2, b. IN, "
-Lizzie Crews, sis-in-law, 23, b. MO, father IN, mother KY
-Mary Ackbert, servant, IN, parents France
1895 Census, Winfield, Cowley, Kansas
(Myrta not in home; has married Charles Duncan)
-Thomas V Lamport, 50, b. Canada, Lumberman
-Mary Lamport, 47, b. MO
-Della Lamport 20, b. IN
-Laura Lamport 17, b. IN, Musician
-Lester C Lamport 9, b. IN
-plus 1 housekeeper
1900 Census, Braman, Kay, Oklahoma; Broadway
-Charles A Duncan, head, 32, Feb 6, 1862, b. KY, father KY, mother TN, Retail Lumber
-Myrta* Duncan, wife, 30, June 1, 1870, married 7 yrs, 1 child born, 1 living, b. IL, father Canada, mother MO.
-Marion L Duncan, son, 5, Mar 3, 1895, b. KS
-George H Duncan, brother, 27, Aug 1872, b. KY, father KY, mother TN, Grain buyer
1900 Census, Winfield Ward 2, Cowley, Kansas; 1304 South Millington Street (Myrta's family)
-P V Lamport, head, 56, Feb 1844, b. Canada, father England, mother Canada, Lumber Merchant.
-Mary Lamport, wife, 52, Jan 1848, married 33 yrs, 5 children born, 5 living, b. MO, father NC, mother KY
-Lora [Lora written over Lester] Lamport, dau, 21, Aug 1878, b. IN, father Canada, mother MO
-Lester Lamport, son, 14, Jun 1885, b. IN, father Canada, mother MO
-plus 2 boarders & 1 servant
1905 Census, Winfield, Cowley, Kansas
-Myrta* L Duncan, female, 34, b. IN, bookkeeper
-Marion L Duncan, male, 10, b. KS
-T V Lamport, male, 61, b. Canada, wholesale lumberman
-Mary C Lamport 57, b. MO
-Florence Holmes, 23, b KS
1910 Census, Campo twp, San Diego, California
-Elmer Comer, head, 38, b. NY [MO], Apiary Farmer Game & Apiary farm.
-Myrtle* [Myrta] L Comer, wife, 37, b. IL
-Marion Comer, son, 15, b. KS
-plus 3 hired hands.
1920 Census, Los Angeles Assembly District 63, Los Angeles, California; 1736 Wilcox Ave
-E Clark Comer, head, 45, b. MO, father MO, mother IN, Real Estate.
-Myrta L Comer, wife, 48, b. IL, father Canada, mother MO
1930 Census, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Hotel Figueroa, 939 Figueroa
-Myrta L Comer 59, divorced, b. IL, father Canada, mother MO
California Marriage Certificate
Groom: Elmer Comer, 35; born Missouri; resides South Bend, IN; occupation Real Estate.
Bride: Myrta Lamport Duncan, 34, born Illinois; resides Atlanta, GA; occupation Music Teacher; maiden name Myrta Lamport.
Marriage Date: 19 Apr 1910
Marriage Place: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
Groom's Father: A.C. Comer, b. MO
Groom's Mother: Hannah E. Coughren, b. IN
Bride's Father: Vict Lamport, b. IL
Bride's Mother: Mary Crews, b. MO
Directory of Real Estate Brokers & Salesmen
-E. Clarke Comer, 6522 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles
Broker License # 5768 issued 13 Jan 1922
Doing Business as E. Clarke Comer's United Offices of Cal.
-Myrta L. Comer, Salesman Licence #3851, issued 13 Jan 1922
(with E. Clarke Comer's United Offices of Cal.)
Florida Passenger List, 926
-Myrta L Comer, born Monence, IL June 11 1860, (1900 census lists birth June 1, 1870), Resides Los Angeles.
Ship: SS Cuba
Departure: April 13, 1926 Havana, Cuba
Arrival: April 13, 1926 Key West
News Notes
-Mrs Myrta Duncan was granted a decree of divorce from Chas. Duncan Wednesday on the charge of extreme cruelty. She gets the child and $3,000.00 alimony. (The Winfield Daily Free Press, Winfield, KS, Fri., 4 Nov, 1904, p.5.)
-Mrs Myrta Duncan leaves KS 8 Sep 1905 for Lamar, Colorado to begin her work as principal in the college of music. (The Winfield Daily Free Press, Winfield, KS, Fri., 8 Sep 1905, p.8.)
-Mrs Myrta Duncan and son, Marion, arrived this afternoon from Los Angeles, CA to visit her parents Mr. & Mrs T.V. Lamport. (The Winfield Daily Free Press, Winfield, KS, Tue., 31 Dec 1907, p.4.)
-Divorce decree granted yesterday to Mrs Myrta L Comer from Elmer Clarke Comer, active Hollywood realty man, whose attentions had turned to Myrta's sister Lora May Lamport, concert singer. (Los Angeles Times, Sun., 1 Mar 1925, p. 58)
Myrta's Parents
Illinois, Marriage Index
Groom: Thomas V Lamport
Bride: Mary C Crews
Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1869
Marriage Place: Kankakee Co., Illinois
Brother
California Death Index
Name: Lester C Lamport
Age: 32 (b. 1885)
Death Date: 5 Nov 1917
Death Place: Alameda co., California
(Have death notice; RR brakeman Southern Pacific RR; was killed in railroad accident; had wife & little daughter)
TESTIMONY TAKEN IN $50,000 DAMAGE SUIT
Testimony was taken today before a jury in Judge Monroe's court in the suit in which Mrs. Edith S. Lamport sought to recover $50,000 damages from the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. because of the death of her husband, Lester C. Lamport, a switchman, who was run down by a car in the yards at West Oakland Nov. 6 last. (Los Angeles Herald, 16 April 1918, p 27)
Continue $50,000 Suit Against S. P.
With a Jury Impaneled and part of the testimony taken, the trial of the $50,000 damage suit against the Southern Pacific Co,, growing out of the death of Lester C. Lamport, a switchman, will be resumed next Monday In Judge Houser’s court. The plaintiff was Edith S. Lamport, the widow, acting as administratrix of Lamport’s estate and their daughter, Mercedes Adell Lamport, aged 6. Lamport was killed in the railroad yards in West Oakland when hit by a freight car Nov, 6, 1917. The company sought to show that Lamport was negligent. A former trial of the same action resulted In a disagreement of the Jury. (Los Angeles Evening Herald, 27 July 1918, p.2)
His wife won the case; then the RR appealed to the California Supreme Court; Court upheld that RR was clearly negligent.
Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California, Volume 183. By California. Supreme Court, pp 326-328, 21 Jul 1920. Edith S. Lamport v. Southern Pacific Company. Southern Pacific appealed to the CA Supreme Court a judgment made against them in a Los Angeles court for their negligence that caused death of Lester Lamport, RR Switchman . Supreme Court agreed RR was negligent. (While Lamport was properly performing duty in clear view, a train, directed by a signalman who had clear view of Lamport, backed over Lamport killing him in Oakland, CA.)
