When Ethel Lucille Pearson was born on 25 May 1883, in Pipe Creek MM, Miami, Indiana, United States, her father, Morris E. Pearson, was 24 and her mother, Mary Ellen Zimmerman, was 20. She had two sisters.
Ethel was a Quaker listed at the Amboy, Indiana Monthly Meeting. She attended Earlham College in Peru, Indiana in 1910.
She lived with her uncle, William H. Zimmerman, in Peru Township, Miami, Indiana, United States in 1900; and with her Aunt Florence M. Saxon, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California in 1930.
She died on 30 December 1966, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 83.
Sources
U. S., Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940. Name: Ethel L Pearson; birth date: 25 May 1883; Indiana; monthly meeting: Amboy Monthly Meeting.
1900 United States Federal Census. Name: Ethel Pearson; age 17; birth date: May 1883; birthplace: Indiana; home in 1900: Peru, Miami, Indiana; 57 West Sixth Street; race: White; female; relation to head of house: Niece; single; father's birthplace: Indiana; mother's birthplace: Indiana; occupation: at school; attended school: 9; can read/write. Household: Wm H Zimmerman, age 36; Effie Zimmerman, age 29; Ethel Pearson, age 17; Ester Zimmerman, age 5; Azro P Zimmerman, age 4; John R Zimmerman, age 11/12.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVY-3T2 : accessed 1 March 2023), Ethel L Pearson in household of Florence M Saxon, Los Angeles (Districts 0251-0500), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 483, sheet 8B, line 75, family 181, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 150; FHL microfilm 2,339,885.
"United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6XGF-9J75 : Sun Jan 29 15:25:23 UTC 2023), Entry for Ethel L Pearson, 10 April 1950, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
California Death Index, 1940-1997. Name: Ethel L Pearson; female; birth date: 25 May 1883; birth place: Indiana; death date: 30 Dec 1966; death place: Los Angeles; mother's maiden name: Zimmerman.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JB3Z-WZK : 11 January 2021), Ethel L Pearson, 15 Dec 1966; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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