Etta Agnes (Carey) Andrus (1887 - 1959)

Born 8 Nov 1887 in Michigan, United States

Wife of William C Tryon — married 19 Dec 1909 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Wife of Alvin Dewey Andrus — married about 1927 in Washington, United States

Died 24 Sep 1959 at age 71 in Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington, United States

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Biography

Hattie was born 8 Nov 1887, daughter of David Carey and Mary Ellen Couillard. She married William Tryon in 1909. William died in 1921. Hattie married Alvin Andrus about 1927. She died in 1959 in Port Angeles, WA.

Obituary

Port Angeles Evening News, Port Angeles, Washington, 25 Sep 1959, Fri, Page 9

MRS. ALVIN A. ANDRUS

Mrs. Etta Andrus, 71, of 816 Lauridsen Boulevard, died Thursday after an extended illness.

Funeral services will be held at the Harper Funeral Home Monday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Richard Cook officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Angeles Cemetery.

Mrs. Andrus was born in Sagola, Mich., Nov. 8, 1887. She came to Port Angeles, 1927, with her husband Alvin A. Andrus who died here in 1955.

Mrs. Andrus was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Eagles lodge and of the Royal Neighbors.

Only surviving relatives are nieces and nephews living in the Middle West.

Research Notes

In June 1917 William is working in Montana. An Etta Agnes Tryon is found in 1916 personnel files of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Yellowstone Division, Glendive, Montana, working as a waitress. The record says she is Irish, born 8 Nov 1889, Michigan, not married, mother Mrs. A N McKinnon of Wisconsin. There is an Etta McKinnon, age 12, in the household of A N McKinnon, in the 1900 census of Summit, Waukesha, Wisconsin, b. Nov 1887 in Wisconsin, mother (Mary) married 6 yrs and has 7 children so this is second marriage, i.e. McKinnon is not Etta's LNAB. Children range 7-19 and father from NY, mother from WI (A N McKinnon is from Canada). It sure looks like her except for the not married part and mother's name.

In 1920 William was working in Washington state and he died there a year later. Etta was not noted in records as being with him but presumably living since he was listed as married, not widowed. I find then Etta A. Andrus in the Washington, U.S., Select Death Index, 1907-1960, age 71, d. 4 Sep 1959, Port Angeles, Clallam, Washington, Father: David Carey, Mother: Mary Coullard. Looks like her again but must have remarried to an Andrus.

Alvin D. Andrus and Etta appear in the 1940 and 1950 census in Port Angeles, WA. Etta A. and Alvin D. Andrus appear in city directories in Port Angeles, 1929-1950. In 1952 she is widow of Alvin but in 1954 they both appear again at same address,136 E 12th. There are two Etta Andrus in Port Angeles.

Alvin Dewey Andrus died 21 Nov 1955 in Port Angeles ^[1]. His grave stone says husband of Etta A Andrus ^[2].

Oddly, Alvin is in the 1930 census, right age, same location, and occupation, but is single, even though they both show up in directories from 1929 together.

Tying this all together it appears Etta Agnes "Hattie" Carey was the daughter of David Carey and Mary Ellen Coullard. David and Mary split before 1894 and she and siblings live with their father, David, then. In 1900 she and some siblings live with their mother, Mary, in the household of A.N. McKinnon whom Mary may have married (no record). Hattie married William Tryon in 1909 and they are still in Minnesota in 1910. By 1916 they are living in Montana and by 1920 William is in the Seattle area and likely Hattie is also. William died in 1921 and Hattie married Alvin D Andrus by about 1929 in Port Angeles, WA. She died in 1959.

The FindAGrave memorial for her father David has a more extensive bio of her parents' lives ^[3].

Sources

1. ↑ Alvin Dewey Andrus in the Washington, U.S., Select Death Index, 1907-1960, age 57, d. 21 Nov 1955, Port Angeles, Clallam, Washington, Father: Charles A. Andrus, Mother: Lulu Silney
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93260629/alvin-d-andrus: accessed 22 August 2022), memorial page for Alvin D Andrus (1898–21 Nov 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 93260629, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by Ancestral Footprints (contributor 47634564).
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81397846/david-carey: accessed 22 August 2022), memorial page for David Carey (15 Jun 1851–1 Apr 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 81397846, citing Calvary Cemetery, Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by MSWJLB (contributor 47035119).

• Hattie Carey in the Michigan, U.S., State Census, 1894, Dickinson, Michigan, age 6, with father David Carey 42, and siblings Thomas, Junes, Mennie, Lilly, Charles, and George Carey

• Etta Mckinnon in the 1900 United States Federal Census, Summit, Waukesha, Wisconsin, age 12, in the household of AN and Mary McKinnon, with siblings Minnie, Lilly, and George McKinnon

• William C Tryon and Etta Carey: Minnesota, U.S., Marriages from the Minnesota Official Marriage System, 1850-2019, 14 Dec 1909, St. Louis, Minnesota, USA

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2PV-RLH : accessed 19 August 2022), Etta Tryon in household of William C Tryon, Mesaba, St Louis, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 221, sheet 1A, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 723; FHL microfilm 1,374,736.

• Etta Andrews in the 1940 United States Federal Census, Port Angeles, Clallam, Washington, age 47, born in Wisconsin, in the household of Calvin Andrews

• Etta A Andrus in the 1950 United States Federal Census, Port Angeles, Clallam, Washington, age 58, born in Wisconsin, in the household of Alvin D Andrus

• Etta A. Andrus in the Washington, U.S., Select Death Index, 1907-1960, age 71, d. 4 Sep 1959, Port Angeles, Clallam, Washington, Father: David Carey, Mother: Mary Coullard

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15588731/etta-a-andrus: accessed 22 August 2022), memorial page for Etta A Carey Andrus (8 Nov 1887–24 Sep 1959), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15588731, citing Mount Angeles Memorial Park, Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington, USA; Maintained by Carol Foss (contributor 46791230).