1870 Census Norfolk, NY
Parents, Henry and Helen, Farmers
Jennie is 4, siblings Clara, Lizzie

1880 Census Norfolk, NY
Parents, Henry and Helen, Farmers
Jennie is 14, sisters & brother Edward

1881 Jennie's father, Henry Atwater, moved his family from New York to California and settled in Tomales. In 1883, Mr. Atwater died in Tomales and was interred in New York.

1889 Marriage
Thomas Ables (see wedding announcement)
Jennie had two children, 1892 and 1894

1894 Widowed
Jan. 22, Thomas, 29, was kicked by a horse

1894 Moved
Feb. 23, sold dairy & moved to town

1890 Moved
to Wade H. Vaughan old house 1st & Church

1900 Census Tomales, CA
Jennie is widowed with 2 children
William H. (7) and Helen E. (6)
Helen Atwater, Mother (widowed)

1910 Census Tomales, CA
Jennie is living with daughter Helen
working House Keeper for private family
documents having 2 children, 2 living

1920 Census Tomales, CA
Jennie is living by herself
working as "washing + janitoress"

1930 Census Tomales
Jennie is HOH and adopted a little boy
Edwin A. Ables born 1923 CA (parents CA)
residing w/son William & wife Edna P.

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Albes-Atwater Nuptials
An extremely quiet and very happy wedding took place in San Rafael on Petaluma avenue last Tuesday. The contracting parties were Thomas Grant Ables, nephew of the Hon. T.J. Ables, the Tomales banker, and Miss Jennie E. Atwater, sister of Miss Lizzie Atwater, the well known school teacher of San Rafael. The wedding ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Woodward of Petaluma. Only relatives and intimate friends of the family witnessed the ceremony. The groom is well known in Tomales and was in the employ of Supervisor Burbank for sometime. At present he holds a lucrative position in Petaluma, where the honeymoon will be spent.

Published Sausalito News
October 4, 1889

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Adopted Son Edwin A. Atwater
The one clue about the identity of Edwin A. Ables is his "adopted son" entry on Jennie's 1930 census. I believe Edwin is Edwin ATWATER Ables, since Atwater is Jennie's maiden name. Unfortunately, Ables perished aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Carrier USS Serpens during an explosion in Guadalcanal, during WWII. The Coast Guard records Able's sister as Frances Johnson Holloway Przybycien, Alameda county. I assume she is Edwin's biological sister. I have done a great search for Edwin, but information is minimal.

I have virtually linked Edwin to his adopted mother Jennie, but not to Thomas Ables, since he died in 1894.

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Child Not linked
Helen Elizabeth Ables Wind
March 21, 1894
June 29, 1955 Alameda county

husband Waldamar "Walter" Wind
(son of Nels Wind.)