Edna Grace (Wilder) Hepworth (1896 - 1986)

Born 6 Dec 1896 in Weare, Oceana, Michigan, United States

Wife of Samuel Edward Hepworth — married 9 Aug 1914 in Weare, Oceana, Michigan, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1986 at age 90 in Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States

Biography

Edna, daughter of Harvey "Henry" Jacob Wilder and Cora Bell Benedict,^[1] was born 6 December 1896 in Weare, Oceana County, Michigan.^[1][2][3][4] She grew up there in a large farm family headed by her parents Harvey J. (age 40, farmer) and Cora B. Wilder (33) and her maternal grandmother Lida Benedict (74).^[2] In 1900 their children living at home included Edna G. (4), John W. (20, farmhand), Emer L. (13), Emory R. (11), Viola M. (9), Clarence M. (8) and Nellie E. (6).^[2]

The family remained in Weare Township in 1910 and included Henry J. (age 50, farmer), Cora (42, mother of nine, all living), Edna (12), and her siblings Emory (21, farmhand), Viola (19), Clarence (17), Thella (15), Melvin (9), Selden (8) and Hazel (2).^[5]

On 9 August 1914 in Weare Township, she married Samuel Edward Hepworth,^[6] son of William Bramwell Hepworth and Ann Eliza Emery.^[7] They had eleven children four of whom may still be living:

• Samuel "Eugene" (b. 6 August 1915;^[8][9] m. Rosa "Katherine" Bastin;^[10] d. 12 May 1981).^[8][9][11]

• Daniel Ralph (b. 2 August 1917;^[12][13] m. Bernice Elizabeth Stambaugh;^[14] d. 1 January 1991).^[12][13]

• David Jesse (b. 9 December 1919;^[15][16] m. Marguerite Denslow;^{[citation needed]} d. 22 July 1997).^[15][16]

• Nola Grace (b. 19 August 1921;^[17][18] m. Paul Elon Akers;^[17] d. 5 June 2006).^[18][19][20]

• Mary Omega (b. 8 March 1923;^[21] m. Leonard Benton Gill,^[22] d. August 1983).^[21][23]

• Hazel Selina (b. 3 March 1925;^[24] d. 27 July 2006).^[24][25]

• Daisy Hepworth (b. 20 December 1926;^[26] m. Robert C. "Bob" Stinson;^[27] d. 17 September 2010).^[26][28]

By 1920 Samuel (age 26, farmer) and Edna (23) had moved to Hammond, Lake County, Indiana, with their children Samuel "Eugene" (4), Daniel Ralph (2) and David Jesse (one month).^[29] The family remained in Indiana—in Washington Township, Morgan County—in 1930.^[30] The growing household encompassed Samuel (age 37), Edna (34), and their children Samuel "Eugene" (14, b. Michigan), Daniel Ralph (12, b. Michigan), David Jesse (10, b. Indiana), Nola Grace (8, b. Michigan), Mary Omega (7, b. Michigan), Hazel Selina (5, b. Wisconsin), Daisy Hepworth (3, b. Michigan), a two-year-old son and a one-month-old daughter.^[30]

In 1940 the household in Pentwater, Pentwater Township, Oceana County, Michigan, included Samuel (age 47, laborer), Edna (43), Nola (18), Mary (17, laborer), Hazel (15), Daisy (13), an 11-year-old son and daughters aged 10, six and five.^[31]

