Etta was born in 1880 in Audubon, Iowa, to Wiliam and Flora (Clement) DeLong. Her first husband was David Andrews with whom she had two sons. She passed away in 1978 in Los Angeles, Ca. J. W. stroud's great great granddaughter wrote Etta in 1976 and received a response, which she still has. In that letter, Etta said J. W. Stroud's middle name was William.
Her first husband was David Albert Andrews, whom she divorced in 1925 in Osage County, Oklahoma.
Sources
"Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV64-TYY : 1 April 2020), Etta Berdelle Delong, 7 Oct 1880; citing Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,035,100.
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJF4-F36 : 10 February 2018), David Andrews and Etta B Delong, 30 Dec 1896, Melville Twp, Audubon, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,035,101.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC4M-62S : accessed 3 July 2022), Etta B Stroud in household of James W Stroud, Pawhuska, Osage, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 32, sheet 12B, line 53, family 318, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1923; FHL microfilm 2,341,657.
Marriage to J. W. Stroud reported Feb. 3, 1926 in The Daily Journal Capital of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, and again Feb. 5, 1926, in the Osage County News.
Divorce from first husband David Andrew Delong. Record at FamilySearch.org in online divorce records for Osage County. Go to image 55
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTC9-JZZ : 11 January 2021), Etta Stroud, Apr 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPCS-1FM : 26 November 2014), Etta Birdella Stroud, 03 Apr 1978; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
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DeLong-1939 and DeLong-1246 appear to represent the same person because: Can you approve merging Etta Birdella Delong's two profiles? She was my 2nd great grandfather's last wife.