Edna Ethel (Blevins) Walker (1893 - 1983)

Born 24 Aug 1893 in Pangburn, White, Arkansas

Ancestors

Wife of Jesse Washington Walker — married 18 Dec 1912 in Wynnewood, Garvin, Oklahoma, United States

Died 11 Oct 1983 at age 90 in Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States

Biography

Edna was born in 1894. She was the daughter of John Blevins and Sarah Faulkner. She passed away in 1983.

Edna Blevins was 19 (1893) and Jesse Washington Walker was 25 (1887) where married on 18 Dec 1912 in Pauls Valley, Garvin Co, Oklahoma. Jesse Walker lived in Ada, Pontotoc, Okla. and Edna Blevins lived in Elmore City, Garvin, Okla. License & Marriage Date: 18 Dec 1912.

Alternate Birth Year: 1894. I have used the year on her Birth Cert.

Burial

Cemetery: Hillside Cemetery. Place: Purcell, McClain, Okla. Funeral Home: Burial: Plot: . FAG ID: 127604979 . Age: 89. Shared stone with spouse.

Census

1). 1900 US Fed Census. Oklahoma. Chickasaw Nation. Indian Territory. Blevins, Edna E, 5, 1895, Arkansas. Female, White, Single. Relation to HH: Daughter. Residence: Township 2, Oklahoma. Chickasaw Nation. Indian Territory.

2). 1910 US Fed Census. Oklahoma. Garvin Co. Blevins, Edna E, 16, 1894, Arkansas. Female, White, single. Mothers pob: Virginia ; Father pob: Arkansas. Can read & write. Relation to HH: Daughter. Residence: Elmore, Garvin, Oklahoma.

3). 1920 US Fed Census. Oklahoma. Garvin Co. Walker, Edna E, 26, 1894, Arkansas. Female, White, Married. Parents pob: Arkansas. Can read & write. Relation to HH: Wife. Residence: Section Line On West of Township Line, Brady, Garvin, Oklahoma. Also in home: Husband Jessie W Walker; and 2 Sons Ja Q and Ge E L Walker.

4). 1930 US Fed Census. Oklahoma. Seminole Co. Walker, Edna, 36, 1894, Arkansas. Female, White, Married. Parents pob: Arkansas. Age at First Marriage: 19. Can read & write. Relation to HH: Wife. Residence: Wewoka, Seminole, Oklahoma. Also in home: Husband Jesse Walker; and 2 Sons J. O. and G. L. Walker.

5). 1940 US Fed Census. Oklahoma. Cleveland Co. Walker, Edna, 46, 1894, Arkansas. Female, White, Married. Highest grade completed: High School Sophomore. Occupation: Operator. Residence in 1935: Wewoka, OKla. Relation to HH: Wife. Residence: Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma. Also in home: Husband Jese Walker; Son and Daughter in law: John L and Rowena Walker; and Son and Daughter in law: Roy and Elizabeth Walker.

6). 1950 US Fed Census. Oklahoma. Cleveland Co. Walker, Edna, 56, 1894, Arkansas. Female, White, Married. Years Married: 38. Number of children: 2. Occupation: Keeping House. Home not a farm. Previous Occupation: Beauty Operator, Beauty Shop. Relation to HH: Wife. Residence: Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma. Also in Home: Husband Jesse Walker.

Sources

Find A Grave

Memorial ID 127604979 Attached to parents, 3 siblings, and spouse. Not attached to children or additional siblings. Does not have Notes or Obit.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127604979/edna-e-walker

Census

1). 1900 US Fed Census. Oklahoma. Chickasaw Nation. Indian Territory. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSR5-L6T : accessed 15 August 2021), Edna E Blevins in household of John F Blevins, Township 2 N. Range 1 E. Wynnewood town (pt.), Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 136, sheet 8B, family 156, NARA microfilm publication T623

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/74914204:7602

2). 1910 US Fed Census. Oklahoma. Garvin Co. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/163785579:7884

3). 1920 US Fed Census. Oklahoma. Garvin Co. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/98836990:6061

4). 1930 US Fed Census. Oklahoma. Seminole Co. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/95105038:6224

5). 1940 US Fed Census. Oklahoma. Cleveland Co. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/87840933:2442

6). 1950 US Fed Census. Oklahoma. Cleveland Co. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/56886068:62308

Documents & Obits

1). Oklahoma County Marriage Records, 1890-1995. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/963357110:61379

2). Arkansas Birth Certs. 1914-1917. For Edna Ethel Blevins. Both parents are 33 and she is the 5th child out of 5. Signed in 1944 by dad J. F. Blevins. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/753797:61774

3). Obituary. Newspaper print. The Purcell Register. Newspapers.com Obituary Index. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1047311725:61843

4). SS Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Identifies son Roy Walker. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/795372932:60901