Edna Ferber (1885 - 1968)

Born 15 Aug 1885 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 Apr 1968 at age 82 in New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Edna Ferber is Notable.

Upon her death, in 1968 Edna Ferber was hailed as the greatest American woman novelist of her day. As a girl, she dreamed of becoming an actress, but finances preventing her from attended college. Instead, a teenage Ferber became the first female reporter for the local newspaper in Appleton Wisconsin. She continued as a journalist with the Milwaukee journal until about anemia, sent her home to convalesce. She began writing fiction during her recovery and later moved to New York to pursue her writing career. She was a prodigious writer, authoring a dozen novels, numerous short stories, and Novella, as well as plays musicals and screenplay. Her fourth publishing novel, so big, was awarded the 1924 pets prize cementing her status in the literary world. Her next novel show boat would be adapted into a groundbreaking musical play, allowing for her to explore her first love of the theater.

Birth

"Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQJY-2YD : accessed 21 November 2015), Edna J. Ferber, 15 Aug 1885; citing item 2 p 223 rn 311, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,320,839.

"Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4G7-BJF : accessed 21 November 2015), Edna J. Ferber, 15 Aug 1885; citing Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, reference V.3A-3B; FHL microfilm 984,135.

Census

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMKY-F5F : accessed 21 November 2015), Edna Ferber in household of Jacob C Ferber, Appleton city Ward 2, east side, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 71, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,809.

"Wisconsin, State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM35-7Y7 : accessed 21 November 2015), Edna J Ferber in household of Jacob C Ferber, Appleton city, ward 2, Outagamie, Wisconsin; citing p. 82, line 54, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,020,979.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPVK-9RZ : accessed 21 November 2015), Edna Ferber in household of Julia Ferber, Appleton Ward 2, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 118, sheet 9A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,743.

Death

Ferber died at her home in New York City, of stomach cancer, at the age of 82. She left her estate to her sister and nieces. ^[1]

Edna was mentioned on a memorial with a death date of 16 April 1968.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Brody, Seymour (1996). Jewish Heroes & Heroines of America: 150 True Stories of American Jewish Heroism. Hollywood, FL: Lifetime Books Inc. pp. 109–110. ISBN 0-8119-0823-2.
2. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #7232877 (accessed 29 December 2023)
   Memorial page for Edna Ferber (15 Aug 1885-16 Apr 1968); Maintained by Find a Grave.

See Also

• Wikipedia:Edna Ferber

• Find A Grave: Memorial #7232877