Also, California Decisions, Volume 60, Jul-Dec 1920, By California. Supreme Court, p. 77.
1920 Census, Dodge Ward 3, Ford, Kansas; 1004 Fourth Avenue
-Emerson L Brown, head, 56, b. IA, Conductor RR
-Viola B Brown, wife, 56, b. IN, parents IN
-Edith Lamport, dau-in-law, 36, b. IA, father MO, mother IN
-Mercedes A Lamport, granddau, 8, b. KS, father CA [IN], mother IA.
Lester's Wife
Edith Valentine Smith Lamport Tenbrink
(Daughter of George Smith & Viola Belle McKiernan Smith Brown)
Born Farmington, Iowa, 1883
Artist
The art of Edith Valentine Tenbrink was locked away for three decades after the death of her husband in 1963. There were 47 paintings, and they were left in a suitcase with wax paper between each painting. Edith V. Tenbrink signed her paintings "E.V.T."
According to the artist, her art was inspired by Obadiah, the Biblical prophet. Obadiah is the shortest book in the Bible and arguably one of the most mysterious books because there is no history on Obadiah.
She was born February 14th, 1883, in Iowa, and she began painting about 1935 inspired by a trip she and her husband took to India. They became involved with the Sai Baba belief through a a young man named V.K. Gokak, who was a college student at Oxford at the time. (askart.com)
California, Death Index
Name: Edith V Tenbrink
Birth: 14 Feb 1883
Death: 14 May 1963 Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: McCurime [McKiernan]
Edith's 2nd Husband
California, Death Index
Name: John H Tenbrink
Birth: 8 May 1875 Ohio
Death: 7 Jan 1966 Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Hoppe
Lester & Edith's Daughter 89173631
California Death Certificate
Name: Mercedes Adele Lamport
Age: 9 years, 5 months
Birth: 20 Jan 1911 at Parsons, Kansas
Death Date: 20 Jun 1920
Death Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California; 621 W 5th.
Cause: Ptomaine poisoning from eating "hot dog" sandwich made of ground meat.
Residence at Place of death: 14 days.
Usual Residence: Dodge City, Kansas
Father: Lester Crews [Lamport], b. CA [IN]
Mother: Edith Smith, born Farmington, Iowa
Informant: Edith Lamport Tenbrick
Burial: 24 Jun 1920 Long Beach
Los Angeles Co. Cert.#: 2465
Father
Thomas Victor Lamport
Born 14 Feb 1844 Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario
Son of Benjamin Lamport, Sr., b. England & Mary Force, b. Canada
California, Death Certificate
Name: Thomas V Lamport
Age: 74 years, 3 months, 12 days
Birth: 14 Feb 1844 Canada
Death Date: 26 May 1918
Death Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; County Hospital, 1100 Mission Rd.
Cause: Nephrolithiasis & Pyonephrosis (Nephrectomy); Contributory Chronic Interstitial Nephritis, Chronic Cystitis
Spouse: Mary Lamport
Father: B Lamport, b. England
Mother: Mary Force, b. England [Canada]
Informant: County Hospital
Burial: Soldier's Home, Sawtelle
City Death Cert.#: 3118
(Son Liston's death cert lists birth at "Woodsock," Canada, with Mryta as informant; Woodstock, Ontario)
Historical Biography, 1886
Vincennes Township, Knox Co., Indiana.
THOMAS V. LAMPORT was born in Woodstock, Canada, February 14, 1844, son of Benjamin and Mary (Force) Lamport, born in England and Canada respectively. Thomas V. was raised on a farm in Kankakee County, Ill., where the father moved in 1847. He first engaged in the livery business in Momence, Ill., and in 1872 came to Knox County, Ind. and farmed one year. He then became manager of John Loten's lumber yard and remained such two years. In the spring of 1876 he established a similar business under the firm name of T.V. Lamport & Co.; a year later merged into Dalton & Lamport. In 1882 he engaged in his present business and has met with well-deserved success. January, 1869, he married Mary C. Crews, a native of Missouri. They have five children: Myrta M., Liston W., Mary A., Lora M., and Lester. Mr. Lamport is a Republican and a member of the Baptist Church.
BENJAMIN LAMPORT was born in Woodstock, Canada August 30, 1846. He is the brother and partner of T.V. Lamport and secured a common school education in Kankakee County, Ill. In 1872 he took for his companion through life Angeline Crews, of Missouri, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1878, when he accepted the position as manager of the branch lumber yards of Dalton & Lamport at Lawrenceville, Ill., remaining there two years. In 1883 he came to Vincennes and engaged in his present business, sharing the success of the business with his brother. Mr. Lamport's married life has been blessed with one son named Elmer C. Mr. Lamport is a Republican and a member of the Royal Arcanum society, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. The firm deal in lumber, shingles, doors, blinds and all goods pertaining to their line of business. Thomas began dealing in lumber in 1882, and the spring following Benjamin engaged in the business, and they have since conducted affairs very successfully; $50,000 per annum is a fair estimate on their sales. They have five men employed besides themselves, and also have a coal agency for John D. La Croix of this city. T.V. Lamport is the founder of all the present lumber interests of the city of Vincennes.
(History of Knox & Daviess Counties, Indiana, Biographical Sketches Vincennes Township, p 359, 350, Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886; transcribed by Susan Locken)
(preferred her middle name, Myrta)
Daughter of Thomas Victor Lamport and Mary Crews
Marriages
1. To Charles Alfred Duncan
On 11 Oct 1893 at Winfield, Kansas
(divorce Nov 1904)
2. To Elmer Clarke Comer
On 19 April 1910 at Santa Barbara, California
(divorce Feb 1925)
Death Notice
Myrta Lamport Comer, beloved mother of Robert Gordon; sister of Adelle L. Doane of St. Louis, MO; Lora May Comer and Liston Will Lamport of this city. Services Tuesday, 2 p.m. from the chapel of Maynes Mortuary, 630 Venice Boulevard. (Los Angeles Times, Sun., 10 Nov 1935, p.36)
California Death Index
Name: Myrta L Comer
Age: 64 (b. abt 1871)
Death Date: 7 Nov 1935
Death Place: San Diego Co., California
Siblings
Mabel Myrta Lamport (1870-1935)
Liston William Lamport (1873-1939)
Mary Adelle Lamport Doane (1875-1963)
Lora May Lamport Comer (1877-1955)
Lester Crews Lamport (1885-1917)
Census
1870 Census, Momence, Kankakee, Illinois, June 4, P.O. Momence
-Thomas Lamport 27, b. Canada, Livery Keeper, value real estate $3000, personal estate $4000.
