There is little information about Emma. June Evelyn LaValley Chaperon stated that she never knew her grandmother Emma. She was told that Emma left her husband, James LaValley Sr., when Dora and James Jr. (Bud) were small. The story she remembers is that Emma left her two children for James to raise and she ran away with another man. It is rumored that Emma was pregnant at that time. June stated that she had a half aunt or an uncle somewhere in the world that would be a branch of the family. She wished she could find that person and/or their offspring.
