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Eva Fern Crouse Edwards

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7 Sep 1994 (aged 90)
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Eva's father died when she was just 4, and not yet 5. She had five older siblings and one younger sibling.

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Eva Crouse
Birth Year: abt 1904
Birthplace: Oklahoma
Home in 1910: Highland, Caddo, Oklahoma
Race: White
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Parent's Name: Martha L Crouse
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: Iowa
Household Members:
Martha L Crouse 36 (farmer)
Gertrude M Crouse 17
Minnie C Crouse 15
Grace M Crouse 13
Earl R Crouse 9
Leslie A Crouse 8
Eva Crouse 6
Ivan Crouse 2

According to a Crouse family document, Fern married Houston Thomas McCay on January 20, 1920. Two sons were born to this union: Paul Clifford McCay in 1921 and Claude Thomas McCay in 1923. Houston died of injuries from an automobile accident.

She married Jesse Lee Edwards on November 21, 1928.

Paul and his wife, Tommie Jean were parents of Clifford Paul (b. 1945), Ilene (b. 1946) and Randy Glenn (b. 1953).

Claude and his wife, Dorothy Hansen, were parents of Richard (b. 1944) and David Lee (b. 1948).

1930 United States Federal Census
Home in 1930: Precinct 4, Carson, Texas
Spouse's Name: Jess L Edwards
Household Members:
Jess L Edwards 25 (warehouse at Cabbot plant)
Eva Edwards 26
Paul Mccay 8
Claude Mccay 6 7/12

1940 United States Federal Census
Respondent: Yes
Home in 1940: Modesto, Stanislaus, CA
Street: Beard Avenue
Residence in 1935: Boyer, Hutchinson, Texas
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Occupation: Sorter
Highest Grade Completed: Elem., 8th grade
Duration of Unemployment: 20
Class of Worker: Wage in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 16
Income: 255
Household Members:
J L Edwards 35
Eva Edwards 36
Paul Mc Cay 68
Claude Mc Cay 16
Martha Brown 66

California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Eva Fern Edwards [Eva Fern Crouse]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 21 Mar 1904
Birth Place: Oklahoma
Death Date: 7 Sep 1994
Death Place: Stanislaus
Mother's Maiden Name: Arndt
Father's Surname: Crouse

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Eva Edwards
Last Residence: 95351 Modesto, Stanislaus, California, USA
BORN: 21 Mar 1904
Last Benefit: 95351, Modesto, Stanislaus, California, USA
Died: Sep 1994
State (Year) SSN issued: California (1952)
Eva's father died when she was just 4, and not yet 5. She had five older siblings and one younger sibling.

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Eva Crouse
Birth Year: abt 1904
Birthplace: Oklahoma
Home in 1910: Highland, Caddo, Oklahoma
Race: White
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Parent's Name: Martha L Crouse
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: Iowa
Household Members:
Martha L Crouse 36 (farmer)
Gertrude M Crouse 17
Minnie C Crouse 15
Grace M Crouse 13
Earl R Crouse 9
Leslie A Crouse 8
Eva Crouse 6
Ivan Crouse 2

According to a Crouse family document, Fern married Houston Thomas McCay on January 20, 1920. Two sons were born to this union: Paul Clifford McCay in 1921 and Claude Thomas McCay in 1923. Houston died of injuries from an automobile accident.

She married Jesse Lee Edwards on November 21, 1928.

Paul and his wife, Tommie Jean were parents of Clifford Paul (b. 1945), Ilene (b. 1946) and Randy Glenn (b. 1953).

Claude and his wife, Dorothy Hansen, were parents of Richard (b. 1944) and David Lee (b. 1948).

1930 United States Federal Census
Home in 1930: Precinct 4, Carson, Texas
Spouse's Name: Jess L Edwards
Household Members:
Jess L Edwards 25 (warehouse at Cabbot plant)
Eva Edwards 26
Paul Mccay 8
Claude Mccay 6 7/12

1940 United States Federal Census
Respondent: Yes
Home in 1940: Modesto, Stanislaus, CA
Street: Beard Avenue
Residence in 1935: Boyer, Hutchinson, Texas
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Occupation: Sorter
Highest Grade Completed: Elem., 8th grade
Duration of Unemployment: 20
Class of Worker: Wage in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 16
Income: 255
Household Members:
J L Edwards 35
Eva Edwards 36
Paul Mc Cay 68
Claude Mc Cay 16
Martha Brown 66

California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Eva Fern Edwards [Eva Fern Crouse]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 21 Mar 1904
Birth Place: Oklahoma
Death Date: 7 Sep 1994
Death Place: Stanislaus
Mother's Maiden Name: Arndt
Father's Surname: Crouse

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Eva Edwards
Last Residence: 95351 Modesto, Stanislaus, California, USA
BORN: 21 Mar 1904
Last Benefit: 95351, Modesto, Stanislaus, California, USA
Died: Sep 1994
State (Year) SSN issued: California (1952)


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