Elmyra Faulk

Elmyra Faulk was born on April 28, 1879 in Milton, Florida
to
Asa Faulk and Charity Fortune.  She had a daughter with
Benjamin Jere Hudson, Irene, on March 12, 1904.  On
January 8, 1909, Elmyra married Peter Johannes Rasmussen
in Milton, Florida.  Peter raised Irene as his own daughter. 
In addition to Irene, Elmyra and Peter had six children:
Edna Ruth, Christine Daisy, Inez Mary, Carl Joseph,
Eunice Victoria, and Marion Ethel.

Peter was struck and killed by a car near the Anclote River Bridge
inTarpon Springs, Florida about 7:30 pm on December 22, 1935.
He was buried in Anclote Cemetery, Tarpon Springs, Florida.
Elmyra died September 24, 1941 in Tarpon Springs, Florida as
a result of a cerebral hemmorrhage.  She was buried in Anclote
Cemetery, Tarpon Springs, Florida.


Irene Rasmussen was born on March 12, 1904 in Santa
Rosa County, Florida.  Irene had two husbands.  Her first
husband was Anthony "Tony" Thomas.  They were married
December 2, 1925.  Tony was the second cousin of Edna's
husband, James Eston Lang.  Irene and Tony had five
children: Marvin Lyle (Born Septmeber 25, 1927),
Joseph Adrian (Born September 1, 1926), Harold
Eugene (Born November 9, 1928), Betty Lou
(Born December 2, 1929), and Clara Jean
(Born May 9, 1931).  Tony and Irene separated in 1939. 
In June 1941 Irene married Frank Butler.
They were together for ten years.  They separated in 1951. 
Irene died in November 1992.

Edna Ruth Rasmussen

Christine Daisy Rasmussen
was born on March 19, 1913 in
Santa Rosa County, Florida. She was named after her
father's sister Christine who lived in Denmark.  She married
Ira Brady in December, 1936.  She also married Kenneth
Kohler.  Her last husband was Al White. Although she
was married several times, she never had any children. 
Christine remained close with her sister Inez.  The two even
traveled to Havana, Cuba in 1946 with friends.
She died in January, 1983.

Inez Mary Rasmussen was born on January 1, 1915 in Milton, Florida.  She married several times.  She married Edgar Neal SMith on April 1, 1950 in Chesterfield, South Carolina.  After Edgar's death she married Leroy Wisehart on July 15, 1977 in Chesapeak, Virginia.  She died on May 12, 1986 in Ahoskie, North Carolina.  She was buried beside Edgar in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Carl Joseph Rasmussen
was born on April 15, 1917 in Santa Rosa County, Florida.  He married Dovie Mae Tidwell who was born in  1910 in Alabama.  Together they had three children: a son who died as an infant (Born and died  May 10, 1945), Faye Elmira (Born October 19, 1941) and Carlene (Born December 18, 1948). Carl died on October 1, 1967 and was buried in the Rasmussen family plot at Anclote Cemetery in Tarpon Springs, Florida.  Dovie died in 1987 and was buried beside her husband.

Eunice Victoria Rasmussen was born on August 31, 1918 in Milton, Florida.  On August 24, 1936, she had a son. A.W. Rasmussen.  She later married William E. Tucker.  She lived and worked in Tarpon Springs most of her life.  Eunice died on August 6, 1972 in Dunedin, Florida and was buried in the Ramussen family plot in Anclote Cemetery.

Marion Ethel Rasmussen was born on December 16, 1924 in Tarpon Springs, Florida.  Marion's first husband was William "Bill" Green.  She died on October 31, 2001 and her ashes were buried at the foot of her father's grave in Anclote Cemetery in Tarpon Springs, Florida.


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