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Facts and Events
| Name |
Edwin Alanson Ricker, Sr |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[2][3] |
Dec 1868 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
| Census[3] |
1 Jun 1870 |
Sugar Grove, Warren, Pennsylvania, United StatesAge 1 |
| Census[4] |
1 Jun 1880 |
Burlingame, Osage, Kansas, United StatesAge 11 |
| Census[5] |
1 Mar 1885 |
Scranton (township), Osage, Kansas, United States |
| Marriage |
17 May 1893 |
Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United StatesBy O P Wright, 1422 Froosh Ave
to Edna Earl Mater |
| Divorce |
16 Jan 1902 |
Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United Statesfrom Edna Earl Mater |
| Marriage |
Feb 1902 |
to Alice E. Unknown |
| Divorce |
15 Jan 1903 |
Missouri, United Statesfrom Alice E. Unknown |
| Marriage |
21 Dec 1911 |
Greene, Missouri, United Statesto Lucille Carr |
| Residence[1] |
9 Aug 1917 |
Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
| Death[2] |
27 Oct 1928 |
Springdale, Washington, Arkansas, United States |
| Burial[2] |
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Bluff Cemetery, Springdale, Washington, Arkansas, United StatesPlot: Addition 1913, Section 4, Plot 11 |
References
- ↑ Warren Evening Mirror (Warren, Pennsylvania)
3:5, 9 Aug 1917.
Warren Evening Mirror, 9 Aug 1917 
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Edwin A Ricker, in Find A Grave.
[Tombstone shown]
Inscription:
"Edwin A. Ricker
1868--1928"
Obituary - Springfield, Missouri
Edwin A Ricker, aged 60, of Springdale, Ark., a salesman for the McGregor Hardware company of Springfield for the past 25 years, died at 6:45 o'clock this morning at his home in Springdale. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2 o'clock at the home address, with burial in the cemetery at Springdale. He is survived by his widow, three children, one brother and one sister.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Giles Ricker family, in Warren, Pennsylvania, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M593)
Post Office: Sugar Grove, Sugar Grove township, pg 7, Dwelling 58, Family 57, Lines 26-30, NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1461, 4 Jul 1870.
- ↑ Osage, Kansas, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T9)
Burlingam, Sheet 62C, Family 1025, NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 391.
Self: Giles A. Ricker - M - 39 - New York, United States
Wife: Mary E. Ricker - F - 36 - Pennsylvania, United States
Daughter: Julia Ricker - F - 13 - Pennsylvania, United States
Son: Edwin A. Ricker - M - 11 - Pennsylvania, United States
Son: Hugh J. Ricker - M - 8 - Pennsylvania, United States
Daughter: Ettie Ricker - F - 4 - Pennsylvania, United States
- ↑ Kansas State Board of Agriculture. Decennial census, Kansas 1885: Osage County, Kansas. (Topeka: Kansas State Historical Society, 1969)
Scranton Township, Pg 4, Family 24, Line 23.
- There are some interesting difficulties with this obituary. At the time of Edwin's death he was the father of 6 children (Frieda, Helen, Edwin, Glendon, Beulah and Robert) and, as far as can be found, his last wife had passed away in 1920.
Therefore, a few conclusions/suppositions can be made as follows:
1.) He had married a 4th time and the individual who reported the obituary, perhaps that widow, only knew or counted his third marriage's children when writing the obituary.
2.) He did not marry and one of his family members wrote the obituary most likely ignorant of one of his marriage's children, since his first wife, until the day she died, claimed she was a widow and would not acknowledge she was divorced.
3.) He married a 4th time and had 3 more children by that marriage. This would make for an interesting line of research should it somehow prove true, but it is currently the least likely possibility as he was 52 at the time of his 3rd wife's demise and no records have been found to make this possible.
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