Person:Herbert Homes (2)

Herbert Bridge Homes was born in New Orleans. He graduated from Boys High School.

As a young man he went to Texas and married Ella Morgan. We know little of their marriage except that they had a son, Herbert Morgan Homes. They divorced before 1910 when Herbert was living alone in New Orleans.

In 1920 he is listed as President of Herbert B Homes Co., Inc. (stationary supplies) and living at 2132 Milan Street. The company would become Herbert B. Homes Printing Company, and later was known as Homes Printing Company.

According to his obituary he was active in local politics, running for mayor in 1933-34. He was a jury commissioner by appointment during the administrations of Gov. John M. Parker and Henry L. Fuqua. At one time he was 12th Ward leader for the New Regulars political organization. He was former president of the John McDonogh Foundation. He was active in activities concerning public schools and was the originator of the first radio spelling bee of the local public school system.

He died Saturday morning at 8AM in Hancock General Hospital, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. He was 85 years old. He was buried next to his wife Elizabeth at Garden of Memories Cemetery.

1. ↑ New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899.

   Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899. [database online] Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2002. Original data: State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA.

2. ↑ Orleans Parish Birth Index.
3. ↑ New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899 (2).
4. ↑ World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (3).
5. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census (2).
6. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census (3). (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - Washington, D.C.: Nation)
   Year: 1920; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 12, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: T625_623; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 217; Image: 1037.

   http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1920usfedcen&h=60640932&ti=0&indiv=try||Name: Herbert B Homes
   Birth: abt 1877
   Louisiana
   Residence: 1920
   New Orleans Ward 12, Orleans, Louisiana
   
   http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=60640932&ti=0&indiv=try

7. ↑ World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (4). (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.Original data - Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls.Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Dr)
   Registration Location: Orleans County, Louisiana; Roll: 1684926; Draft Board: 13.

   http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ww1draft&h=31775465&ti=0&indiv=try||Name: Herbert Bridge Homes
   Birth: 15 Aug 1876
   Residence: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
   
   http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ww1draft&h=31775465&ti=0&indiv=try

8. ↑ 1920 U.S. Census, Louisiana, Orleans Parish.

   Vol. 42, ED 217, Sheet 10, Line 11

9. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census.

   Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1920 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1920 Federal Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. New Orleans Ward 12, Orleans, Louisiana, ED , roll , page , image 1037.