Edith was the daughter of Byron Rickard and Mary Matilda Newell, born in 1880 while Byron was pursuing his studies at National University Law School in Washington, DC. The day of Edith's birth was the same day her father was mentioned in the Evening Star newspaper of Washington, DC as being elected treasurer for what sounds like the school's alumni association.
By the time of the 1880 US Census, 11 June, 1880, Edith was 2 months old which was exactly what was recorded by the Enumerator. She is with her parents and living in Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio (extreme NE of Ohio on Lake Erie). That Census asked for the month of a child less than one year old and March is recorded. Her father is recorded as a lawyer; he is 35 and her mother, Mary is 33.
The long 20 years until the 1900 Census is a period of time I found little record of Edith. One newspaper mention of 6 Aug 1899 (Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio) mentions she and her mother "Mrs. Rickard of Dalkeith, Florida" were in Collinwood "as guests of Mrs Henry Sherman". I don't know yet who Mrs Sherman is or the relationship. Collinwood is an area in eastern Cleveland.
1890: The 1890 Veteran's Census (June 1890), however, does show Edith's father is still living in Findlay, so that narrows the year Edith moved with her parents to Florida to after mid-1890 when she would have been 10 years old. Combined with the Collinwood visit article, the family moved to Florida between June 1890 and Aug 1899.
1900: The 1900 Census is enlightening because Edith as well as her parents are listed in 2 Census records: Findlay, Ohio AND Wewahitchka, Calhoun County, Florida. The Ohio Census looks "normal" with both parents as well as Edith. Their home, owned by her parents, is at 2010 Elyria Street (mis-transcribed as Supia Street) and Edith is listed at age 20, single.
The 2nd 1900 Census, in Florida, shows Edith and her parents living in a home they own and that it is a farm. However, here it becomes clear why the family is recorded in 2 Census records: her parents names are bracketed and beside them is written: "away for the summer". Combined with her father's health issues doctors had said would be helped by a warmer climate than Ohio's, it seems most likely the family had acquired the Florida farm as a 2nd home to use in the winter in early 1899 at the latest. With the frequency with which her father is mentioned in news articles, perhaps I will find something that will further narrow the year they acquired the Florida farm.
I'm curious about when the family moved to Florida, as Edith married and is living in Alabama with her husband and 3 children per the 1910 Census. I've not found a marriage record, but believe the wedding must have occurred in 1901 or very early 1902. She married William Dudley Achord, born in Georgia, but I believe he may have been living in Ohio in the 1890's. I'm still researching him so hope to find a marriage record or at least a better understanding of where they married.
1910: The 1910 Census finds Edith and husband William in Greenwood, Bullock, Alabama where William is an apiarist, or beekeeper on a bee farm. Her 2 older children are shown born in Ohio, so that suggests Edith met and married William in Ohio and they lived there until the birth of their 3rd child in Florida in 1908.
Edith and William had 4 children, all born between 1902 and 1908:
-- Ruth Evelyn Achord: 10 Sep 1902, Findlay, Ohio - 29 June 1903, Hilton, Early County, Georgia (this child is reflected in the 1910 Census question regarding Edith's # of children: she had 4 of whom 3 were living)
-- Otis Achord: 4 Sep 1903, Findlay, Ohio - 24 Jan 1973, Findlay, Ohio; never married
-- Mary Achord: 4 April 1906, Ohio or Florida - 12 Apr 1997, Findlay, Ohio; married Reginald A Coykendale, date and location unknown
-- Catherine Achord: 28 Mr 1908, Florida - 8 Jun 1989, Findlay, Ohio; never married
1920: By January 1920, Edith and her husband and children have moved to another Alabama County and a nephew of William's and Edith's mother, widowed in 1911, are living with them. Home is Pike Road, Montgomery County, Alabama. The household appears as:
-- W D Achord: 49, born Georgia, also parents, Head
-- Edith L Achord: 39, born Washington, DC, parents born New York (obvious error as both were born in Ohio), Wife
-- Otis B Achord: 16, born Ohio, Son
-- Mary Achord: 14, born Ohio, Daughter
-- Catherine Achord: 12, born Florida, Daughter
-- Frank E Pullen: 17, born Georgia, also parents, Nephew
-- M M Richard: 73, born Ohio, also parents, Mother-in-Law
This was the final Census Edith would appear in as she died 2 months later in March 1920. Her obituary from The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Alabama) of 26 Mar 1920 says Edith died at her home and that her husband, 3 children, and mother (Mrs Mary M Richard) survived her. I sent for Edith's Death Certificate since she died so young. Turns out she died of pneumnia "following an attack of influenza". So it appears Edith was caught in the 1918/1919 Influenza pandemic. I would not have guessed this, but based on the Death Certificate and the fact she died in fairly early 1920, it appears the Influenza virus was still circulating in Alabama.
