Edith Bertha (Hoffmann) Ebert (1898 - 1988)

Born 12 May 1898 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Died 10 Dec 1988 in Cook, Illinois, United States

Profile manager: Cari Starosta [send private message]

Biography

Edith (Hoffmann) Ebert has German Roots.

Edith was born in Illinois in May 1898. Daughter of Oscar Hoffmann and Pauline Friese.^[1][2]

She married Theodore Ebert in Illinois in May 1927 shortly before her mother died. Two sons (Ted 1928 and Don 1931). Widowed in January 1937.^[3]

She passed away in Illinois in December 1988.^[4]

Memories

• I lived with my grandmother during the summer of 1979 and made a giant Bugs Bunny using Gramma's 1948 Singer Featherweight machine. My daughter is now an excellent seamstress, and I had the privilege of giving her my grandmother's 1948 sewing machine in 2019.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7MD-K4V : 18 May 2016), Edith Hoffmann, 12 May 1899; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 7134, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,288,021.
2. ↑ Cari Ebert - first hand knowledge
3. ↑ Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3CB-T44 : 27 December 2014), Carl T.W. Ebert Sr., 21 Jan 1937; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,952,531.
4. ↑ United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JR2F-2P6 : 19 May 2014), Edith B Ebert, Mar 1989; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ Cari Ebert - first hand memory

Censuses

• United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSQN-1Z5 : accessed 13 January 2018), Edith Hoffman in household of Oscar Hoffman, Precinct 27 Lake View Chicago city Ward 26, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 804, sheet 16B, family 341, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,277.
• United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKZB-4X1 : accessed 13 January 2018), Edith B Hoffmann in household of Oscar F Hoffmann, Chicago Ward 26, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1133, sheet 15B, family 352, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 272; FHL microfilm 1,374,285.

From 1918 to 1919, an outbreak of influenza ravaged Europe and North America. The outbreak killed 20 to 40 million people.

• United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS57-4J3 : accessed 13 January 2018), Edith H Ebert in household of Theodora Ebert, Chicago (Districts 1501-1750), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1624, sheet 1B, line 62, family 30, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 485; FHL microfilm 2,340,220.

The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939.

• United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K49H-QXK : accessed 13 January 2018), Edith Ebert, Ward 49, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-3162, sheet 61A, line 39, family 365, 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 1021.

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