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Edith McDonald Roberts

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
22 Feb 1991 (aged 98)
Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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In 1920 she, her husband, their three children, and her mother, 50-year-old Ollie McDonald, lived in a house they owned, with a mortgage, in Washington Township, Greene County, IN. Hubert worked as a boilermaker for a railroad.

In 1930 she, Hubert, their five children, and her mother lived in a house they owned at 719 O Street in Bedford, IN. Their home was valued at $3500, and they had a radio. He worked operating a milling machine at a stone mill.

In 1940 she, her husband, their three youngest children, and her mother--70-year-old Ola Corbin, shown only as their housekeeper--lived there. Their home was valued at only $1200 after the Great depression. Hubert still worked at the same job, with an income in 1939 of $320 for eight weeks of work. Edith worked as a clerk in a retail department store, with an income in 1939 of $220 for 22 weeks of work, and Owen worked as an attendant at a gasoline filling station, with an income in 1939 of $175 for 22 weeks of work.
In 1920 she, her husband, their three children, and her mother, 50-year-old Ollie McDonald, lived in a house they owned, with a mortgage, in Washington Township, Greene County, IN. Hubert worked as a boilermaker for a railroad.

In 1930 she, Hubert, their five children, and her mother lived in a house they owned at 719 O Street in Bedford, IN. Their home was valued at $3500, and they had a radio. He worked operating a milling machine at a stone mill.

In 1940 she, her husband, their three youngest children, and her mother--70-year-old Ola Corbin, shown only as their housekeeper--lived there. Their home was valued at only $1200 after the Great depression. Hubert still worked at the same job, with an income in 1939 of $320 for eight weeks of work. Edith worked as a clerk in a retail department store, with an income in 1939 of $220 for 22 weeks of work, and Owen worked as an attendant at a gasoline filling station, with an income in 1939 of $175 for 22 weeks of work.


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