-Mary Lamport 21, b. MO, keeps house
-Bertha [Merta]* Lamport, 1mo, b. May, b. IL
-Elisabeth Cruse, 13, adopted child, b. MO
-Matilda Lambart, 16, servant, b. IL
1880 Census, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana; Vigo Street
-Thomas Lamport, head, 34, b. England, parents England, Lumber Dealer.
-Mary Lamport, wife, 32, b. MO, father IN, mother KY
-Myrta* Lamport, dau, 10, b. IL, father England, mother MO
-William Lamport, son, 7, b. IN, father England, mother MO
-Della Lamport 5, b. IN, "
-Lora Lamport, dau, 2, b. IN, "
-Lizzie Crews, sis-in-law, 23, b. MO, father IN, mother KY
-Mary Ackbert, servant, IN, parents France
1895 Census, Winfield, Cowley, Kansas
(Myrta not in home; has married Charles Duncan)
-Thomas V Lamport, 50, b. Canada, Lumberman
-Mary Lamport, 47, b. MO
-Della Lamport 20, b. IN
-Laura Lamport 17, b. IN, Musician
-Lester C Lamport 9, b. IN
-plus 1 housekeeper
1900 Census, Braman, Kay, Oklahoma; Broadway
-Charles A Duncan, head, 32, Feb 6, 1862, b. KY, father KY, mother TN, Retail Lumber
-Myrta* Duncan, wife, 30, June 1, 1870, married 7 yrs, 1 child born, 1 living, b. IL, father Canada, mother MO.
-Marion L Duncan, son, 5, Mar 3, 1895, b. KS
-George H Duncan, brother, 27, Aug 1872, b. KY, father KY, mother TN, Grain buyer
1900 Census, Winfield Ward 2, Cowley, Kansas; 1304 South Millington Street (Myrta's family)
-P V Lamport, head, 56, Feb 1844, b. Canada, father England, mother Canada, Lumber Merchant.
-Mary Lamport, wife, 52, Jan 1848, married 33 yrs, 5 children born, 5 living, b. MO, father NC, mother KY
-Lora [Lora written over Lester] Lamport, dau, 21, Aug 1878, b. IN, father Canada, mother MO
-Lester Lamport, son, 14, Jun 1885, b. IN, father Canada, mother MO
-plus 2 boarders & 1 servant
1905 Census, Winfield, Cowley, Kansas
-Myrta* L Duncan, female, 34, b. IN, bookkeeper
-Marion L Duncan, male, 10, b. KS
-T V Lamport, male, 61, b. Canada, wholesale lumberman
-Mary C Lamport 57, b. MO
-Florence Holmes, 23, b KS
1910 Census, Campo twp, San Diego, California
-Elmer Comer, head, 38, b. NY [MO], Apiary Farmer Game & Apiary farm.
-Myrtle* [Myrta] L Comer, wife, 37, b. IL
-Marion Comer, son, 15, b. KS
-plus 3 hired hands.
1920 Census, Los Angeles Assembly District 63, Los Angeles, California; 1736 Wilcox Ave
-E Clark Comer, head, 45, b. MO, father MO, mother IN, Real Estate.
-Myrta L Comer, wife, 48, b. IL, father Canada, mother MO
1930 Census, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Hotel Figueroa, 939 Figueroa
-Myrta L Comer 59, divorced, b. IL, father Canada, mother MO
California Marriage Certificate
Groom: Elmer Comer, 35; born Missouri; resides South Bend, IN; occupation Real Estate.
Bride: Myrta Lamport Duncan, 34, born Illinois; resides Atlanta, GA; occupation Music Teacher; maiden name Myrta Lamport.
Marriage Date: 19 Apr 1910
Marriage Place: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
Groom's Father: A.C. Comer, b. MO
Groom's Mother: Hannah E. Coughren, b. IN
Bride's Father: Vict Lamport, b. IL
Bride's Mother: Mary Crews, b. MO
Directory of Real Estate Brokers & Salesmen
-E. Clarke Comer, 6522 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles
Broker License # 5768 issued 13 Jan 1922
Doing Business as E. Clarke Comer's United Offices of Cal.
-Myrta L. Comer, Salesman Licence #3851, issued 13 Jan 1922
(with E. Clarke Comer's United Offices of Cal.)
Florida Passenger List, 926
-Myrta L Comer, born Monence, IL June 11 1860, (1900 census lists birth June 1, 1870), Resides Los Angeles.
Ship: SS Cuba
Departure: April 13, 1926 Havana, Cuba
Arrival: April 13, 1926 Key West
News Notes
-Mrs Myrta Duncan was granted a decree of divorce from Chas. Duncan Wednesday on the charge of extreme cruelty. She gets the child and $3,000.00 alimony. (The Winfield Daily Free Press, Winfield, KS, Fri., 4 Nov, 1904, p.5.)
-Mrs Myrta Duncan leaves KS 8 Sep 1905 for Lamar, Colorado to begin her work as principal in the college of music. (The Winfield Daily Free Press, Winfield, KS, Fri., 8 Sep 1905, p.8.)
-Mrs Myrta Duncan and son, Marion, arrived this afternoon from Los Angeles, CA to visit her parents Mr. & Mrs T.V. Lamport. (The Winfield Daily Free Press, Winfield, KS, Tue., 31 Dec 1907, p.4.)
-Divorce decree granted yesterday to Mrs Myrta L Comer from Elmer Clarke Comer, active Hollywood realty man, whose attentions had turned to Myrta's sister Lora May Lamport, concert singer. (Los Angeles Times, Sun., 1 Mar 1925, p. 58)
Myrta's Parents
Illinois, Marriage Index
Groom: Thomas V Lamport
Bride: Mary C Crews
Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1869
Marriage Place: Kankakee Co., Illinois
Brother
California Death Index
Name: Lester C Lamport
Age: 32 (b. 1885)
Death Date: 5 Nov 1917
Death Place: Alameda co., California
(Have death notice; RR brakeman Southern Pacific RR; was killed in railroad accident; had wife & little daughter)
TESTIMONY TAKEN IN $50,000 DAMAGE SUIT
Testimony was taken today before a jury in Judge Monroe's court in the suit in which Mrs. Edith S. Lamport sought to recover $50,000 damages from the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. because of the death of her husband, Lester C. Lamport, a switchman, who was run down by a car in the yards at West Oakland Nov. 6 last. (Los Angeles Herald, 16 April 1918, p 27)
Continue $50,000 Suit Against S. P.
With a Jury Impaneled and part of the testimony taken, the trial of the $50,000 damage suit against the Southern Pacific Co,, growing out of the death of Lester C. Lamport, a switchman, will be resumed next Monday In Judge Houser’s court. The plaintiff was Edith S. Lamport, the widow, acting as administratrix of Lamport’s estate and their daughter, Mercedes Adell Lamport, aged 6. Lamport was killed in the railroad yards in West Oakland when hit by a freight car Nov, 6, 1917. The company sought to show that Lamport was negligent. A former trial of the same action resulted In a disagreement of the Jury. (Los Angeles Evening Herald, 27 July 1918, p.2)
His wife won the case; then the RR appealed to the California Supreme Court; Court upheld that RR was clearly negligent.
Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California, Volume 183. By California. Supreme Court, pp 326-328, 21 Jul 1920. Edith S. Lamport v. Southern Pacific Company. Southern Pacific appealed to the CA Supreme Court a judgment made against them in a Los Angeles court for their negligence that caused death of Lester Lamport, RR Switchman . Supreme Court agreed RR was negligent. (While Lamport was properly performing duty in clear view, a train, directed by a signalman who had clear view of Lamport, backed over Lamport killing him in Oakland, CA.)
Also, California Decisions, Volume 60, Jul-Dec 1920, By California. Supreme Court, p. 77.
1920 Census, Dodge Ward 3, Ford, Kansas; 1004 Fourth Avenue
-Emerson L Brown, head, 56, b. IA, Conductor RR
-Viola B Brown, wife, 56, b. IN, parents IN
-Edith Lamport, dau-in-law, 36, b. IA, father MO, mother IN
-Mercedes A Lamport, granddau, 8, b. KS, father CA [IN], mother IA.
Lester's Wife
Edith Valentine Smith Lamport Tenbrink
(Daughter of George Smith & Viola Belle McKiernan Smith Brown)
Born Farmington, Iowa, 1883
Artist
The art of Edith Valentine Tenbrink was locked away for three decades after the death of her husband in 1963. There were 47 paintings, and they were left in a suitcase with wax paper between each painting. Edith V. Tenbrink signed her paintings "E.V.T."
According to the artist, her art was inspired by Obadiah, the Biblical prophet. Obadiah is the shortest book in the Bible and arguably one of the most mysterious books because there is no history on Obadiah.
She was born February 14th, 1883, in Iowa, and she began painting about 1935 inspired by a trip she and her husband took to India. They became involved with the Sai Baba belief through a a young man named V.K. Gokak, who was a college student at Oxford at the time. (askart.com)
California, Death Index
Name: Edith V Tenbrink
Birth: 14 Feb 1883
Death: 14 May 1963 Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: McCurime [McKiernan]
Edith's 2nd Husband
California, Death Index
Name: John H Tenbrink
Birth: 8 May 1875 Ohio
Death: 7 Jan 1966 Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Hoppe
Lester & Edith's Daughter 89173631
California Death Certificate
Name: Mercedes Adele Lamport
Age: 9 years, 5 months
Birth: 20 Jan 1911 at Parsons, Kansas
Death Date: 20 Jun 1920
Death Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California; 621 W 5th.
Cause: Ptomaine poisoning from eating "hot dog" sandwich made of ground meat.
Residence at Place of death: 14 days.
Usual Residence: Dodge City, Kansas
Father: Lester Crews [Lamport], b. CA [IN]
Mother: Edith Smith, born Farmington, Iowa
Informant: Edith Lamport Tenbrick
Burial: 24 Jun 1920 Long Beach
Los Angeles Co. Cert.#: 2465
Father
Thomas Victor Lamport
Born 14 Feb 1844 Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario
Son of Benjamin Lamport, Sr., b. England & Mary Force, b. Canada
California, Death Certificate
Name: Thomas V Lamport
Age: 74 years, 3 months, 12 days
Birth: 14 Feb 1844 Canada
Death Date: 26 May 1918
Death Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; County Hospital, 1100 Mission Rd.
Cause: Nephrolithiasis & Pyonephrosis (Nephrectomy); Contributory Chronic Interstitial Nephritis, Chronic Cystitis
Spouse: Mary Lamport
Father: B Lamport, b. England
Mother: Mary Force, b. England [Canada]
Informant: County Hospital
Burial: Soldier's Home, Sawtelle
City Death Cert.#: 3118
(Son Liston's death cert lists birth at "Woodsock," Canada, with Mryta as informant; Woodstock, Ontario)
Historical Biography, 1886
Vincennes Township, Knox Co., Indiana.
THOMAS V. LAMPORT was born in Woodstock, Canada, February 14, 1844, son of Benjamin and Mary (Force) Lamport, born in England and Canada respectively. Thomas V. was raised on a farm in Kankakee County, Ill., where the father moved in 1847. He first engaged in the livery business in Momence, Ill., and in 1872 came to Knox County, Ind. and farmed one year. He then became manager of John Loten's lumber yard and remained such two years. In the spring of 1876 he established a similar business under the firm name of T.V. Lamport & Co.; a year later merged into Dalton & Lamport. In 1882 he engaged in his present business and has met with well-deserved success. January, 1869, he married Mary C. Crews, a native of Missouri. They have five children: Myrta M., Liston W., Mary A., Lora M., and Lester. Mr. Lamport is a Republican and a member of the Baptist Church.
BENJAMIN LAMPORT was born in Woodstock, Canada August 30, 1846. He is the brother and partner of T.V. Lamport and secured a common school education in Kankakee County, Ill. In 1872 he took for his companion through life Angeline Crews, of Missouri, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1878, when he accepted the position as manager of the branch lumber yards of Dalton & Lamport at Lawrenceville, Ill., remaining there two years. In 1883 he came to Vincennes and engaged in his present business, sharing the success of the business with his brother. Mr. Lamport's married life has been blessed with one son named Elmer C. Mr. Lamport is a Republican and a member of the Royal Arcanum society, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. The firm deal in lumber, shingles, doors, blinds and all goods pertaining to their line of business. Thomas began dealing in lumber in 1882, and the spring following Benjamin engaged in the business, and they have since conducted affairs very successfully; $50,000 per annum is a fair estimate on their sales. They have five men employed besides themselves, and also have a coal agency for John D. La Croix of this city. T.V. Lamport is the founder of all the present lumber interests of the city of Vincennes.
(History of Knox & Daviess Counties, Indiana, Biographical Sketches Vincennes Township, p 359, 350, Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886; transcribed by Susan Locken)
Mabel Myrta Lamport Duncan Comer
(preferred her middle name, Myrta)
Daughter of Thomas Victor Lamport and Mary Crews
Marriages
1. To Charles Alfred Duncan
On 11 Oct 1893 at Winfield, Kansas
(divorce Nov 1904)
2. To Elmer Clarke Comer
On 19 April 1910 at Santa Barbara, California
(divorce Feb 1925)
Death Notice
Myrta Lamport Comer, beloved mother of Robert Gordon; sister of Adelle L. Doane of St. Louis, MO; Lora May Comer and Liston Will Lamport of this city. Services Tuesday, 2 p.m. from the chapel of Maynes Mortuary, 630 Venice Boulevard. (Los Angeles Times, Sun., 10 Nov 1935, p.36)
California Death Index
Name: Myrta L Comer
Age: 64 (b. abt 1871)
Death Date: 7 Nov 1935
Death Place: San Diego Co., California
Siblings
Mabel Myrta Lamport (1870-1935)
Liston William Lamport (1873-1939)
Mary Adelle Lamport Doane (1875-1963)
Lora May Lamport Comer (1877-1955)
Lester Crews Lamport (1885-1917)
Census
1870 Census, Momence, Kankakee, Illinois, June 4, P.O. Momence
-Thomas Lamport 27, b. Canada, Livery Keeper, value real estate $3000, personal estate $4000.
