Mable Harriet Scholz Carty 1903-1958

Mable was the daughter of Adolph Scholz and Rosina Muecke. She was the 8th child, born 14 February 1903 in Inskip, Knoxville, Tennessee. A year later Mabel was baptized in the First Lutheran Church.

Name	Mabel Harriet Scholz
Baptism Age	1
Record Type	Baptism
Birth Date	19 Feb 1903
Birth Place	Knox County, Tennessee
Baptism Date	7 Aug 1904
Baptism Place	Knoxville, Tennessee
Father	Adolph Scholz
Mother	Rosa Mücke

Her godparents were her uncle and aunt, Julius and Julia Schwenke. Julia was the sister of her mother, Rosa Mücke. The same year her younger brother Walter was born.

In 1905, she and her family moved across country to a farm in Dusty, Whitman County, Washington. Her younger brother, Robert was born a year later, in 1906. The first census Mabel appeared on was the one in 1910.

Name	Mabel Scholz
Age in 1910	7
Birth Date	1903
Birthplace	Tennessee
Home in 1910	Dusty, Whitman, Washington, USA
Sheet Number	7a
Street	Alkali
Race	White
Gender	Female
Relation to Head of House	Daughter
Marital Status	Single
Father’s Birthplace	Austria
Mother’s Birthplace	Austria
Enumeration District Number	0267
Enumerated Year	1910
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Name	Age
Adolf Scholz	45
Rosie Scholz	45
Albert Scholz	19
Frank Scholz	17
Earnest Scholz	15
Rosa Scholz	13
Agness Scholz	12
John Scholz	10
Mabel Scholz	7
Walter Scholz	6
Robert Scholz	4

Mabel was 7 years old. Her older siblings had already attended school and could read and write. Her parent’s birth place was given as Austria, even though her father’s was from Prussia. In 1920 Mabel was 16 years old and she lived with her parents in Dusty. She still had not attended school, however she was able to read and write.

Name	Mabel Scholz
Age	16
Birth Year	abt 1904
Birthplace	Tennessee
Home in 1920	Dusty, Whitman, Washington
Street	Dusty-Colfax Highway
Residence Date	1920
Race	White
Gender	Female
Relation to Head of House	Daughter
Marital Status	Single
Father’s Name	A A Scholz
Father’s Birthplace	Austria
Mother’s Name	Rosa Scholz
Mother’s Birthplace	Austria
Able to Speak English	Yes
Attended School	No
Able to read	Yes
Able to Write	Yes
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Name	Age
A A Scholz	54
Rosa Scholz	54
Ernest Scholz	25
John Scholz	20
Mabel Scholz	6
Walter Scholz	15
Robert Scholz	13

All of Mabel’s siblings got married, had children and went onto farming. She was the exception. Mabel decided that farming was not for her, so she moved to Los Angeles, California. I have not been able to find her in the 1930 Census, however I found her in the 1936 California Voter Registration.

Name	Miss Mable H Scholz
Residence Date	1936
Street Address	427 S Westlake av
Residence Place	Los Angeles, California, USA
Party Affiliation	Democrat
Occupation	Operator

Mabel also had a souvenir from the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

I did find her in the 1940 Census. She was a machine operator at a clothing manufacturing company.

Name	Mabel Sholz
Respondent	Yes
Age	37
Estimated Birth Year	abt 1903
Gender	Female
Race	White
Birthplace	Tennessee
Marital Status	Single
Relation to Head of House	Lodger
Home in 1940	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Map of Home in 1940	Los Angeles,Los Angeles,California
Street	So Hobart Avenue
Inferred Residence in 1935	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Residence in 1935	Los Angeles
Resident on farm in 1935	No
Sheet Number	18A
Occupation	Machine Operator
Attended School or College	No
Highest Grade Completed	High School, 2nd year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census	40
Class of Worker	Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939	40
Income	750
Income Other Sources	No
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Mable married the love of her life, Ray Lawrence Carty, 18 January 1940 in Clark County, Nevada.

In 1950 they still lived happily in Los Angeles.

Name	Mabel Carty
Age	47
Birth Date	abt 1903
Gender	Female
Race	White
Birth Place	Tennessee
Marital Status	Married
Relation to Head of House	Wife
Residence Date	1950
Home in 1950	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Street Name	W 14th St
House Number	2214
Dwelling Number	314
Farm	No
Acres	No
Occupation	Power Machine Operator
Industry	Dress Factory
Occupation Category	Working
Hours Worked	40
Worker Class	Private
Institution Type	Large Flat
Household Members (Name)AgeRelationshipLawerence Carty51HeadMabel Carty47Wife

In 1955 Mabel travelled back to Washington for a family reunion. In the picture she is the lady with the pretty dress. Her brother Frank was absent and her father Adolph had died in 1939.

Just three years later Mabel died of cancer at the Queen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles. According to the death certificate she had lived there since 1925.

She is buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County.

Time Line for Mable

• 1903 Born in Inskip, Tennessee
• 1904 Baptized In Knoxville, Tennessee
• 1904 Birth of Brother Walter
• 1905 Moved to Dusty, Washington
• 1906 Birth of Brother Robert
• 1910 Lived in Dusty
• 1920 Lived in Dusty
• 1925 Moved to Los Angeles
• 1932 Attended the Olympic Games in Los Angeles
• 1941 Married Ray Lawrence Carty in Nevada
• 1955 Family Reunion in Washington
• 1958 Died in Los Angeles

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