Edna Grace died 23 December 1986 in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan,^[3][4] and was buried there at Sunrise Memorial Gardens.^[32]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Michigan Births, 1867-1902, database with images, FamilySearch (12 August 2019), Edna Grace Wilder, 6 Dec 1896; citing p 273 rn 188, Weare, Oceana, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,322,710.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 28 August 2019), Edna G Wilder in household of Harvey J. Wilder, Weare township, Oceana, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 115, sheet 8A, family 160, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,736.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996, database, FamilySearch (4 December 2014), Edna G Hepworth, 23 Dec 1986; from "Michigan, Deaths, 1971-1996," database, Ancestry (1998); citing Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, death certificate number 75513, Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Lansing.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Edna Hepworth, Dec 1986; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 28 August 2019), Edna Wilder in household of Henry J Wilder, Weare, Oceana, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 135, sheet 11B, family 150, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 669; FHL microfilm 1,374,682.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925; database with images, FamilySearch (15 January 2019), Samuel E Hepworth and Edna G Wilder, 1914.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996, database, FamilySearch (4 December 2014), Samuel E Hepworth, 30 Dec 1988; from "Michigan, Deaths, 1971-1996," database, Ancestry (1998); citing Grand Haven, Ottawa, Michigan, death certificate number 76281, Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Lansing.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Samuel Hepworth, May 1981; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996, database, FamilySearch (4 December 2014), Samuel E Hepworth, 12 May 1981; from "Michigan, Deaths, 1971-1996," database, Ancestry (1998); citing Shelby, Oceana, Michigan, death certificate number 29282, Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Lansing.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, database with images, FamilySearch (10 December 2017), Samuel Eugene Hepworth and Katherine Baston, 06 Jul 1935; citing Morgan, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005014938.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #71502356 for Samuel E Hepworth buried at Oakhurst Cemetery in Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan, United States of America (retrieved 13 December 2015). Full birth and death dates are engraved on his headstone.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2} Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996, database, FamilySearch (4 December 2014), Daniel R Hepworth, 01 Jan 1991; from "Michigan, Deaths, 1971-1996," database, Ancestry (1998); citing Fremont, Newaygo, Michigan, death certificate number 003810, Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Lansing.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1 13.2} United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Daniel R Hepworth, 1 Jan 1991; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006, database with images, FamilySearch (: 16 March 2018), Daniel R Hepworth, 1991; citing , Obituary, Grand Rapids Public Library, Michigan; FHL microfilm 7,594,958.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2} United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (19 May 2014), David J Hepworth, 22 Jul 1997; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1 16.2} David Hepworth buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Lee, Oneida, New York, United States of America (Find A Grave: Memorial #16445207 retrieved 27 July 2019). His headstone is engraved with full birth and death dates.
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1 17.2} Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, database with images, FamilySearch (10 December 2017), Paul E Akers and Nola Grace Hepworth, 29 Nov 1945; citing Morgan, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005014940.
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1 18.2} United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Nola G Akers, 05 Jun 2006; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1} ]]United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 27 August 2019), Nola Grace Hepworth Akers, Bloomington, Indiana, United States, 07 Jun 2006; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (2014); citing Herald-Times, born-digital text.
20. ↑ ^{20.0 20.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #135664035 for Nola Grace Hepworth Akers buried at New South Park Cemetery in Martinsville, Morgan, Indiana, United States of America (retrieved 11 July 2016). She shares a headstone with her husband that is engraved with full birth and death dates.
21. ↑ ^{21.0 21.1 21.2} United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Mary Gill, Aug 1983; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
22. ↑ ^{22.0 22.1} United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 13 July 2019), Mary Hepworth Gill in entry for Ruth Ann Gill Leichliter, Oklahoma, United States, 20 Jan 2009; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Enid News and Eagle, born-digital text.
23. ↑ ^{23.0 23.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #131465317 for Mary O. Gill buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States of America (retrieved 13 December 2015).
24. ↑ ^{24.0 24.1 24.2} United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (19 May 2014), Hazel S Hepworth, 27 Jul 2006; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
25. ↑ ^{25.0 25.1} Hazel Selina Hepworth buried at Sunrise Memorial Gardens in Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States of America (Find A Grave: Memorial #120259992 retrieved 13 December 2015).
26. ↑ ^{26.0 26.1 26.2} United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Daisy M Stinson, 17 Sep 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
27. ↑ ^{27.0 27.1} United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 13 July 2019), Daisy M Hepworth Stinson, Michigan, United States, 18 Sep 2010; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (2014); citing Midland Daily News, born-digital text. Viewable at Legacy.com.
28. ↑ ^{28.0 28.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #127624435 for Daisy M Stinson buried at Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Midland, Midland, Michigan, United States of America (retrieved 13 December 2015). She shares a headstone with her husband.
29. ↑ ^{29.0 29.1} United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 27 July 2019), Household of Sam Hepworth, Hammond Ward 5, Lake, Indiana, United States; citing ED 67, sheet 3B, line 88, family 66, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 445; FHL microfilm 1,820,445.
30. ↑ ^{30.0 30.1 30.2} United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 27 July 2019), Household of Sameul Hepworth, Washington, Morgan, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 1A, line 36, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 619; FHL microfilm 2,340,354.
31. ↑ ^{31.0 31.1} United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (14 March 2018), Household of Samuel Hepworth, Pentwater, Pentwater Township, Oceana, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64-18, sheet 1A, line 5, family 1, 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 1805.
32. ↑ ^{32.0 32.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #104097277 for Edna Grace Wilder Hepworth buried at Sunrise Memorial Gardens in Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States of America (retrieved 11 July 2016).

Acknowledgements

This profile was created, researched and initially written by Kathy Rabenstein.