As it turned out, none of Edith and William's children had children. Only one, Mary, married and I found no record of them having children. Having found her father to be such an accomplished man, it would have been interesting to see if her father's talents and drive were manifested in any descendants.
19 October 2020: Draft
15 Nov 2020: Added cause of death per Death Certificate
Vicki Edwards
Los Angeles
Connected to Edith thru her father's parents (at least his mother)
By the time of the 1880 US Census, 11 June, 1880, Edith was 2 months old which was exactly what was recorded by the Enumerator. She is with her parents and living in Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio (extreme NE of Ohio on Lake Erie). That Census asked for the month of a child less than one year old and March is recorded. Her father is recorded as a lawyer; he is 35 and her mother, Mary is 33.
The long 20 years until the 1900 Census is a period of time I found little record of Edith. One newspaper mention of 6 Aug 1899 (Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio) mentions she and her mother "Mrs. Rickard of Dalkeith, Florida" were in Collinwood "as guests of Mrs Henry Sherman". I don't know yet who Mrs Sherman is or the relationship. Collinwood is an area in eastern Cleveland.
1890: The 1890 Veteran's Census (June 1890), however, does show Edith's father is still living in Findlay, so that narrows the year Edith moved with her parents to Florida to after mid-1890 when she would have been 10 years old. Combined with the Collinwood visit article, the family moved to Florida between June 1890 and Aug 1899.
1900: The 1900 Census is enlightening because Edith as well as her parents are listed in 2 Census records: Findlay, Ohio AND Wewahitchka, Calhoun County, Florida. The Ohio Census looks "normal" with both parents as well as Edith. Their home, owned by her parents, is at 2010 Elyria Street (mis-transcribed as Supia Street) and Edith is listed at age 20, single.
The 2nd 1900 Census, in Florida, shows Edith and her parents living in a home they own and that it is a farm. However, here it becomes clear why the family is recorded in 2 Census records: her parents names are bracketed and beside them is written: "away for the summer". Combined with her father's health issues doctors had said would be helped by a warmer climate than Ohio's, it seems most likely the family had acquired the Florida farm as a 2nd home to use in the winter in early 1899 at the latest. With the frequency with which her father is mentioned in news articles, perhaps I will find something that will further narrow the year they acquired the Florida farm.
I'm curious about when the family moved to Florida, as Edith married and is living in Alabama with her husband and 3 children per the 1910 Census. I've not found a marriage record, but believe the wedding must have occurred in 1901 or very early 1902. She married William Dudley Achord, born in Georgia, but I believe he may have been living in Ohio in the 1890's. I'm still researching him so hope to find a marriage record or at least a better understanding of where they married.
1910: The 1910 Census finds Edith and husband William in Greenwood, Bullock, Alabama where William is an apiarist, or beekeeper on a bee farm. Her 2 older children are shown born in Ohio, so that suggests Edith met and married William in Ohio and they lived there until the birth of their 3rd child in Florida in 1908.
