Mildred M (Eatinger) Darby (1906 - 1975)

Born 10 Apr 1906 in Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Rex Ora Darby — married 3 Mar 1927 in Dodge City, Ford Co., Kansas, USA

Died 10 Apr 1975 at age 69 in San Bernardino Co., California, USA

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Biography

Mildred Eatinger was born 10 April 1906 in Kansas. She was the daughter of Bert Eatinger and Hallie Dowdy.

1910 census --- Herington, Dickinson Co., Kansas, USA

Bert Eatinger, boarder, white, male, age 30, married 4 years, born Kansas, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, brakeman railroad; Halley Eatinger, boarder, white, female, age 27, married 4 years, 1 child / 1 living, born Kentucky, father born Tennessee, mother born Virginia; Mildred Eatinger, boarder, white, female, age 4, single, born Kansas, father born Kansas, mother born Kentucky^[1]

1920 census -- Dodge City, Ford Co., Kansas, USA

Bert Eatinger, head, rent, white, male, age 39, married, born Kansas, father born Illinois, mother born Illinois, brakeman railroad; Hallie Eatinger, wife, white, female, age 37, married, born Kentucky, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Mildred Eatinger, daughter white, female, age 13, single, born Kansas, father born Kansas, mother born Kentucky^[2]

She married Rex Darby 3 March 1927 in Dodge City, Kansas.^[3]

1930 census -- Dodge City, Ford Co., Kansas, USA

Rex O Darby, head, rent $50, white, male, age 25, married, first married @ 22, born Kansas, father born Kansas, mother born Kansas, examiner deeds & real estate; Mildred Darby, wife, white, female, age 23, married, first married @ 20, born Kansas, father born Kansas, mother born Kentucky; Virginia Ann Darby, daughter, white, female, age 3 2/12, single, born Kansas, father born Kansas, mother born Kansas; Bert E Eatinger, father, white, male, age 50, married, first married @ 25, born Kansas, father born US, mother born US, conductor steam railway; Helen Eatinger, mother, white, female, age 47, married, first married @23, born Kansas, father born Kentucky, mother born Virginia^[4]

RESEARCH NOTE: Uncertain who provided census detail -- the birth locations of Bert's parents are unknown; Hallie is listed as Helen and her birth place is listed as Kansas not Kentucky.

She died 10 April 1975 in San Bernardino Co., California.^[5][6]She is buried in Hillside Memorial Park in Redlands, California.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2CQ-252 : accessed 26 July 2019), Mildred Eatinger in household of M G Orr, Herington Ward 1, Dickinson, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 49, sheet 19A, family 403, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 437; FHL microfilm 1,374,450.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF6Z-9SB : accessed 27 July 2019), Mildred Elenger in household of Burt E Elenger, Dodge Ward 2, Ford, Kansas, United States; citing ED 54, sheet 11A, line 23, family 240, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 532; FHL microfilm 1,820,532.
3. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34248950/the_morning_chronicle/
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7QS-8QR : accessed 27 July 2019), Mildred Darby in household of Rex O Darby, Dodge, Ford, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 2B, line 68, family 45, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 702; FHL microfilm 2,340,437.7.
5. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPHP-4Y6 : 26 November 2014), Mildred M Darby, 10 Apr 1975; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V921-94W : 20 May 2014), Mildred Darby, Apr 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKV-XF26 : 13 December 2015), Mildred M Darby, 1975; Burial, Redlands, San Bernardino, California, United States of America, Hillside Memorial Park; citing record ID 46598601, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.