The best one was probably the marriage announcement for the mysterious Evadne (Clark) Carroll in the June 11, 1919 issue (image from ancestry.com):
Evadne is mysterious because we learned of her from her mother's obituary (8-25-1932), but we have no other records of her mother, and few of Evadne. I was happy because it seemed like, for once, someone in my family had chosen an unusual first name, which might make searching easier. But I've not found any other mention of her mother, Nancy Ella Carroll Clark, though the obit lists her as the sister of Mary Jane, Rosina, and M.A. Carroll (presumably Michael Aldin). Evadne shows up as living with her grandparents, John and Mary Jane Carroll, in the 1900 census, with the last name Clark. She's still living with Mary Jane in the 1910 census, with last name Carroll (image from ancestry.com).
So she apparently grew up with her grandmother and aunts and uncle. I don't know what Evadne was doing in Ohio, as the only other mention I found for her was a Feb 14 1918 lost and found ad for a music roll lost in the Majestic theatre.
In the 1920 census, it looks like George and Evadne Davison had moved to Pittsburgh (image from ancestry.com):
Her mother's obit says that Evadne had moved to California by 1932. Who knows, maybe I have some Davison cousins out there!
No comments:
Post a Comment