Help me find this person please?

Question

I hit a dead end in my family tree. My mom's grandmother. My great aunt said something about her being adopted (she might not have been adopted officially. I'm not sure.).

Note: I am not sure of the spellings because this was by word of mouth.

Her name was Clara.

Her last name was Nichols (but this was not her birth name I believe).

She married Herschel Summerlin.

Both she and Herschel probably were married and/or born in Georgia or the surrounding area.

Some of their children's names were John, Mary and Lucy.

Son John was born in August 1931. (This is the only time frame I can give you. I don't know their ages).

I believe there was something about Clara's grandfather (or a male ancestor) coming from Europe.

This is all the main information I can think of right now. If you need more, ask and I'll see if I can find out but this is pretty much all I have. Sorry. Please help. Thanks.

Answer 1

Mr and Mrs John V. Nichols, of Jesup, Ga, announce the engagement of their daughter, Clara Geneva, to Mr Hershel V. Summerlin of Savannah, Ga, the wedding to take place in the early spring.

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The 1910 census shows her as being age 11, yet her parents John and Catherine married only 8 years.  

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the 1930 Census shows the household contains:

Hershal V Summerlin - 36  

Clara G Summerlin - 30  

Hershel Summerlin - 12  

Catherine Summerlin - 9  

William B Summerlin - 7  

Patrica Summerlin - 5  

Margie Summerlin - 3

Dorothy Summerlin - 1