-Mary Lamport 21, b. MO, keeps house
-Bertha [Merta]* Lamport, 1mo, b. May, b. IL
-Elisabeth Cruse, 13, adopted child, b. MO
-Matilda Lambart, 16, servant, b. IL
1880 Census, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana; Vigo Street
-Thomas Lamport, head, 34, b. England, parents England, Lumber Dealer.
-Mary Lamport, wife, 32, b. MO, father IN, mother KY
-Myrta* Lamport, dau, 10, b. IL, father England, mother MO
-William Lamport, son, 7, b. IN, father England, mother MO
-Della Lamport 5, b. IN, "
-Lora Lamport, dau, 2, b. IN, "
-Lizzie Crews, sis-in-law, 23, b. MO, father IN, mother KY
-Mary Ackbert, servant, IN, parents France
1895 Census, Winfield, Cowley, Kansas
(Myrta not in home; has married Charles Duncan)
-Thomas V Lamport, 50, b. Canada, Lumberman
-Mary Lamport, 47, b. MO
-Della Lamport 20, b. IN
-Laura Lamport 17, b. IN, Musician
-Lester C Lamport 9, b. IN
-plus 1 housekeeper
1900 Census, Braman, Kay, Oklahoma; Broadway
-Charles A Duncan, head, 32, Feb 6, 1862, b. KY, father KY, mother TN, Retail Lumber
-Myrta* Duncan, wife, 30, June 1, 1870, married 7 yrs, 1 child born, 1 living, b. IL, father Canada, mother MO.
-Marion L Duncan, son, 5, Mar 3, 1895, b. KS
-George H Duncan, brother, 27, Aug 1872, b. KY, father KY, mother TN, Grain buyer
1900 Census, Winfield Ward 2, Cowley, Kansas; 1304 South Millington Street (Myrta's family)
-P V Lamport, head, 56, Feb 1844, b. Canada, father England, mother Canada, Lumber Merchant.
-Mary Lamport, wife, 52, Jan 1848, married 33 yrs, 5 children born, 5 living, b. MO, father NC, mother KY
-Lora [Lora written over Lester] Lamport, dau, 21, Aug 1878, b. IN, father Canada, mother MO
-Lester Lamport, son, 14, Jun 1885, b. IN, father Canada, mother MO
-plus 2 boarders & 1 servant
1905 Census, Winfield, Cowley, Kansas
-Myrta* L Duncan, female, 34, b. IN, bookkeeper
-Marion L Duncan, male, 10, b. KS
-T V Lamport, male, 61, b. Canada, wholesale lumberman
-Mary C Lamport 57, b. MO
-Florence Holmes, 23, b KS
1910 Census, Campo twp, San Diego, California
-Elmer Comer, head, 38, b. NY [MO], Apiary Farmer Game & Apiary farm.
-Myrtle* [Myrta] L Comer, wife, 37, b. IL
-Marion Comer, son, 15, b. KS
-plus 3 hired hands.
1920 Census, Los Angeles Assembly District 63, Los Angeles, California; 1736 Wilcox Ave
-E Clark Comer, head, 45, b. MO, father MO, mother IN, Real Estate.
-Myrta L Comer, wife, 48, b. IL, father Canada, mother MO
1930 Census, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Hotel Figueroa, 939 Figueroa
-Myrta L Comer 59, divorced, b. IL, father Canada, mother MO
California Marriage Certificate
Groom: Elmer Comer, 35; born Missouri; resides South Bend, IN; occupation Real Estate.
Bride: Myrta Lamport Duncan, 34, born Illinois; resides Atlanta, GA; occupation Music Teacher; maiden name Myrta Lamport.
Marriage Date: 19 Apr 1910
Marriage Place: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
Groom's Father: A.C. Comer, b. MO
Groom's Mother: Hannah E. Coughren, b. IN
Bride's Father: Vict Lamport, b. IL
Bride's Mother: Mary Crews, b. MO
Directory of Real Estate Brokers & Salesmen
-E. Clarke Comer, 6522 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles
Broker License # 5768 issued 13 Jan 1922
Doing Business as E. Clarke Comer's United Offices of Cal.
-Myrta L. Comer, Salesman Licence #3851, issued 13 Jan 1922
(with E. Clarke Comer's United Offices of Cal.)
Florida Passenger List, 926
-Myrta L Comer, born Monence, IL June 11 1860, (1900 census lists birth June 1, 1870), Resides Los Angeles.
Ship: SS Cuba
Departure: April 13, 1926 Havana, Cuba
Arrival: April 13, 1926 Key West
News Notes
-Mrs Myrta Duncan was granted a decree of divorce from Chas. Duncan Wednesday on the charge of extreme cruelty. She gets the child and $3,000.00 alimony. (The Winfield Daily Free Press, Winfield, KS, Fri., 4 Nov, 1904, p.5.)
-Mrs Myrta Duncan leaves KS 8 Sep 1905 for Lamar, Colorado to begin her work as principal in the college of music. (The Winfield Daily Free Press, Winfield, KS, Fri., 8 Sep 1905, p.8.)
-Mrs Myrta Duncan and son, Marion, arrived this afternoon from Los Angeles, CA to visit her parents Mr. & Mrs T.V. Lamport. (The Winfield Daily Free Press, Winfield, KS, Tue., 31 Dec 1907, p.4.)
-Divorce decree granted yesterday to Mrs Myrta L Comer from Elmer Clarke Comer, active Hollywood realty man, whose attentions had turned to Myrta's sister Lora May Lamport, concert singer. (Los Angeles Times, Sun., 1 Mar 1925, p. 58)
Myrta's Parents
Illinois, Marriage Index
Groom: Thomas V Lamport
Bride: Mary C Crews
Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1869
Marriage Place: Kankakee Co., Illinois
Brother
California Death Index
Name: Lester C Lamport
Age: 32 (b. 1885)
Death Date: 5 Nov 1917
Death Place: Alameda co., California
(Have death notice; RR brakeman Southern Pacific RR; was killed in railroad accident; had wife & little daughter)
TESTIMONY TAKEN IN $50,000 DAMAGE SUIT
Testimony was taken today before a jury in Judge Monroe's court in the suit in which Mrs. Edith S. Lamport sought to recover $50,000 damages from the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. because of the death of her husband, Lester C. Lamport, a switchman, who was run down by a car in the yards at West Oakland Nov. 6 last. (Los Angeles Herald, 16 April 1918, p 27)
Continue $50,000 Suit Against S. P.
