Individual Details

Edna White

(27 Jan 1901 - 23 Jun 1970)



Arkansas Delayed Birth Certificate, #1889
Edna White was born in Paris, Logan Co, AR on 27 Jan 1901. Father: Ivey Onley White, age 25, b. Paris, AR. Mother: Alice Susan Freeman, 29, b. Paris, AR. This was the third child in the family. Affidavit made in San Diego, CA by mother, Alice Freeman White, age 72, 30 Jul 1946.

1910 Census. Short Mountain, Logan Co, AR, Hh 4
Paris & Magazine Rd
Ivey White, 33, married once for 13 years, b. AR, farm labor
Alice, wife, 35, 5 children, b. AR
children all b. AR
Ruel, son, 12
Ray, son, 10
Edna, dau, 8
Ethel, dau, 6
Nova, dau, 4


There is a Logan Co, AR marriage license for Truman Hill, age 26 to marry Miss Edna White, age 17, of Paris on 11 Feb 1919. They were married by Rev. C. C. Vanzant the same day. However this is very different lady - perhaps a cousin?

They are on 1920 Ellsworth, Logan Co., AR census:
Truman A Hill 27
Edna C Hill 18
unnamed Hill 0

Bear Wallow, Logan Co, AR - 1910, Hh 19
Berry White, 62, married twice, this time for 9 years, b. GA, father b. SC, mother b. GA, Farmer
Arabella, wife, 36, married twice, this time for 9 years, 3 children - 2 living, b. AR
Edna C. dau, age 8, b. AR
Irvin M., son, 1 year, 6 months, b. AR

Here is this Edna in Ft. Smith in 1920 - living where she would meet Joseph Chamberlain.

1920 Census. Ft. Smith Ward 2, Sebastian Co, AR, Hh 185
807 North C St.
Fred D. Collins, 46, b. AR, Agent, Transfer & Baggage
Alice, wife, 44, b. AR
Fred Collins, son, 15, b. AR
Ruel White, stepson, 22, b. AR
Edna White, step-dau, 18, b. AR, Bookkeeper, Real Estate Office
Ethel White, step-dau, 16, b. AR
Novel White, stepdau, 13, b. CA

1940 Census. Dallas, Dallas Co, TX, Hh 30
3306 Fairmont St. - lived in same place in 1935
Frank Allen, 55, b. TX, Salesman, Financial lending agency
Edna, wife, 38, b. AR, bookkeeper & interviewer, Research corporation
Joe Chamberlain, stepson, 18, b. AR

Iztacalco, Federal District, Mexico
12 Apr 1946. Adrin Marshall Dawdy Stotts married Edna White Freeman. (Note: both given their mother's maiden names as the custom in Mexico) Origin given for Adrin, b. 1933, Kansas, Missouri, USA; for Edna, 5 May 23, La Mesa CA, USA. His parents were James Adrin Dawdy and Margaret May Stotts (both deceased). Her parents were Ivey White, deceased, and Alice Freeman, born in Arkansas, living in La Mesa, CA. Four witnesses signed - all Mexican.

Buried with 3rd husband, Marshall Adrian Dawdy, Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego
Find A Grave Memorial# 151371107

Events

Birth27 Jan 1901Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas
Marriage9 Nov 1920Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas - Joseph Leroy Chamberlain II
DivorceBef 1946Lake County, Florida - Frank Allen
Marriage12 Apr 1946Iztacalco, Mexico - Marshall Adrian Dawdy
Death23 Jun 1970San Diego, California
MarriageFrank Allen
DivorceJoseph Leroy Chamberlain II

Families

SpouseJoseph Leroy Chamberlain II (1896 - 1967)
ChildJoseph Ashley Chamberlain (1921 - 1943)
SpouseFrank Allen (1885 - )
SpouseMarshall Adrian Dawdy (1897 - 1954)
FatherIvey Onley White (1877 - 1910)
MotherAlice Susan Freeman (1874 - 1948)