Edith and William had 4 children, all born between 1902 and 1908:
-- Ruth Evelyn Achord: 10 Sep 1902, Findlay, Ohio - 29 June 1903, Hilton, Early County, Georgia (this child is reflected in the 1910 Census question regarding Edith's # of children: she had 4 of whom 3 were living)
-- Otis Achord: 4 Sep 1903, Findlay, Ohio - 24 Jan 1973, Findlay, Ohio; never married
-- Mary Achord: 4 April 1906, Ohio or Florida - 12 Apr 1997, Findlay, Ohio; married Reginald A Coykendale, date and location unknown
-- Catherine Achord: 28 Mr 1908, Florida - 8 Jun 1989, Findlay, Ohio; never married
1920: By January 1920, Edith and her husband and children have moved to another Alabama County and a nephew of William's and Edith's mother, widowed in 1911, are living with them. Home is Pike Road, Montgomery County, Alabama. The household appears as:
-- W D Achord: 49, born Georgia, also parents, Head
-- Edith L Achord: 39, born Washington, DC, parents born New York (obvious error as both were born in Ohio), Wife
-- Otis B Achord: 16, born Ohio, Son
-- Mary Achord: 14, born Ohio, Daughter
-- Catherine Achord: 12, born Florida, Daughter
-- Frank E Pullen: 17, born Georgia, also parents, Nephew
-- M M Richard: 73, born Ohio, also parents, Mother-in-Law
This was the final Census Edith would appear in as she died 2 months later in March 1920. Her obituary from The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Alabama) of 26 Mar 1920 says Edith died at her home and that her husband, 3 children, and mother (Mrs Mary M Richard) survived her. I sent for Edith's Death Certificate since she died so young. Turns out she died of pneumnia "following an attack of influenza". So it appears Edith was caught in the 1918/1919 Influenza pandemic. I would not have guessed this, but based on the Death Certificate and the fact she died in fairly early 1920, it appears the Influenza virus was still circulating in Alabama.
As it turned out, none of Edith and William's children had children. Only one, Mary, married and I found no record of them having children. Having found her father to be such an accomplished man, it would have been interesting to see if her father's talents and drive were manifested in any descendants.
19 October 2020: Draft
15 Nov 2020: Added cause of death per Death Certificate
Vicki Edwards
Los Angeles
Connected to Edith thru her father's parents (at least his mother)
Edith was the daughter of Byron Rickard and Mary Matilda Newell, born in 1880 while Byron was pursuing his studies at National University Law School in Washington, DC. The day of Edith's birth was the same day her father was mentioned in the Evening Star newspaper of Washington, DC as being elected treasurer for what sounds like the school's alumni association.
By the time of the 1880 US Census, 11 June, 1880, Edith was 2 months old which was exactly what was recorded by the Enumerator. She is with her parents and living in Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio (extreme NE of Ohio on Lake Erie). That Census asked for the month of a child less than one year old and March is recorded. Her father is recorded as a lawyer; he is 35 and her mother, Mary is 33.
The long 20 years until the 1900 Census is a period of time I found little record of Edith. One newspaper mention of 6 Aug 1899 (Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio) mentions she and her mother "Mrs. Rickard of Dalkeith, Florida" were in Collinwood "as guests of Mrs Henry Sherman". I don't know yet who Mrs Sherman is or the relationship. Collinwood is an area in eastern Cleveland.
1890: The 1890 Veteran's Census (June 1890), however, does show Edith's father is still living in Findlay, so that narrows the year Edith moved with her parents to Florida to after mid-1890 when she would have been 10 years old. Combined with the Collinwood visit article, the family moved to Florida between June 1890 and Aug 1899.
1900: The 1900 Census is enlightening because Edith as well as her parents are listed in 2 Census records: Findlay, Ohio AND Wewahitchka, Calhoun County, Florida. The Ohio Census looks "normal" with both parents as well as Edith. Their home, owned by her parents, is at 2010 Elyria Street (mis-transcribed as Supia Street) and Edith is listed at age 20, single.
The 2nd 1900 Census, in Florida, shows Edith and her parents living in a home they own and that it is a farm. However, here it becomes clear why the family is recorded in 2 Census records: her parents names are bracketed and beside them is written: "away for the summer". Combined with her father's health issues doctors had said would be helped by a warmer climate than Ohio's, it seems most likely the family had acquired the Florida farm as a 2nd home to use in the winter in early 1899 at the latest. With the frequency with which her father is mentioned in news articles, perhaps I will find something that will further narrow the year they acquired the Florida farm.