With a Jury Impaneled and part of the testimony taken, the trial of the $50,000 damage suit against the Southern Pacific Co,, growing out of the death of Lester C. Lamport, a switchman, will be resumed next Monday In Judge Houser’s court. The plaintiff was Edith S. Lamport, the widow, acting as administratrix of Lamport’s estate and their daughter, Mercedes Adell Lamport, aged 6. Lamport was killed in the railroad yards in West Oakland when hit by a freight car Nov, 6, 1917. The company sought to show that Lamport was negligent. A former trial of the same action resulted In a disagreement of the Jury. (Los Angeles Evening Herald, 27 July 1918, p.2)
His wife won the case; then the RR appealed to the California Supreme Court; Court upheld that RR was clearly negligent.
Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California, Volume 183. By California. Supreme Court, pp 326-328, 21 Jul 1920. Edith S. Lamport v. Southern Pacific Company. Southern Pacific appealed to the CA Supreme Court a judgment made against them in a Los Angeles court for their negligence that caused death of Lester Lamport, RR Switchman . Supreme Court agreed RR was negligent. (While Lamport was properly performing duty in clear view, a train, directed by a signalman who had clear view of Lamport, backed over Lamport killing him in Oakland, CA.)
Also, California Decisions, Volume 60, Jul-Dec 1920, By California. Supreme Court, p. 77.
1920 Census, Dodge Ward 3, Ford, Kansas; 1004 Fourth Avenue
-Emerson L Brown, head, 56, b. IA, Conductor RR
-Viola B Brown, wife, 56, b. IN, parents IN
-Edith Lamport, dau-in-law, 36, b. IA, father MO, mother IN
-Mercedes A Lamport, granddau, 8, b. KS, father CA [IN], mother IA.
Lester's Wife
Edith Valentine Smith Lamport Tenbrink
(Daughter of George Smith & Viola Belle McKiernan Smith Brown)
Born Farmington, Iowa, 1883
Artist
The art of Edith Valentine Tenbrink was locked away for three decades after the death of her husband in 1963. There were 47 paintings, and they were left in a suitcase with wax paper between each painting. Edith V. Tenbrink signed her paintings "E.V.T."
According to the artist, her art was inspired by Obadiah, the Biblical prophet. Obadiah is the shortest book in the Bible and arguably one of the most mysterious books because there is no history on Obadiah.
She was born February 14th, 1883, in Iowa, and she began painting about 1935 inspired by a trip she and her husband took to India. They became involved with the Sai Baba belief through a a young man named V.K. Gokak, who was a college student at Oxford at the time. (askart.com)
California, Death Index
Name: Edith V Tenbrink
Birth: 14 Feb 1883
Death: 14 May 1963 Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: McCurime [McKiernan]
Edith's 2nd Husband
California, Death Index
Name: John H Tenbrink
Birth: 8 May 1875 Ohio
Death: 7 Jan 1966 Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Hoppe
Lester & Edith's Daughter 89173631
California Death Certificate
Name: Mercedes Adele Lamport
Age: 9 years, 5 months
Birth: 20 Jan 1911 at Parsons, Kansas
Death Date: 20 Jun 1920
Death Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California; 621 W 5th.
Cause: Ptomaine poisoning from eating "hot dog" sandwich made of ground meat.
Residence at Place of death: 14 days.
Usual Residence: Dodge City, Kansas
Father: Lester Crews [Lamport], b. CA [IN]
Mother: Edith Smith, born Farmington, Iowa
Informant: Edith Lamport Tenbrick
Burial: 24 Jun 1920 Long Beach
Los Angeles Co. Cert.#: 2465
Father
Thomas Victor Lamport
Born 14 Feb 1844 Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario
Son of Benjamin Lamport, Sr., b. England & Mary Force, b. Canada
California, Death Certificate
Name: Thomas V Lamport
Age: 74 years, 3 months, 12 days
Birth: 14 Feb 1844 Canada
Death Date: 26 May 1918
Death Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; County Hospital, 1100 Mission Rd.
Cause: Nephrolithiasis & Pyonephrosis (Nephrectomy); Contributory Chronic Interstitial Nephritis, Chronic Cystitis
Spouse: Mary Lamport
Father: B Lamport, b. England
Mother: Mary Force, b. England [Canada]
Informant: County Hospital
Burial: Soldier's Home, Sawtelle
City Death Cert.#: 3118
(Son Liston's death cert lists birth at "Woodsock," Canada, with Mryta as informant; Woodstock, Ontario)
Historical Biography, 1886
Vincennes Township, Knox Co., Indiana.
THOMAS V. LAMPORT was born in Woodstock, Canada, February 14, 1844, son of Benjamin and Mary (Force) Lamport, born in England and Canada respectively. Thomas V. was raised on a farm in Kankakee County, Ill., where the father moved in 1847. He first engaged in the livery business in Momence, Ill., and in 1872 came to Knox County, Ind. and farmed one year. He then became manager of John Loten's lumber yard and remained such two years. In the spring of 1876 he established a similar business under the firm name of T.V. Lamport & Co.; a year later merged into Dalton & Lamport. In 1882 he engaged in his present business and has met with well-deserved success. January, 1869, he married Mary C. Crews, a native of Missouri. They have five children: Myrta M., Liston W., Mary A., Lora M., and Lester. Mr. Lamport is a Republican and a member of the Baptist Church.
BENJAMIN LAMPORT was born in Woodstock, Canada August 30, 1846. He is the brother and partner of T.V. Lamport and secured a common school education in Kankakee County, Ill. In 1872 he took for his companion through life Angeline Crews, of Missouri, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1878, when he accepted the position as manager of the branch lumber yards of Dalton & Lamport at Lawrenceville, Ill., remaining there two years. In 1883 he came to Vincennes and engaged in his present business, sharing the success of the business with his brother. Mr. Lamport's married life has been blessed with one son named Elmer C. Mr. Lamport is a Republican and a member of the Royal Arcanum society, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. The firm deal in lumber, shingles, doors, blinds and all goods pertaining to their line of business. Thomas began dealing in lumber in 1882, and the spring following Benjamin engaged in the business, and they have since conducted affairs very successfully; $50,000 per annum is a fair estimate on their sales. They have five men employed besides themselves, and also have a coal agency for John D. La Croix of this city. T.V. Lamport is the founder of all the present lumber interests of the city of Vincennes.
