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Edna K Sackett

(1899-)
FatherJoseph Hunting Sackett (1860-1939)
MotherIdella Dillavou (1867-1951)
Edna K Sackett, daughter of Joseph Hunting Sackett and Idella Dillavou, was born in Champaign, IllinoisG, on 10 April 1899.1 She married in Champaign County, IllinoisG, in 1923, Albert Thompson, son of Wilder B Thompson.2 Albert was born in Harvey, Cook County, IllinoisG, on 8 November 1898.3,1
     In 1910 Edna was living at Lagon Avenue, Danville, Vermilion County, IllinoisG, in the household of her parents Joseph and Idella, and was recorded in the census as Edna C Sackett, aged eleven.4
     In 1920 she was living at Oak Street, DanvilleG, in the household of her parents Joseph and Idella, and was recorded as Edna Sackett, a language teacher, aged 20.5
     Edna was listed in the Danville City Directory in 1922 when she was a student, and in 1923 as a teacher.6
     In 1930 she was living in Harvey, Cook County, IllinoisG, and was recorded as Edna S Thompson, aged 31. She was living with her husband Albert, 31, and their three-year-old daughter Laura in the household of Elmer and Mary Nesselrodt.7
     Albert and Edna, with their daughter Laura, visited France in 1930, arriving back in the port of Quebec, Canada, on 22 August 1930. They visited France again in 1938, now also with their son Richard. The family arrived back in New York from Cherbourg on the SS Deutschland on 2 September 1938.8,9,10

Children of Edna K Sackett and Albert Thompson

 Notes & Citations

  1. NY passenger list.
  2. "Illinois, County Marriages, 1800–1940" (Ancestry transcript), "1923, Champaign County, IL, Albert Thompson & Edna Sackett."
  3. Passport application.
  4. 1910 United States Federal Census
    Roll: T624_330; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0154; FHL microfilm: 1374343
    Lagon Avenue, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, 21 Apr 1910
    Sackett, Joseph H, head, 48, m1. 24y, b. NY, father b. NY, mother b. US, merchant, retail, own account, home rented
    Sackett, Idella, wife, 43, m1. 24y, 4 ch, all living, b. IL, father b. IN, mother b. IL
    Sackett, Artimus D, son, 24, single, b. IL, father b. NY, mother b. IL, salesman, dry goods
    Sackett, Fred W, son, 15, b. IL, father b. NY, mother b. IL, news boy
    Sackett, Edna C, dau, 11, b. IL, father b. NY, mother b. IL
    Reardon, Susiana M, boarder, 50, m1. 25y, 1 ch, living, b. GA, father b. US, mother b. US, own income.
  5. 1920 United States Federal Census
    Roll: T625_411; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 175
    Oak Street, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, 18 Jan 1920
    Sackett, Joseph, head, 58, b. NY, father b. NY, mother b. US, manager, second hand
    Sackett, Idell, wife, 52, b. IL, father b. IN. mother b. US
    Sackett, Fred, son, 24, b. NY, father b. NY, mother b. US [sic], table waiter, school
    Sackett, Edna, dau, 20, b. IL, father b. TN [sic], mother b. US [sic], language teacher, at home.
  6. "US City Directories, 1822-1995" (Ancestry image), Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1922, "Sackett Edna K Miss student r 915 Oak."; 1923, "Sackett Edna K Miss tchr r 915 Oak."
  7. 1930 United States Federal Census
    Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 2054; FHL microfilm: 2340151
    Harvey, Cook County, Illinois, 8 Apr 1930
    Nesselrodt, Elmer, head, home rented $50, 44, m. at 41, b. IL, father b. IL, mother b. IL, assembler, motors & Ry equip
    Nesselrodt, Mary E, wife, 22, m. at 19, b. IL, father b. IL, mother b. IL
    Nesselrodt, Fairy J, dau, 1 10/12, b. IL, father b. IL, mother b. IL
    Thompson, Doris J, gdau [sic], 10, b. IL, father b. IL, mother b. IL
    Thompson, Albert W, son [sic], 31, m. at 25, b. IL, father b. WV, mother b. PA, none
    Thompson, Edna S, dau-in-law, 31, m. at 25, b. IL, father b. NY, mother b. NY, none
    Thompson, Laura L, gdau, 3 11/12, b. IL, father b. IL, mother b. IL
    2 male lodgers.
  8. "US Passport Applications, 1795–1925" (Ancestry image), "Suffolk County, Mass. Albert W Thompson, accompanied by my wife-to-be Edna K Sackett born at Champaign Ill, b. Harvey, Ill, 8 Nov 1898, res. Cambridge, MA, student, father Wilder B Thompson b. Three Churches, W.Va, applicant visiting England for travel and France for study, leaving New York on SS Zeeland on 20 Jun 1923, sworn 8 Jun 1923."
  9. "Border Crossings from Canada to US, 1895–1956" (Ancestry image), SS Empress of France, dep. Cherbourg, 16 Aug 1930, arr. Quebec, 22 Aug 1930, "Albert Thompson, 31, b. Harvey, Ill, 8 Nov 1898, Edna Thompson, 31, b. Champaign, Ill, 10 Apr 1899, Laura Thompson, 3, b. Princeton, NJ, 20 Apr 1927, all of 206 Nassau St, Princeton, NJ."
  10. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820–1957" (Ancestry image), SS Deutschland, dep. Cherbourg, France, 26 Aug 1938, arr. New York, 2 Sep 1938, "Albert Thompson, 39, b. Harvey, IL, 8 Nov 1898, Edna Thompson, 39, b. Champaign, IL, 10 Apr 1899, Laura Thompson, 11, b. Princeton, NJ, 20 Apr 1927, Richard Thompson, 4, b. 1 Oct 1933, Spokane, Washington, all of 1905 B St, Pullman, Washington."
Sackett line5th great-granddaughter of John Sackett of New Haven
ChartsLine 4 (American)
Generation.Tree9Q.4
Last Edited18 Apr 2019
 

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