Gwyn R. Tompkins - finding ancestry of Gwyn Tompkins

this Louis T. La Beaume was born in MO c. 1848 and was living in 1940 in St. Louis with his wife Angie E.(MNU) born in MA c. 1848

They had had 3 children of which 2 were then living

one child is living with them: William Wood La Beaume age 31 born in MO

both father and son are in the insurance business

see:
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7884/31111_4330770-00259?pid=1... =
1910 United States Federal Census for Louis T La Beaume
Missouri Saint Louis City St Louis Ward 28 District 0446

There is a Louis La Beaume Jr. in the 1920 census married to Emma:
Louis

414 Union avenue:
Louis is 45 > parents born in MO and MA (architect)
Emma is 38 > parents born in RI and PA

guess: Louis may be Mrs. Louise Tompkins' cousin...

from a passenger list:
Emma La Beaume born 19 Aug 1882
Louis La Beaume born 31 jJuly 1873
address 5340 Waterman Ave. St. Louis as of 1930

This address matches the newspaper clipping in the first post

I should have mentioned that Mrs. Emma La Beaume was born in Missouri. This may be important if Emma turns out to be Louise Tompkins' cousin...

Louise Tompkins

Louis T. La Beaume, Jr.

Emma La Beaume

So: Where were the parents of Louise Tompkins born? Let's look in the census data of 1910 for her and her new husband Gwyn:

Louise's parents were both born in MO
Name: Louise L Tompkins
[Louise L Tomphson]
Age in 1910: 25
Birth Year: abt 1885
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1910: Centre, Fauquier, Virginia
Street: Springs Pike
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Girin R Tomphson
Father's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother's Birthplace: Missouri
Native Tongue: English
Years Married: 5

By the way: Gwyn, also born in MO had parents born in KY and MO respectvely (Father/Mother)

William Wood La Beaume is also a cousin.
see:

https://www.newspapers.com/image/373974692/?terms=%22Gwynn%2BTompki...

This means lets us infer that Louis T. La Beaume is a cousin of Gwyn or Louise.

Now let's examine Louise Tompkins as being the cousin.
1) Her parents were both born in MO
while her husband's were born in KY and MO...

It seems more likely that Louis T. La Beaume is her uncle.. not Gwyn's.

If so either her father's or mother's birth surname is La Beaume.
Now we need to find the siblings of Louis T. La Beaume (Sr.)

SOLVED: The confusion comes because that the couple Gwyn and Louise are 2nd cousins through Paul Theodore La Beaume