Edith Bernice (Meland) Craft (1908 - 1966)

Born 22 Apr 1908 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 4 May 1966 at age 58 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Edith Bernice Meland was born in Chicago, Illinois on 22 Apr 1908 to Erick B. Meland and Elizabeth Hansen of Norway.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

She married Walter Andrew Craft about 1938^[6][7] and had the following known children:

1. Betty Jean Craft was born in Harvey, Cook County, Illinois on 11 Aug 1939.^[6][7]

Edith died 04 May 1966 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery there on the 7th.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDZ-9ZCJ : 18 May 2016), Edith Bernice Meland, 22 Apr 1908; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 28566, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK8N-3GC : accessed 17 January 2018), Edith B Miland in household of Erick B Miland, Chicago Ward 33, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1445, sheet 4B, family 71, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 280; FHL microfilm 1,374,293.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJWF-TRZ : accessed 17 January 2018), Bernise Meland in household of Erie Meland, Homewood, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing ED 214, sheet 19A, line 39, family 254, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 363; FHL microfilm 1,820,363.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSLM-7FR : accessed 17 January 2018), Bernice Meland in household of Erick Meland, Chicago (Districts 0251-0500), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 394, sheet 6A, line 5, family 100, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 430; FHL microfilm 2,340,165.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MX-6CLJ : 17 May 2016), Bernice M Craft, 04 May 1966; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL99-X75P : 27 March 2017), Betty Jean Craft, 11 Aug 1939; Harvey, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 303, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWWG-C1Y : accessed 17 January 2018), Bernice Craft in household of Walter A Craft, Harvey, Thornton Township, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-85, sheet 8B, line 42, family 233, 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 774.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Meland-45 created through the import of meland2012.ged on Feb 6, 2012 by Greg Meland. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Greg and others.