Walter Ervin Oden (1882 - 1961)

Born 28 Nov 1882 in Indiana, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Maude David — married 1907 in Indiana

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Biography

Note

Saw a message board post that says his wife was MARGARET MAUDE DAVID. I haven't checked this. LATER: His obituary #S3592 confirms his wife's name. They were married in 1907 and she died in 1958.

There is a conflict on his birth year. The 1900 Census and his gravestone say 1882. The FindAGrave site #S3533 uses 1881 from his newspaper obituary, an image of which is shown on the page. LATER: Have seen additional support for 1882 #S35; going with that. I have since taken over as manager of his FindAGrave page and changed the dates to reflect the information given here.

Marriage

Date: 1907

Place: , , Indiana. (Source: #S3533)

Husband: Walter Ervin Oden

Wife: Margaret Maude David

Physical Description

6' tall, 165 lbs., brn eyes, gray hair, light brn complexion, scar on left eye. (Draft card, one day before 60th birthday, #S35).

Death

Date: 1961. (Sources: #S3592, #S3533)

Burial

Place: Albright Cemetery, Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, USA. (Source: #S3533)

Sources

• WikiTree profile Oden-55 created through the import of Oden Edgerton Etc.ged on Apr 18, 2012 by Fred Remus. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Fred and others.

• Source: S25 Title: U.S. Census, 1900. Note: Gives his middle initial as "I." I'm going with "E" from his gravestone and obituary shown on the FindAGrave.com site. LATER: His WWII draft registration card gives his full middle name, Ervin.

• Source: S36 Title: U.S. Census, 1920. Note: Shows five children. The three not on 1930 would have been old enough to be on their own by then. Adline, shown here, is almost certainly the same person as Madge A., shown on the 1930 Census.

• Source: S34 Title: U.S. Census, 1930. Note: Shows wife, Margaret M., and two children.

• Source: S35 Title: United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. Note: Source for full middle name. Shows "person who will always know your address" as Mrs. Margaret Oden (wife). Also further supports 1882 (not 1881) as birth year.

• Source: S3533 Title: FindAGrave.com. Note: See note on birth year conflict. Shows image of newspaper obituary ("...died...Sunday.") but gives no date of death or date for the paper containing the obit. Marriage date from his obituary, place assumed.

• Source: S3592 Title: EdAndDebby.com. Note: This site has the same obit and gravestone images as the FindAGrave.com site and again gives no date of death. The date is an approximate based on the age at death shown in the obit. There remains the question of whether or not the age was determined from his birth date which is shown as 1881 in the obit and 1882 on his gravestone. Also, the date of the obit is not given.