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Ada Florence <I>Parker</I> Todd

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Ada Florence Parker Todd

Birth
New York, USA
Death
8 Mar 1967 (aged 96)
San Mateo County, California, USA
Burial
Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Plot 1, Lot 114
Memorial ID
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Ada's mother was Mary Frances Lyons-Parker
Ada's father was Joseph A Parker

Ada was born in New York in 1870 to parents Joseph A. Parker and Mary Frances Lyons. Ada's parents married in Manhattan, New York March 31, 1869.
indexing project (batch) number: M00122-0
system origin: New_York-ODM
source film number: 1544221

By the time Ada was 10 years old her family was living in Oakland, Alameda, California and the 1880 census shows that Ada's mother had recently died of a miscarriage.

By 1887, Ada had relocated to New Hampshire and married Charles A. Todd on April 21, 1887. They divorced in 1901. Ada and Charles had three children in New Hampshire:
Frank Joseph Todd born 1889
Bertha Marion Todd born 1892
Veda Irene Todd born 1898

Ada was living in San Francisco in 1906 when the great earthquake and subsequent fires broke out.

In 1904, Ada married Calvin Otis Stillings. They eventually divorced (date unknown),

Ada married Austin O. Stanley on 16 Oct 1911 • Pierce, Washington. This marriage also ended in divorce (data unknown).

Eventually Ada ended up in Silver City, New Mexico where she opened and ran a retirement home for cowboys. Most of her tenants had been born in the mid-1800's and had wandered into New Mexico in the 1880's in search for gold and silver. One of Ada's tenants was her uncle Charles Herbert Lyons. After her uncle died in 1948, Ada continued her cowboy retirement home until 1959 when her last cowboy tenant died. At the ripe old age of 86, Ada closed her cowboy retirement home and moved to live near her daughters Veda and Bertha.

Ada died in California at the age of 96.
Ada's mother was Mary Frances Lyons-Parker
Ada's father was Joseph A Parker

Ada was born in New York in 1870 to parents Joseph A. Parker and Mary Frances Lyons. Ada's parents married in Manhattan, New York March 31, 1869.
indexing project (batch) number: M00122-0
system origin: New_York-ODM
source film number: 1544221

By the time Ada was 10 years old her family was living in Oakland, Alameda, California and the 1880 census shows that Ada's mother had recently died of a miscarriage.

By 1887, Ada had relocated to New Hampshire and married Charles A. Todd on April 21, 1887. They divorced in 1901. Ada and Charles had three children in New Hampshire:
Frank Joseph Todd born 1889
Bertha Marion Todd born 1892
Veda Irene Todd born 1898

Ada was living in San Francisco in 1906 when the great earthquake and subsequent fires broke out.

In 1904, Ada married Calvin Otis Stillings. They eventually divorced (date unknown),

Ada married Austin O. Stanley on 16 Oct 1911 • Pierce, Washington. This marriage also ended in divorce (data unknown).

Eventually Ada ended up in Silver City, New Mexico where she opened and ran a retirement home for cowboys. Most of her tenants had been born in the mid-1800's and had wandered into New Mexico in the 1880's in search for gold and silver. One of Ada's tenants was her uncle Charles Herbert Lyons. After her uncle died in 1948, Ada continued her cowboy retirement home until 1959 when her last cowboy tenant died. At the ripe old age of 86, Ada closed her cowboy retirement home and moved to live near her daughters Veda and Bertha.

Ada died in California at the age of 96.


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  • Created by: Donna Z
  • Added: Mar 18, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86938681/ada_florence-todd: accessed ), memorial page for Ada Florence Parker Todd (15 Apr 1870–8 Mar 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 86938681, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA; Maintained by Donna Z (contributor 47425098).