Ahnentafel #13 Edna Gurley

Edna Mae Gurley

Born: November 1, 1897, Virden, IL
Died: March 15, 1982, Evansville, IN

Buried:  March 17, 1982, Thomason Cemetery, Wayne City, IL

Married:  1) Henry Erkman, January 9, 1916 Wayne City, IL, divorced 1923; 2) William Davis ca. 1957 maybe, still looking for marriage record

Occupation:  worked at the Delco-Remy plant in Anderson, IN,cashier Wells Cloak & Suit Co., saleswoman Bon Marche, saleswoman Schultz's Cloak House, saleswoman DeJong's

Census:
1900 Arrington Twp., Wayne Co., IL with her parents, she was 2 years old

1910 Orel Twp., Wayne Co., IL with her parents, age 12

1920 #220 Noble Street, Anderson, IN with her husband Henry Erkman and sister-in-laws Ernest & Sophia Jordan and Lonnie & Anna Wheeler, she was 22.

1930 #225 SE 3rd (?) Street, Evansville, IN with boarders.  She rented a home for $53 and had a radio.  Edna was working in an insurance office as an assistant.

1940 not listed, the census taker went by twice 

Evansville City Directories:
1926 - 408 Madison Ave.
1927 - 602 Walnut
1928-1929 525 S. 3rd
1930 - 225 SE 3rd
1931 - 116 Powell Ave.
1933 - 401B SE 2nd
1934-1950 - 602 Walnut 

1951+ 1636 Washington Ave.

Will:
I, Edna M. Davis, of 101 S.E. First Street, Evansville, Indiana 47708, being of sound and deposing mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament.

Item One I hereby direct that all my just debts, funeral expenses and expenses of my last illness be paid as soon as convenient after my death.

Item Two All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal or mixed, wheresoever situate, of which I may die seized or possessed or to which I may be entitled at the time of my death, I give, devise and bequeath to my niece, Freda M. Porter, 1801 Hercules Avenue, Evansville, Indiana.

Item Three I hereby nominate and appoint my niece, Freda M. Porter, as Personal Representative under this my Last Will and Testament, to serve without bond.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name at Evansville, Indiana, this 7th day of July, 1976
Edna M. Davis [signed]

Witnessed by: Victor Ahrens and Carol Sue Vowels.

Edna Gurley Davis by Trixie Lathrop

My grandma lived in Evansville, Indiana on 602 Walnut St. for years.  She took in boarders and Buelah Johnnye Johnson a retired army nurse lived with her there.  I went to spend a week there every year.  Bill Davis also roomed there and eventually they married.  She took me to Mesker zoo and the Ice Capades and Water Follies when I was there.  Also to lots of movies.  We would go to Sunset Park on the river and watch the sun go down.  It was a part of town where you kept doors and windows locked.  There were French doors out of the living room onto a small front porch.  The porch was totally surrounded by a brick wall.  She worked at Dunhill's Schultz's and DeJong's department stores.  I got lots of clothes from her because she got a discount on them.  She and Bill Davis moved to 1636 Washington Ave. and I visited them in the summer there.

Child:
Harold Edward