Anna Lamon, wife of Jerome Sternberg Sr, was born 3 June 1903 in Savannah, Georgia, to John Evans Lamon and Ann Nora Jacobs. She was the youngest of six children who survived infancy; there were two others who were born after Anna (in 1906 and 1907) but who did not survive. One died immediately at birth; the other lived three days before dying. Neither were named. A sibling born in 1898, Fred, lived only a year. All are buried in the Laurel Grove Cemetery in Savannah along with their parents and four other siblings.
In 1910, the Lamons lived at 530 Montgomery Street. (That building no longer exists.) All six children were at home, and according to this census, they were the only six left of 16 children born to Anna Nora Jacobs Lamon, Annie's mother. We can only speculate how Annie's mother lost 10 of her children. It seems unimaginable. The number may have been erroneously recorded, but one would have to look elsewhere for confirmation. Below is a segment of the Savannah census record for 1910.
From this source you can see that Anna's father, John was 42, his wife Nora was 38 and they had been married for 20 years. Next to Nora's name are the numbers 16 and 6; the first column is #children born to this woman and the second column is #children living. And you can see the six surviving children: John, Walter, Harry, Leroy, Anna, and Nettie.
Nettie and Anna are listed as the same age here as well as in 1920, but I don't think they were twins. There is a discrepancy in their ages in two places; though they are the same age in both early census records, Anna was listed as 27 in the 1930 census and 37 in 1940 when she died. Someone else's family tree on ancestry.com shows her birth date as 3 June 1903. I have no records that support that date, but perhaps her death certificate would show it. That could possibly be obtained in Savannah.
Another part of the census record shows the occupation of the people in the house.
You will note that John Lamon works in a pool room and that John Jr. and Walter Lamon are both clerks for a railroad. That railroad may have been the Central Georgia Railway. the one that John Sr. worked for at this time, according to the Savannah City Directory. Therefore, the pool room was not his only occupation. In fact, the directory names him as proprietor of that business.
From this record you can also see that the Lamons had a live-in servant, Rosa B. Johnson, a 20 year-old black woman (race is "B") who is married but has no children. She is listed as their cook.
In 1910, the Lamons lived at 530 Montgomery Street. (That building no longer exists.) All six children were at home, and according to this census, they were the only six left of 16 children born to Anna Nora Jacobs Lamon, Annie's mother. We can only speculate how Annie's mother lost 10 of her children. It seems unimaginable. The number may have been erroneously recorded, but one would have to look elsewhere for confirmation. Below is a segment of the Savannah census record for 1910.
Nettie and Anna are listed as the same age here as well as in 1920, but I don't think they were twins. There is a discrepancy in their ages in two places; though they are the same age in both early census records, Anna was listed as 27 in the 1930 census and 37 in 1940 when she died. Someone else's family tree on ancestry.com shows her birth date as 3 June 1903. I have no records that support that date, but perhaps her death certificate would show it. That could possibly be obtained in Savannah.
Another part of the census record shows the occupation of the people in the house.
You will note that John Lamon works in a pool room and that John Jr. and Walter Lamon are both clerks for a railroad. That railroad may have been the Central Georgia Railway. the one that John Sr. worked for at this time, according to the Savannah City Directory. Therefore, the pool room was not his only occupation. In fact, the directory names him as proprietor of that business.
From this record you can also see that the Lamons had a live-in servant, Rosa B. Johnson, a 20 year-old black woman (race is "B") who is married but has no children. She is listed as their cook.
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