I'm curious about when the family moved to Florida, as Edith married and is living in Alabama with her husband and 3 children per the 1910 Census. I've not found a marriage record, but believe the wedding must have occurred in 1901 or very early 1902. She married William Dudley Achord, born in Georgia, but I believe he may have been living in Ohio in the 1890's. I'm still researching him so hope to find a marriage record or at least a better understanding of where they married.
1910: The 1910 Census finds Edith and husband William in Greenwood, Bullock, Alabama where William is an apiarist, or beekeeper on a bee farm. Her 2 older children are shown born in Ohio, so that suggests Edith met and married William in Ohio and they lived there until the birth of their 3rd child in Florida in 1908.
Edith and William had 4 children, all born between 1902 and 1908:
-- Ruth Evelyn Achord: 10 Sep 1902, Findlay, Ohio - 29 June 1903, Hilton, Early County, Georgia (this child is reflected in the 1910 Census question regarding Edith's # of children: she had 4 of whom 3 were living)
-- Otis Achord: 4 Sep 1903, Findlay, Ohio - 24 Jan 1973, Findlay, Ohio; never married
-- Mary Achord: 4 April 1906, Ohio or Florida - 12 Apr 1997, Findlay, Ohio; married Reginald A Coykendale, date and location unknown
-- Catherine Achord: 28 Mr 1908, Florida - 8 Jun 1989, Findlay, Ohio; never married
1920: By January 1920, Edith and her husband and children have moved to another Alabama County and a nephew of William's and Edith's mother, widowed in 1911, are living with them. Home is Pike Road, Montgomery County, Alabama. The household appears as:
-- W D Achord: 49, born Georgia, also parents, Head
-- Edith L Achord: 39, born Washington, DC, parents born New York (obvious error as both were born in Ohio), Wife
-- Otis B Achord: 16, born Ohio, Son
-- Mary Achord: 14, born Ohio, Daughter
-- Catherine Achord: 12, born Florida, Daughter
-- Frank E Pullen: 17, born Georgia, also parents, Nephew
-- M M Richard: 73, born Ohio, also parents, Mother-in-Law
This was the final Census Edith would appear in as she died 2 months later in March 1920. Her obituary from The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Alabama) of 26 Mar 1920 says Edith died at her home and that her husband, 3 children, and mother (Mrs Mary M Richard) survived her. I sent for Edith's Death Certificate since she died so young. Turns out she died of pneumnia "following an attack of influenza". So it appears Edith was caught in the 1918/1919 Influenza pandemic. I would not have guessed this, but based on the Death Certificate and the fact she died in fairly early 1920, it appears the Influenza virus was still circulating in Alabama.
As it turned out, none of Edith and William's children had children. Only one, Mary, married and I found no record of them having children. Having found her father to be such an accomplished man, it would have been interesting to see if her father's talents and drive were manifested in any descendants.
19 October 2020: Draft
15 Nov 2020: Added cause of death per Death Certificate
Vicki Edwards
Los Angeles
Connected to Edith thru her father's parents (at least his mother)
By the time of the 1880 US Census, 11 June, 1880, Edith was 2 months old which was exactly what was recorded by the Enumerator. She is with her parents and living in Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio (extreme NE of Ohio on Lake Erie). That Census asked for the month of a child less than one year old and March is recorded. Her father is recorded as a lawyer; he is 35 and her mother, Mary is 33.
The long 20 years until the 1900 Census is a period of time I found little record of Edith. One newspaper mention of 6 Aug 1899 (Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio) mentions she and her mother "Mrs. Rickard of Dalkeith, Florida" were in Collinwood "as guests of Mrs Henry Sherman". I don't know yet who Mrs Sherman is or the relationship. Collinwood is an area in eastern Cleveland.
1890: The 1890 Veteran's Census (June 1890), however, does show Edith's father is still living in Findlay, so that narrows the year Edith moved with her parents to Florida to after mid-1890 when she would have been 10 years old. Combined with the Collinwood visit article, the family moved to Florida between June 1890 and Aug 1899.
