Edith (Armstrong) Evans (1884 - 1964)

Born 12 Aug 1884 in Creighton, Knox, Nebraska, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Stanton Evans — married 17 Sep 1912 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Dec 1964 at age 80 in Multnomah, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Edith Armstrong was born in Creighton, Knox County, Nebraska,^[1] on 12 Aug of 1884, to William H Armstrong and his wife Nora Armstrong.^[2] The 1885 Nebraska state census taker dated the visit to the Armstrong family 12 June 1885, and Edith is listed as six months old.^{[3] [4]} Her father, William H Armstrong, was born in Illinois, and her mother, Nora, was born in Wisconsin.^[5][6] Edith's parents moved from Nebraska to San Diego, California, in 1885, when Edith was a baby.^[7]

The family as represented on the 1900 US Federal Census for San Diego, shows her father an orchard laborer and he is the only one out of the parents and seven children who is employed.^[8] When Edith Armstrong was about seventeen years old, in 1901, her parents moved their family to Portland, Oregon.^[9]

Edith is found with her parents on the 1910 Census in Portland, Oregon, age 25, working at the Post Office.^[10] Her father William is a shingler, her sister, Edna Armstrong, age 28, is a teacher. ^[11] Edith's brother Leland J, age 19, and her brother Edwin T, and her mother Nora, are not employed. ^[12]

Edward S Evans married Edith Armstrong in Portland, Oregon on 17 Sep 1912. It was the first marriage for them both, and they both worked as postal clerks.^[13][14]

In the 1920 Census, Edward S. Evans, age 45, is a clerk at the post office; at home with his wife Edith A. Evans, age 35, and their son Donald Evans, age 6 years.^[15]

In the 1930 Census, Edward is still a clerk at the post office, and he is living with his wife Edith and their sixteen year old son Donald on Madison St. in Portland.^[16] Edith is teaching school for disabled children.^[17]

Ten years later, in 1940, The US Federal Census shows Edward S Evans, age 65, and his wife Edith A Evans, age 55, are living on 49th near Madison in Portland, where they were living five years before also.^[18] Neither are employed.^[19]

In the US Federal Census for 1950, Edward S Evans, age 75, and his wife Edith A, age 65, are still living on S E 49th St. in Portland, Oregon.^[20]

Edith (Armstrong) Evans passed away 2 Dec 1964. She was laid to rest at Lincoln Memorial Park in Portland, Oregon, next to her husband Edward S Evans.^[21]

Sources

1. ↑ The Sunday Oregonian. Sunday, Sep 30, 1928, Portland, OR, Page: 21
2. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: San Jose Ward 4, Santa Clara, California;
3. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration; Nebraska State Census; Year: 1885
4. ↑ Oregon Center For Health Statistics; Portland, Oregon, USA; Oregon State Marriages, 1911-1945
5. ↑ Oregon Center For Health Statistics; Portland, Oregon, USA; Oregon State Marriages, 1911-1945
6. ↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: T625_1501; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 105
7. ↑ The Sunday Oregonian. Sunday, Sep 30, 1928, Portland, OR, Page: 21
8. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: San Jose Ward 4, Santa Clara, California;
9. ↑ The Sunday Oregonian. Sunday, Sep 30, 1928, Portland, OR, Page: 21
10. ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Portland Ward 7, Multnomah, Oregon
11. ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Portland Ward 7, Multnomah, Oregon
12. ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Portland Ward 7, Multnomah, Oregon
13. ↑ Oregon Center For Health Statistics; Portland, Oregon, USA; Oregon State Marriages, 1911-1945
14. ↑ Title: The Portland, Oregon City Directory, 1916, citing Edith A and Edward S Evans, and he is a clerk at the Post Office.
15. ↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: T625_1501; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 105, citing Edward S. Evans
16. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0300; FHL microfilm: 2341685, citing Edward S. Evan;s,
17. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0300; FHL microfilm: 2341685, citing Edward S. Evan;s,
18. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah,
19. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah,
20. ↑ Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950;
21. ↑ memorial page for Edith A Evans (1884–2 Dec 1964), Find a Grave Memorial ID 171889637

• National Archives and Records Administration; Nebraska State Census; Year: 1885; Series/Record Group: M352; County: Knox; Township: Lincoln; Page: 31, citing Edith Armstrong, age 6/12

• Ancestry.com. Nebraska, State Census, 1885 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

• Year: 1900; Census Place: San Jose Ward 4, Santa Clara, California; Roll: 111; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0073; FHL microfilm: 1240111

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Portland Ward 7, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: T624_1288; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0181; FHL microfilm: 1375301

• Oregon Center For Health Statistics; Portland, Oregon, USA; Oregon State Marriages, 1911-1945

• Year: 1920; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: T625_1501; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 105, citing Edward S. Evans, age 45, clerk at the post office; at home with his wife Edith A. Evans, age 35, and their son Donald Evans, age 6 years.

• The Sunday Oregonian. Sunday, Sep 30, 1928, Portland, OR, Page: 21: Obituary for Nora Armstrong, age 73

• Year: 1930; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0300; FHL microfilm: 2341685, citing Edward S. Evan;s, age 54, at home with his wife Edith, age 45, and their son Donald, age 16. Edward is a clerk in the post office, and Edith is teaching school for disabled children.

• Year: 1940; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: m-t0627-03390; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 37-279

• United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: 2486; Sheet Number: 9; Enumeration District: 37-174

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171889637/edith-a-evans: accessed 10 October 2022), memorial page for Edith A Evans (1884–2 Dec 1964), Find a Grave Memorial ID 171889637, citing Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by Jan Fenter (contributor 47208659) .