Adella was born about 1877 in Illinois, the daughter of Hampton Story and Adella Ellis. She married Robert Harris Ripley. She passed away in 1956 in Pasadena, and is buried at Bronswood Cemetery, Oak Brook, DuPage County, Illinois.
Notes
Son's birth record lists Ada's birth place as "Sturdale, Illinois" (but I don't think that's a real place).[1]
Census
1950 US Federal Census. California, Los Angeles, Pasadena. (365 W. California Ave, Apt 6B)
Ada S Ripley (Head) - 73, b. Illinois, widowed.
Helen Frank (Maid) - 47, b. Germany, single.
Sources
↑ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949", FamilySearch (familysearch.org : Sat Mar 09 05:42:24 UTC 2024), Entry for Wilder Harding Ripley and Robert Harris Ripley.
1900 US Federal Census. California, Los Angeles, Pasadena Judicial Township. Sheet 19b. (See Hampton L. Story - Census.)
1910 US Federal Census. Illinois, Cook, Riverside. ED 113, Sheet 5a. (See Robert H. Ripley - Census.)
1920 US Federal Census. Illinois, Cook, New Trier Township. ED 130, Sheet 11a. (See Robert H. Ripley - Census.)
1930 US Federal Census. Illinois, Cook, New Trier. ED 16-2225, Sheet 6a. (See Robert H. Ripley - Census.)
1950 US Federal Census. California, Los Angeles, Pasadena. ED 68-111, Page 10. familysearch.org (See Census.)
Eminent Club Leader Dies. Mrs. Beatrice Adella Story, Widow of Coronado Beach Founder, Called by Death. The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Fri, Jan 22, 1926, Page 27. newspapers.com(Mother's obituary.)
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : 26 November 2014), Ada Story Ripley, 13 Mar 1956; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
Is Ada your ancestor? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
This week's featured connections are
Redheads:
Ada is
19 degrees from Catherine of Aragón, 20 degrees from Clara Bow, 28 degrees from Julia Gillard, 18 degrees from Nancy Hart, 17 degrees from Rutherford Hayes, 18 degrees from Rita Hayworth, 20 degrees from Leonard Kelly, 22 degrees from Rose Leslie, 21 degrees from Damian Lewis, 21 degrees from Maureen O'Hara, 26 degrees from Jopie Schaft and 36 degrees from Eirik Thorvaldsson
on our single family tree.
Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.