1900: The 1900 Census is enlightening because Edith as well as her parents are listed in 2 Census records: Findlay, Ohio AND Wewahitchka, Calhoun County, Florida. The Ohio Census looks "normal" with both parents as well as Edith. Their home, owned by her parents, is at 2010 Elyria Street (mis-transcribed as Supia Street) and Edith is listed at age 20, single.
The 2nd 1900 Census, in Florida, shows Edith and her parents living in a home they own and that it is a farm. However, here it becomes clear why the family is recorded in 2 Census records: her parents names are bracketed and beside them is written: "away for the summer". Combined with her father's health issues doctors had said would be helped by a warmer climate than Ohio's, it seems most likely the family had acquired the Florida farm as a 2nd home to use in the winter in early 1899 at the latest. With the frequency with which her father is mentioned in news articles, perhaps I will find something that will further narrow the year they acquired the Florida farm.
I'm curious about when the family moved to Florida, as Edith married and is living in Alabama with her husband and 3 children per the 1910 Census. I've not found a marriage record, but believe the wedding must have occurred in 1901 or very early 1902. She married William Dudley Achord, born in Georgia, but I believe he may have been living in Ohio in the 1890's. I'm still researching him so hope to find a marriage record or at least a better understanding of where they married.
1910: The 1910 Census finds Edith and husband William in Greenwood, Bullock, Alabama where William is an apiarist, or beekeeper on a bee farm. Her 2 older children are shown born in Ohio, so that suggests Edith met and married William in Ohio and they lived there until the birth of their 3rd child in Florida in 1908.
Edith and William had 4 children, all born between 1902 and 1908:
-- Ruth Evelyn Achord: 10 Sep 1902, Findlay, Ohio - 29 June 1903, Hilton, Early County, Georgia (this child is reflected in the 1910 Census question regarding Edith's # of children: she had 4 of whom 3 were living)
-- Otis Achord: 4 Sep 1903, Findlay, Ohio - 24 Jan 1973, Findlay, Ohio; never married
-- Mary Achord: 4 April 1906, Ohio or Florida - 12 Apr 1997, Findlay, Ohio; married Reginald A Coykendale, date and location unknown
-- Catherine Achord: 28 Mr 1908, Florida - 8 Jun 1989, Findlay, Ohio; never married
1920: By January 1920, Edith and her husband and children have moved to another Alabama County and a nephew of William's and Edith's mother, widowed in 1911, are living with them. Home is Pike Road, Montgomery County, Alabama. The household appears as:
-- W D Achord: 49, born Georgia, also parents, Head
-- Edith L Achord: 39, born Washington, DC, parents born New York (obvious error as both were born in Ohio), Wife
-- Otis B Achord: 16, born Ohio, Son
-- Mary Achord: 14, born Ohio, Daughter
-- Catherine Achord: 12, born Florida, Daughter
-- Frank E Pullen: 17, born Georgia, also parents, Nephew
-- M M Richard: 73, born Ohio, also parents, Mother-in-Law
This was the final Census Edith would appear in as she died 2 months later in March 1920. Her obituary from The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Alabama) of 26 Mar 1920 says Edith died at her home and that her husband, 3 children, and mother (Mrs Mary M Richard) survived her. I sent for Edith's Death Certificate since she died so young. Turns out she died of pneumnia "following an attack of influenza". So it appears Edith was caught in the 1918/1919 Influenza pandemic. I would not have guessed this, but based on the Death Certificate and the fact she died in fairly early 1920, it appears the Influenza virus was still circulating in Alabama.
As it turned out, none of Edith and William's children had children. Only one, Mary, married and I found no record of them having children. Having found her father to be such an accomplished man, it would have been interesting to see if her father's talents and drive were manifested in any descendants.
19 October 2020: Draft
15 Nov 2020: Added cause of death per Death Certificate
Vicki Edwards
Los Angeles
Connected to Edith thru her father's parents (at least his mother)
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