STATUS: AVAILABLE - $10.00 + SHIPPING

PHOTOGRAPH INFORMATION

NAME(S): Ermyn F. & Arden Strayer
PHOTOGRAPH: # 5140
OTHER INFO: Ermyn F. Aged 4 mo.; Arden 1 yr & 10 mo.; From Aunt Louise Ferry

                        Louise Ferry was the youngest sister of my dear mother Mrs. John Strayer
                        of Dixon Ill. Mother had sent this picture of my 2 oldest brothers Arden
                        and Ermyn ages Ermyn 4 months and Arden 1 year and 10 months to our
                        Aunt Louise of Montana back to my mother at her request some time later.
                        Her oldest daughter Dalores was given this picture later on.
PHOTOGRAPHER: Brown, Sterling, Illinois
CARD SIZE: 10.7 cm x 16.5 cm
WHERE PURCHASED: Bloomington, Illinois
WHEN PURCHASED: April 28, 2022

RESEARCHED INFORMATION

Probably: Ermyn Francis Strayer

Born: May 13, 1899
Died: March 16, 1975
Father: John Albert Strayer
Mother: Elizabeth May Ness
Married: Joyce Heath, July 1925, Dixon, Lee County, Illinois (See note below)
Children:

Probably: John Arden Strayer

Born: December 1897, Illinois
Died: January 1965
Father: John Albert Strayer
Mother: Elizabeth May Ness
Married: Never Married
Children:

NOTES

I found a marriage record for Ermyn, but in 1930 census he is listed as "widowed" although I find no death record
for his wife Joyce who I find in 1930 census and beyond under her maiden name. Divorced possibly?
SOURCES

1900 Census Genesee Township, Whiteside County, Illinois

1910 Census Sterling Township, Whiteside County, Illinois
1920 Census Sterling Township Precinct 6, Whiteside County, Illinois (Arden)
1922 Sterling, Illinois, City Directory (Ermyn)
1930 Census Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois
1940 Census Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois (Ermyn)
1939 Sterling, Illinois, City Directory (Arden)
1950 Census Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois
World War I Draft Registration Cards
World War II Draft Registration Cards
Newspapers.com Marriage Index (Ermyn)
Chicago and North Western Railroad Employment Records (Arden)
Railroad Retirement Pension Index (Arden)
Social Security Applications and Claims Index
Social Security Death Index (Ermyn)
Winnebago County, Illinois, U.S., Deaths (Ermyn)
FindAGrave.com (Arden)
FindAGrave.com (Ermyn)