Ada (Archer) Pridgen (1884 - 1971)

Born 9 Oct 1884 in Alabama, United States

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Died 2 Mar 1971 at age 86 in Enterprise, Coffee, Alabama, United States

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Birth and Parents Ada Archer was born on 09 October 1884 in Alabama, most likely in Coffee County or Dale County which encompass the area where her parents were reared and where they and their family was enumerated on the 1900 Census. Her parents were John C. Archer (1859-1933), a farmer, and Laura C. (Curenton) Archer (1864-1944).^[1] Ada was their eldest of three known children.

In June of 1900, when the census was taken, Ada and her family were residing in the Haw Ridge community of Coffee County, Alabama. Ada's father was a farmer. Ada and her sister Pearlie had attended school the previous year. Ada's mother was pregnant with her third child who would be born in October of that year. This new baby would be a girl and would be named Willie.

1900 United States Census, Enumeration District 52, Haw Ridge, Precinct 13, Coffee County, Alabama:^[2]

Marriage: Ada Archer and Mayberry "Berry" Pridgen, son of I. H. Pridgen and Mary (Commander) Pridgen, were married on 04 March 1901 in Coffee County, Alabama. Probate Judge F. M. Rushing performed the ceremony. They were the parents of two daughters, Ethel J. (Pridgen) Murdock and Lillie Pearl (Pridgen) Peacock, both of whom were named in her obituary. They raised their family in the southeast Alabama counties of Coffee and Dale, where Berry was a farmer.^[3] Ada and Berry remained married until he passed away in 1962.^[4][5][6]

1910 United States Census, Enumeration District 76, Daleville, Dale County, Alabama:^[7]

When May Berry Pridgen completed his World War I Draft Registration card in 1918 he named his wife, Ada Pridgen as his next of kin. They were living in Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama and Berry was working as a farmer.^[8]

1920 United States Census, Enumeration District 79, Daleville, Dale County, Alabama:^[9]

Between 1920 and 1930, Ada and Berry Pridgen moved to Coffee County, Alabama and Berry went to work at the cotton mill. The reason they moved from their farm in Dale County is unknown to this writer but perhaps Berry, like so many other farmers during the Great Depression which began in 1929, found that he could no longer make a living by farming and sought labor in the city. In 1930 they were renting a residence on South Carmichael Street in Enterprise for which they paid four dollars a month.

1930 United States Census, Enumeration District 22, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama:^[10]

In 1940, Ada and Berry Pridgen were living at 249 Corbin Street in Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama. One of their daughters, Pearl, was divorced and living with them.

1940 United States Census, Enumeration District 16-25, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama:^[11]

Death and Burial: Ada (Archer) Pridgen passed away on 02 March 1971, in a nursing home in Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama. She was 86 years old.^[1] She was buried in Enterprise City Cemetery, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JN6J-T7T : 11 January 2021), Ada Archer Pridgen, 1971.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M987-B4W : accessed 14 May 2021), Ader Archer in household of J C Archer, Precincts 12-13 Centerville, Haw Ridge, Coffee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 52, sheet 15A, family 273, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,009.
3. ↑ "Mrs. Ada Pridgen (Obituary)," Alabama Journal (Montgomery, Alabama), 03 Mar 1971, p. 24, col. 6; image copy, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com: accessed 09 October 2021).
4. ↑ "Alabama, Marriage Indexes, 1814-1935," database on-line with images, Ancestry.com, (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 May 2021) , image for Berry Pridgen and Ada Archer, married 04 Mar 1901; "WPA Indices to Marriage Records, by County, 1814-1935," Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama. Image or Ancestry Sharing Link
5. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFW7-BPR : 11 January 2021), Ada Archer Pridgen in entry for May Berry Pridgen, 1962.
6. ↑ "Alabama, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974"
   Ancestry Record 2543 #1525063 (accessed 9 October 2021)
   Name: May Berry Pridgen; Birth Date: abt 1881; Death Date: 7 Aug 1962; Death Place: Enterprise, Coffee, Alabama; Death Age: 81; Marital status: Married; Gender: Male; Father Name: I H Pridgen; Mother Name: Mary Commander; Spouse Name: Ada Archer Pridgen; FHL Film Number: 1908975.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQC-YMV : accessed 9 October 2021), Ada Pridgen in household of May Bessy Pridgen, Daleville, Dale, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 76, sheet 6B, family 122, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 10; FHL microfilm 1,374,023.
8. ↑ "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
   Ancestry Sharing Link • Ancestry Record 6482 #120913575 (accessed 9 October 2021)
   Name: Ada Pridgen; Spouse: May Berey Pridgen.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXZ6-DSC : 31 January 2021), Ada Pridgen in entry for Berry M Pridgen, 1920.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3XMZ-JPZ : accessed 14 May 2021), Ada Pridyen, Enterprise, Coffee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1L2-TXD : 5 January 2021), Ada Pridgen in household of Berry Pridgen, Enterprise, Coffee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-25, sheet 11B, line 74, family 249, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 16.
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 14 May 2021), memorial page for Ada Pridgen (9 Oct 1884–2 Mar 1971), Find A Grave: Memorial #22508707, citing Enterprise City Cemetery, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Arthur Fortenberry (contributor 46868184).