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Lulu May (McFall) 1883 - 1931

Lulu May (McFall) Kennedy of Redlands, California United States was born in 1883 in Noblesville, IN, and died at age 48 years old in 1931 in Redlands, CA.

Lulu May (McFall) Kennedy

Her name was often mispelled as Lula or Mary

Redlands, California United States

1883

Noblesville, Indiana, United States

1931

Redlands, California, United States

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Introduction

Lulu May McFall was born to parents of long Quaker lineage (Bradfield/McFall). She married Harry P. Kennedy in the late 1800s and had four children with him. Harry died young of "consumption", leaving a 26 year old Lulu May to raise their four children. She took in laundry and there was talk of adopting out the children, but after the children begged to keep the family together, they managed to keep the household together. The eldest, Evert, enlisted in military service and served in WWI, returning to marry and have a daughter and continued to live in Washington DC until his death in the 1970s. The eldest daughter, Lena, went to business school after high school and paid her way by staying with a local pastor's family and caring for the children. Elsie, the next in line married at age 16 and the youngest was Fred. It is difficult to find verifiable documentation of what happened to him. in 1917, Lulu remarried to a local man, David Clarence Conley who had 6 children with his wife, before she left her family to move in with a man literally across the street and have more children with him. David was an athiest, and Lulu attended the United Brethren church close to her house. Lena referred to United Brethren as "Quaker Lite". In 1924, Lulu and David, as well as Lena and Joseph, and Elsie and Leonard, and Fred started a cross-country trip to Los Angeles, CA, via a tent city in Alburquerque, NM. Lulu became ill with tuberculosis and died in 1931 in Redlands, CA. She is buried in the old Redlands cemetery in an unmarked grave. One memory from Lena about her mother Lulu was that each spring she would allow herself 10 yards of white cotton muslin fabric from which to make a new dress for Easter. Lena married one of David Conley's sons, Joseph Dewy, Conley.
1883

Birthday

1883

Birthdate

Noblesville, Indiana United States

Birthplace

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Religious Beliefs

Lulu came from a Quaker background on her mother's side (Bradfield). Lena, her daughter said that they attended the United Brethren church which was closer to their house, and she called it "Quaker Lite".
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After Lulu's husband, Harry Kennedy, died in 1909 she took in laundry to try to continue to feed and house her four children. There had been talk of sending the children to an orphanage, but the children begged her and promised to help out in any way. The eldest son, started working as soon as he could. Lena graduated from high school and went to business school, paying her way by caring for the local pastors children and helping around the house. Lulu remarried in 1917. Her daughter, Elsie also married in 1917.
1931

Death

1931

Death date

Tuberculosis

Cause of death

Redlands, California United States
Death location

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Lulu May (McFall) lived 24 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 48.

The average age of a McFall family member is 72.

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