Individual Details
Elma Reed
(Dec 1873 - 22 Nov 1916)
1904 marriage to E.H. Bresee ended in divorce per Dr. Bangs' book on Rev. P.F. Bresee, page 272.
1900 census Los Angeles census shows her as age 26, born December 1873 in California. Married 6 years with no children.
1893 marriage to E.H. Bresee was by the Rev. P.F. Bresee per the Marriage Index Los Angeles 1876-1899 (film 2073849 book 34 page 143).
1873 birth month and year is from 1900 census.
1900 census Los Angeles census shows her as age 26, born December 1873 in California. Married 6 years with no children.
1893 marriage to E.H. Bresee was by the Rev. P.F. Bresee per the Marriage Index Los Angeles 1876-1899 (film 2073849 book 34 page 143).
1873 birth month and year is from 1900 census.
Events
| Birth | Dec 1873 | San Francisco, CA | |||
| Census | 1880 | San Francisco, California, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 23 Nov 1893 | by Rev. Phineas F. Bresee, D.D., Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States - Ernest Hebbard "EH" Bresee |  | ||
| Census (family) | 1900 | Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States - Ernest Hebbard "EH" Bresee | | ||
| Divorce | 1904 | Ernest Hebbard "EH" Bresee | | ||
| Census | 1910 | Oakland, Alameda Co., CA | | ||
| Death | 22 Nov 1916 | Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States | |||
| Burial | Olive Wood Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside, California, United States | ||||
| LDS Family Tree ID | L5Y6-JND |
Families
| Spouse | Ernest Hebbard "EH" Bresee (1861 - 1949) |
| Child | Grace Rebecca Bresee (1900 - 1993) |
| Father | William Reed (1832 - ) |
| Mother | Rebecca ? ( - ) |
| Sibling | Nettie Reed (1858 - ) |
| Sibling | Frederick W. Reed (1866 - 1926) |
Notes
Census
1880 census for San Francisco, Ca: William Reed age 48 born in Ohio, son Frederick age 13 born in Ca., daughter Elma age 6 born in Calif., daughter Nettie age 22 born in Illinois who married to George S. Sharp age 24 born in Calif.Census (family)
1900 census for Los Angeles, CA shows him age 38, born in Iowa, an undertaker, married 6 years living with wife, Elma, born Dec. 1873, age 26, born in Calif., parents both born in Ohio.Census
She is living in Oakland, CA as Elma Bresee with her daughter Rebecca.Endnotes
1. Marriage Index Los Angeles 1876-1899 (film 2073849 book 34 page 143). Los Angeles, CA, , ; LDS film, .
2. James Miller Guinn 1834-1918, Historical and biographical record of Los Angeles and vicinity: containing history of the City from its earliest settlement as a Spanish pueblo to the closing year of the nineteenth century (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Pub. Co., 1901), page 500.
3. Carl Bangs, Phineas F. Bresee, His Life in Methodism, the Holiness Movement and the Church of the Nazarene (Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City 1995), page 272.