Résumé

Architectural Draftsman, Newsom Brothers, Los Angeles, CA, 1887. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1887, p. 259.)

Architectural Draftsman, Los Angeles, CA, 1888. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library, California History Section; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4 - 2A; CSL Roll Number: 20; FHL Roll Number: 977994, accessed 10/25/2017.)

Partner, Colley and Lemme, Architects, San Francisco, CA, c. 1895.

Draftsman, Reid Brothers, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1903. (See Crocker-LangleySan Francisco, California, City Directory, 1903, p. 1102.)

Principal, Emile Lemme, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1914. (SeeCrocker-LangleySan Francisco, California, City Directory, 1914, p. 1128.)

Structural Engineer, San Francisco, CA, 1920. (SeeAncestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 28, San Francisco, California; Roll: T625_141; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 289, accessed 10/25/2017.)

Professional Activities

Emile Lemme was a Registered Architect in CA's Northern District in 1909.

College

B.S., Architectural Engineering, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1886.

Relocation

Born in IA, c. 1863, Emile S. Lemme resided in Davenport, IA, in 1870. According to the US Census of 1870, the Lemme household included Edward, Henriette, Emile, a domestic servant, Lotte M. Gosch (born c. 1853 in Holstein, Germany), and Frederike Ehrig (born c. 1832 in Holstein, Germany), who may have been a relative. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1870; Census Place: Davenport Ward 3, Scott, Iowa; Roll: M593_418; Page: 235B; Family History Library Film: 545917, accessed 10/25/2017.) He continued to live in Davenport in 1876. In 1880, the family resided at 220 West 6th Street in Davenport. Emile was a 17-year-old student in 1880. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: Davenport, Scott, Iowa; Roll: 364; Family History Film: 1254364; Page: 581A; Enumeration District: 275, accessed 10/25/2017.)

Emile spent approximately from 1881 until 1886 living in Champaign-Urbana, IL, while attending the University of Illinois.

One year after graduating from the University of Illinois, in 1887, he had moved west to Los Angeles, CA. He lived at 441 South Los Angeles Street, according to the Los Angeles, CA, City Directory of 1887, (p. 259). He registered to vote in Los Angeles County on 03/21/1888. His address at this time was 627 South Fort Street in Los Angeles. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library, California History Section; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4 - 2A; CSL Roll Number: 20; FHL Roll Number: 977994, accessed 10/25/2017.)

Emile lived at 4 Yerba Buena Street in San Francisco with his parents in 1892.

In 1898-1899, he seems to have lived temporarily in Stockton, CA. Here, he rented a front room on the first floor at 519 East Miner Street in Stockton, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library, California History Section; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4 - 2A; CSL Roll Number: 121; FHL Roll Number: 977283, accessed 10/25/2017.) At this time, another architect, William E. Lemme, who lived at 119 West Oak Street, also worked in Stockton. (See Stockton, California, City Directory, 1898-1899, p. 198.)

Two years later, he lived at 474 Eddy Street in San Francisco. From at least 1901 until 1904, he made his residence at 204 Hickory Avenue in that city. (SeeCrocker-LangleySan Francisco, California, City Directory, 1901, p. 1083 andCrocker-LangleySan Francisco, California, City Directory, 1904,p. 1112.)

From at least 1907 until his death in 1921, Lemme lived at 337 7th Avenue in San Francisco. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information, U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, accessed 10/25/2017.) His widow continued to live at 337 7th in 1925. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1925, p. 1132.)

Parents

His father was Edward (Anglicized to Edward in many American documents) Lemme (born c. 1814 in either Hamburg or Holstein, Germany-d. 08/25/1907 in Davenport, IA), his mother, Henriette Lemme (born 09/29/1818 in either Hamburg or Holstein, Germany-d. 08/04/1881 in Davenport, IA). In 1870, Edward worked as a store clerk; by 1876, Edward was listed on a ship's manifest as a merchant. The 1880 US Census indicated that Edward worked as a clerk in a hardware store. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: Davenport, Scott, Iowa; Roll: 364; Family History Film: 1254364; Page: 581A; Enumeration District: 275, accessed 10/25/2017.)

Both parents were buried in Oakdale Cemetery in Davenport, IA.

Spouse

He married Alberta "Bertha" Eskew Lemme (born 06/05/1868-d. 01/09/1946 in San Francisco, CA). Her mother's maiden name was Hagan. She would marry a man named O'Connell sometime between 1925 and 1946.

Biographical Notes

Lemme traveled aboard the S.S. Wieland, a ship in the fleet of the Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft, between Hamburg, Germany to New York, NY, departing from the former city on 09/20/1876. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Staatsarchiv Hamburg; Hamburg, Deutschland; Hamburger Passagierlisten; Microfilm No.: K_1721, accessed 10/25/2017.)

According to voter's registration documents, Emile stood 5-feet, 9-inches tall, and had a light complexion, gray eyes and light hair. He had a scar on the back of his left wrist. His father, who also registered to vote in 1892, stood 5-feet, 3 and 1/2-inches tall. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library, California History Section; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4 - 2A; CSL Roll Number: 88; FHL Roll Number: 977607, accessed 10/25/2017.)

In 1912, Emile and his wife Alberta both were registered as voting with the Socialist Party.