(History of Knox & Daviess Counties, Indiana, Biographical Sketches Vincennes Township, p 359, 350, Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886; transcribed by Susan Locken)
(preferred her middle name, Myrta)
Daughter of Thomas Victor Lamport and Mary Crews
Marriages
1. To Charles Alfred Duncan
On 11 Oct 1893 at Winfield, Kansas
(divorce Nov 1904)
2. To Elmer Clarke Comer
On 19 April 1910 at Santa Barbara, California
(divorce Feb 1925)
Death Notice
Myrta Lamport Comer, beloved mother of Robert Gordon; sister of Adelle L. Doane of St. Louis, MO; Lora May Comer and Liston Will Lamport of this city. Services Tuesday, 2 p.m. from the chapel of Maynes Mortuary, 630 Venice Boulevard. (Los Angeles Times, Sun., 10 Nov 1935, p.36)
California Death Index
Name: Myrta L Comer
Age: 64 (b. abt 1871)
Death Date: 7 Nov 1935
Death Place: San Diego Co., California
Siblings
Mabel Myrta Lamport (1870-1935)
Liston William Lamport (1873-1939)
Mary Adelle Lamport Doane (1875-1963)
Lora May Lamport Comer (1877-1955)
Lester Crews Lamport (1885-1917)
Census
1870 Census, Momence, Kankakee, Illinois, June 4, P.O. Momence
-Thomas Lamport 27, b. Canada, Livery Keeper, value real estate $3000, personal estate $4000.
-Mary Lamport 21, b. MO, keeps house
-Bertha [Merta]* Lamport, 1mo, b. May, b. IL
-Elisabeth Cruse, 13, adopted child, b. MO
-Matilda Lambart, 16, servant, b. IL
1880 Census, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana; Vigo Street
-Thomas Lamport, head, 34, b. England, parents England, Lumber Dealer.
-Mary Lamport, wife, 32, b. MO, father IN, mother KY
-Myrta* Lamport, dau, 10, b. IL, father England, mother MO
-William Lamport, son, 7, b. IN, father England, mother MO
-Della Lamport 5, b. IN, "
-Lora Lamport, dau, 2, b. IN, "
-Lizzie Crews, sis-in-law, 23, b. MO, father IN, mother KY
-Mary Ackbert, servant, IN, parents France
1895 Census, Winfield, Cowley, Kansas
(Myrta not in home; has married Charles Duncan)
-Thomas V Lamport, 50, b. Canada, Lumberman
-Mary Lamport, 47, b. MO
-Della Lamport 20, b. IN
-Laura Lamport 17, b. IN, Musician
-Lester C Lamport 9, b. IN
-plus 1 housekeeper
1900 Census, Braman, Kay, Oklahoma; Broadway
-Charles A Duncan, head, 32, Feb 6, 1862, b. KY, father KY, mother TN, Retail Lumber
-Myrta* Duncan, wife, 30, June 1, 1870, married 7 yrs, 1 child born, 1 living, b. IL, father Canada, mother MO.
-Marion L Duncan, son, 5, Mar 3, 1895, b. KS
-George H Duncan, brother, 27, Aug 1872, b. KY, father KY, mother TN, Grain buyer
1900 Census, Winfield Ward 2, Cowley, Kansas; 1304 South Millington Street (Myrta's family)
-P V Lamport, head, 56, Feb 1844, b. Canada, father England, mother Canada, Lumber Merchant.
-Mary Lamport, wife, 52, Jan 1848, married 33 yrs, 5 children born, 5 living, b. MO, father NC, mother KY
-Lora [Lora written over Lester] Lamport, dau, 21, Aug 1878, b. IN, father Canada, mother MO
-Lester Lamport, son, 14, Jun 1885, b. IN, father Canada, mother MO
-plus 2 boarders & 1 servant
1905 Census, Winfield, Cowley, Kansas
-Myrta* L Duncan, female, 34, b. IN, bookkeeper
-Marion L Duncan, male, 10, b. KS
-T V Lamport, male, 61, b. Canada, wholesale lumberman
-Mary C Lamport 57, b. MO
-Florence Holmes, 23, b KS
1910 Census, Campo twp, San Diego, California
-Elmer Comer, head, 38, b. NY [MO], Apiary Farmer Game & Apiary farm.
-Myrtle* [Myrta] L Comer, wife, 37, b. IL
-Marion Comer, son, 15, b. KS
-plus 3 hired hands.
1920 Census, Los Angeles Assembly District 63, Los Angeles, California; 1736 Wilcox Ave
-E Clark Comer, head, 45, b. MO, father MO, mother IN, Real Estate.
-Myrta L Comer, wife, 48, b. IL, father Canada, mother MO
1930 Census, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Hotel Figueroa, 939 Figueroa
-Myrta L Comer 59, divorced, b. IL, father Canada, mother MO
California Marriage Certificate
Groom: Elmer Comer, 35; born Missouri; resides South Bend, IN; occupation Real Estate.
Bride: Myrta Lamport Duncan, 34, born Illinois; resides Atlanta, GA; occupation Music Teacher; maiden name Myrta Lamport.
Marriage Date: 19 Apr 1910
Marriage Place: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
Groom's Father: A.C. Comer, b. MO
Groom's Mother: Hannah E. Coughren, b. IN
Bride's Father: Vict Lamport, b. IL
Bride's Mother: Mary Crews, b. MO
Directory of Real Estate Brokers & Salesmen
-E. Clarke Comer, 6522 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles
Broker License # 5768 issued 13 Jan 1922
Doing Business as E. Clarke Comer's United Offices of Cal.
-Myrta L. Comer, Salesman Licence #3851, issued 13 Jan 1922
(with E. Clarke Comer's United Offices of Cal.)
Florida Passenger List, 926
-Myrta L Comer, born Monence, IL June 11 1860, (1900 census lists birth June 1, 1870), Resides Los Angeles.
Ship: SS Cuba
Departure: April 13, 1926 Havana, Cuba
Arrival: April 13, 1926 Key West
News Notes
-Mrs Myrta Duncan was granted a decree of divorce from Chas. Duncan Wednesday on the charge of extreme cruelty. She gets the child and $3,000.00 alimony. (The Winfield Daily Free Press, Winfield, KS, Fri., 4 Nov, 1904, p.5.)
-Mrs Myrta Duncan leaves KS 8 Sep 1905 for Lamar, Colorado to begin her work as principal in the college of music. (The Winfield Daily Free Press, Winfield, KS, Fri., 8 Sep 1905, p.8.)
-Mrs Myrta Duncan and son, Marion, arrived this afternoon from Los Angeles, CA to visit her parents Mr. & Mrs T.V. Lamport. (The Winfield Daily Free Press, Winfield, KS, Tue., 31 Dec 1907, p.4.)
-Divorce decree granted yesterday to Mrs Myrta L Comer from Elmer Clarke Comer, active Hollywood realty man, whose attentions had turned to Myrta's sister Lora May Lamport, concert singer. (Los Angeles Times, Sun., 1 Mar 1925, p. 58)
Myrta's Parents
Illinois, Marriage Index
Groom: Thomas V Lamport
Bride: Mary C Crews
Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1869
Marriage Place: Kankakee Co., Illinois
Brother
California Death Index
Name: Lester C Lamport
Age: 32 (b. 1885)
Death Date: 5 Nov 1917
Death Place: Alameda co., California
(Have death notice; RR brakeman Southern Pacific RR; was killed in railroad accident; had wife & little daughter)
TESTIMONY TAKEN IN $50,000 DAMAGE SUIT
Testimony was taken today before a jury in Judge Monroe's court in the suit in which Mrs. Edith S. Lamport sought to recover $50,000 damages from the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. because of the death of her husband, Lester C. Lamport, a switchman, who was run down by a car in the yards at West Oakland Nov. 6 last. (Los Angeles Herald, 16 April 1918, p 27)
Continue $50,000 Suit Against S. P.
