Census 1870: Living with her parents and two siblings in Wisconsin, United States. Aged 12.[1]
At the age of 20 Ada married widower Robert Bruce Dodge on August 20, 1878 at Washington, United States. He was 25 years her senior and had about three children by his first wife.
Ada and Robert had at least 10 children together.
Census 1880: Living with her husband and his two children, as well as their own son Orville in Thurston, Washington, United States. Ada was aged 22.[2]
Her husband passed away in 1907.
By 1910 Ada was living at Battle Ground, Clark, Washington, United States with her nine children and one boarder. She was by now 51 years of age.[3]
She passed away in 1951 at the age of 92.
Burial
Odd Fellows Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington, USA. Plot: Block 33 Lot 24[4]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN98-W14 : 17 October 2014), Ada Marcy in household of Bradley Marcy, Wisconsin, United States; citing p. 16, family 124, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,211.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXTX-BJT : 14 July 2016), Ada L Dodge in household of R Bruce Dodge, Thurston, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district ED 16, sheet 132D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1397; FHL microfilm 1,255,397.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGVS-MM4 : accessed 28 February 2017), Ada L Dodge, Battle Ground, Clark, Washington, United States
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHF8-795 : accessed 28 February 2017), Ada L Dodge, Little Rock, Thurston, Washington, United States
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCQD-PVG : accessed 28 February 2017), Ada Dodge in household of Louis Knapp, Gate, Thurston, Washington, United States
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ada by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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