Edith Irene Ward (1904 - 1983)

Born 12 Jun 1904 in Roane, Tennessee, United States

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Died 6 Jan 1983 at age 78 in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Edith was born about 1905, the daughter of Freland Hasten Ward and Mahala Jane Taylor.^[1] She married Gilbert Sanford Whaler, a man 19 years older, in Monroe, Michigan on July 26, 1922.^[2] Edith and Gilbert had three children together:

1. Gilbert Dale (1923-1991)
2. Ruth Catherine (1924-1999)
3. Norman Albert (1930-2011)

They made their home in Detroit where, in 1930, Gilbert worked as a magazine advertising salesman.^[3] Later, Gilbert found work as a machine at a "motor car place," an automobile factory.^[4]Edith filed for divorce in Detroit, which was granted in 1943. She was 38 at the time and Gilbert was 57.^[5] Both of the older children had left the home by that time. Edith married again, marrying Lawrence Frazier, a gardener, in Grosse Pointe Shores on Mary 31, 1944.^[6] Edith was also working at a factory at the time. The marriage certificate states that she is widowed but Gilbert didn't pass away until 1966.

Lawrence passed away in 1955 and Edith passed away at the age of 78, in 1983.^[7] She is buried at North Farmington Cemetery in Farmington Hills, Michigan.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1910; Census Place: Oliver Springs, Anderson, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1490; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0008; FHL microfilm: 1375503. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Ancestry Record 7884 #157530980 with attached Image
2. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ94-5L4 : 2 April 2020), Gilbert S. Whaler and Edith Ward, 26 Jul 1922; citing Marriage, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4032401.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7SJ-H5T : accessed 12 July 2020), Edith Whaler in household of Gilbert Whaler, Detroit (Districts 0751-0879), Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 781, sheet 15B, line 83, family 76, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1063; FHL microfilm 2,340,798.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHMQ-CMD : 6 May 2020), Edith Whaler in household of Gilbert Whaler, Tract 875, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 82-68B, sheet 14B, line 78, family 308, 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 1828.
5. ↑ Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Michigan. Divorce records: Wayne Certificates 103,050 - 107,399. Ancestry.com. Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Ancestry Record 9092 #192615 with attached Image
6. ↑ Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 325; Film Title: 82 Wayne 308500-311799; Film Description: Wayne: Part 18 (Miscellanous Years). Ancestry.com. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Record 9093 #4443820 with attached Image
7. ↑ "Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ1C-X92 : 4 December 2014), Edith I Frazier, 06 Jan 1983; from "Michigan, Deaths, 1971-1996," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 1998); citing Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, death certificate number 4168, Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Lansing.
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLR-2MSV : 11 July 2016), Edith I Whaler Frazier, 1983; Burial, Farmington Hills, Oakland, Michigan, United States of America, North Farmington Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #101484077