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Charles Alvin WILLIS
Matilda EDMUNDS
Husband:  Charles Alvin WILLIS
Birth:  Feb 1880, IN — presumably Sullivan Co., IN
Occupations:  grocer, building contractor
Father:  Charles B. WILLIS
Mother:  Frances Anna "Fanny" DAVIDSON
Marriage:  1905/6
Residence in 1920/30:  Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., CA
Wife:  Matilda EDMUNDS
Birth:  1 Jan 1875, AZ
Death:  24 Jan 1959, Los Angeles Co., CA
Occupation:  homemaker
Father:  Mr. EDMUNDS, b. NY
Mother:  Ms. CRUZ, b. AZ
Child:
1.  Frances C. WILLIS, b. 1908/9, CA?
Keywords for search engines:  USA, US, United States, Arizona, California, Indiana, New York

Sources:

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find either Charles or Matilda, whom we'd expect to find living with their parents.

3.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

4a.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #8 of 40):  Carlisle Town, Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN, Roll T623_404, p. 105B, SN 4, SD 2, ED 128, enumerated 2 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 14 15 19 22 23 24
101 107 Willis Alvin Lodger W M Feb 1880 20 S IN IN IN Grocery man Y Y Y
Living w/IRVINE family.  Listed next to [Charles] Alvin's presumed brother, French WILLIS.

4b.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Matilda EDMUNDS (æ 25, b. Jan 1875, AZ/NY/AZ) is boarding in Bisbee Village, Bisbee Dist., Cochise Co., AZ (p. 75B).

5.  1910 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find, and I really looked

6.  1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #12 of 32):  645 Chestnut Ave., Long Beach City (Ward 46), Long Beach Twp., Los Angeles Co., CA, Roll T625_104, p. 164B, SN 6B, SD 8, ED 95, enumerated 10 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 16 17 18 19 21 23 25 26 27 28
* 645 128 185 Willis Charles A Head R M W 39 M   Y Y IN IN IN Y Contractor Buildings Em
      ______ Matilda Wife   F W 42 M   Y Y AZ MA AZ Y None    
      ______ Frances C Dau   F W 11 S Y Y Y CA IN AZ Y None    
*Chestnut Ave

7.  1930 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 44):  236 Lorna Avenue, Long Beach City, Los Angeles Co., CA, Roll 129, p. 116A, SN 1A, ED 19-1076, SD 19, enumerated 2 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1930:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
* 236 12 12 Willis Charles A Head O $10,000 N M W 50 M 24 N Y IN IN IN Y Contractor Building
Own Business
E N 1a-3 N
      ______ Matilda Wife       F W 50 M 24 N Y AZ NY AZ Y None          
      ______ Frances Dau       F W 21 S   Y Y CA IN AZ Y None          
*Lorna Avenue

6.  CABI:  California Birth Index, 1905-1995 (online at Ancestry.com):  Frances not found, which raises the question whether she really was born in CA.

7.  CADI:  California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online at RootsWeb.com and Ancestry.com):
Last
Name
First
Name
Middle Birth Date Mother
Maiden
Father
Last
Sex Birth
Place
Death Place
(County)
Death Date Age Post-em
WILLIS Matilda Edmunds 01/01/1875 CRUZ EDMUNDS F AZ Los Angeles (19) 01/24/1959 84 Yes

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