With a Jury Impaneled and part of the testimony taken, the trial of the $50,000 damage suit against the Southern Pacific Co,, growing out of the death of Lester C. Lamport, a switchman, will be resumed next Monday In Judge Houser’s court. The plaintiff was Edith S. Lamport, the widow, acting as administratrix of Lamport’s estate and their daughter, Mercedes Adell Lamport, aged 6. Lamport was killed in the railroad yards in West Oakland when hit by a freight car Nov, 6, 1917. The company sought to show that Lamport was negligent. A former trial of the same action resulted In a disagreement of the Jury. (Los Angeles Evening Herald, 27 July 1918, p.2)
His wife won the case; then the RR appealed to the California Supreme Court; Court upheld that RR was clearly negligent.
Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California, Volume 183. By California. Supreme Court, pp 326-328, 21 Jul 1920. Edith S. Lamport v. Southern Pacific Company. Southern Pacific appealed to the CA Supreme Court a judgment made against them in a Los Angeles court for their negligence that caused death of Lester Lamport, RR Switchman . Supreme Court agreed RR was negligent. (While Lamport was properly performing duty in clear view, a train, directed by a signalman who had clear view of Lamport, backed over Lamport killing him in Oakland, CA.)
Also, California Decisions, Volume 60, Jul-Dec 1920, By California. Supreme Court, p. 77.
1920 Census, Dodge Ward 3, Ford, Kansas; 1004 Fourth Avenue
-Emerson L Brown, head, 56, b. IA, Conductor RR
-Viola B Brown, wife, 56, b. IN, parents IN
-Edith Lamport, dau-in-law, 36, b. IA, father MO, mother IN
-Mercedes A Lamport, granddau, 8, b. KS, father CA [IN], mother IA.
Lester's Wife
Edith Valentine Smith Lamport Tenbrink
(Daughter of George Smith & Viola Belle McKiernan Smith Brown)
Born Farmington, Iowa, 1883
Artist
The art of Edith Valentine Tenbrink was locked away for three decades after the death of her husband in 1963. There were 47 paintings, and they were left in a suitcase with wax paper between each painting. Edith V. Tenbrink signed her paintings "E.V.T."
According to the artist, her art was inspired by Obadiah, the Biblical prophet. Obadiah is the shortest book in the Bible and arguably one of the most mysterious books because there is no history on Obadiah.
She was born February 14th, 1883, in Iowa, and she began painting about 1935 inspired by a trip she and her husband took to India. They became involved with the Sai Baba belief through a a young man named V.K. Gokak, who was a college student at Oxford at the time. (askart.com)
California, Death Index
Name: Edith V Tenbrink
Birth: 14 Feb 1883
Death: 14 May 1963 Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: McCurime [McKiernan]
Edith's 2nd Husband
California, Death Index
Name: John H Tenbrink
Birth: 8 May 1875 Ohio
Death: 7 Jan 1966 Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Hoppe
Lester & Edith's Daughter 89173631
California Death Certificate
Name: Mercedes Adele Lamport
Age: 9 years, 5 months
Birth: 20 Jan 1911 at Parsons, Kansas
Death Date: 20 Jun 1920
Death Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California; 621 W 5th.
Cause: Ptomaine poisoning from eating "hot dog" sandwich made of ground meat.
Residence at Place of death: 14 days.
Usual Residence: Dodge City, Kansas
Father: Lester Crews [Lamport], b. CA [IN]
Mother: Edith Smith, born Farmington, Iowa
Informant: Edith Lamport Tenbrick
Burial: 24 Jun 1920 Long Beach
Los Angeles Co. Cert.#: 2465
Father
Thomas Victor Lamport
Born 14 Feb 1844 Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario
Son of Benjamin Lamport, Sr., b. England & Mary Force, b. Canada
California, Death Certificate
Name: Thomas V Lamport
Age: 74 years, 3 months, 12 days
Birth: 14 Feb 1844 Canada
Death Date: 26 May 1918
Death Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; County Hospital, 1100 Mission Rd.
Cause: Nephrolithiasis & Pyonephrosis (Nephrectomy); Contributory Chronic Interstitial Nephritis, Chronic Cystitis
Spouse: Mary Lamport
Father: B Lamport, b. England
Mother: Mary Force, b. England [Canada]
Informant: County Hospital
Burial: Soldier's Home, Sawtelle
City Death Cert.#: 3118
(Son Liston's death cert lists birth at "Woodsock," Canada, with Mryta as informant; Woodstock, Ontario)
Historical Biography, 1886
Vincennes Township, Knox Co., Indiana.
THOMAS V. LAMPORT was born in Woodstock, Canada, February 14, 1844, son of Benjamin and Mary (Force) Lamport, born in England and Canada respectively. Thomas V. was raised on a farm in Kankakee County, Ill., where the father moved in 1847. He first engaged in the livery business in Momence, Ill., and in 1872 came to Knox County, Ind. and farmed one year. He then became manager of John Loten's lumber yard and remained such two years. In the spring of 1876 he established a similar business under the firm name of T.V. Lamport & Co.; a year later merged into Dalton & Lamport. In 1882 he engaged in his present business and has met with well-deserved success. January, 1869, he married Mary C. Crews, a native of Missouri. They have five children: Myrta M., Liston W., Mary A., Lora M., and Lester. Mr. Lamport is a Republican and a member of the Baptist Church.
BENJAMIN LAMPORT was born in Woodstock, Canada August 30, 1846. He is the brother and partner of T.V. Lamport and secured a common school education in Kankakee County, Ill. In 1872 he took for his companion through life Angeline Crews, of Missouri, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1878, when he accepted the position as manager of the branch lumber yards of Dalton & Lamport at Lawrenceville, Ill., remaining there two years. In 1883 he came to Vincennes and engaged in his present business, sharing the success of the business with his brother. Mr. Lamport's married life has been blessed with one son named Elmer C. Mr. Lamport is a Republican and a member of the Royal Arcanum society, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. The firm deal in lumber, shingles, doors, blinds and all goods pertaining to their line of business. Thomas began dealing in lumber in 1882, and the spring following Benjamin engaged in the business, and they have since conducted affairs very successfully; $50,000 per annum is a fair estimate on their sales. They have five men employed besides themselves, and also have a coal agency for John D. La Croix of this city. T.V. Lamport is the founder of all the present lumber interests of the city of Vincennes.
(History of Knox & Daviess Counties, Indiana, Biographical Sketches Vincennes Township, p 359, 350, Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886; transcribed by Susan Locken)
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