Ralph David WRIGHT
Electa Mae SMITH

Husband:  Ralph David WRIGHT
Birth:  12 Dec 1879, Inland Twp. Cedar Co., Iowa
Death:  Aft 1940, Walworth Co., South Dakota
Burial:
Father:  David WRIGHT
Mother:  Ida E. TROTT

Marriage:  1901, Bennett, Cedar Co., Iowa
Divorce:  Aft 1910, Bennett, Cedar Co., Iowa   

Wife:  Electa Mae SMITH
Birth:  20 May 1877, Bennett, Cedar Co., Iowa 
Death:  3 Jun 1961, Bennett, Cedar Co., Iowa  
Burial:  Jun 1961, Inland Cemetery, Bennett, Cedar Co., Iowa  
Father:  Daniel Bradford SMITH 
Mother:  Emma Katherine COLLINS 

Children:
1. Ida Mae WRIGHT
(Trainor), b: 23 Mar 1902, Bennett, Cedar Co., Iowa
                                          d: Mar 1983, Cedar Falls, Black Hawn Co., Iowa
2. David Earl WRIGHT, b: 11 Oct 1903, Bennett, Cedar Co., Iowa
                                  d: 3 Jan 1986, Mission, Hidalgo Co., Texas
3. Viola Ellen WRIGHT, b: 1906, Bennett, Cedar Co., Iowa
4. Bernard D. WRIGHT, b: 4 Feb 1909, Bennett, Cedar Co., Iowa
                                   d: 16 May 1995, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa
5. Edith Myrtle WRIGHT
(Fee/Johnson), b: 17 Oct 1910, Davison, Perkins Co., South Dakota
                                                      d: 27 Sep 1999, Redwood City, San Mateo Co., California
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Notes:

1910 Federal Census Data (T624_1487, Page 1B), Daviston Twp., Perkins Co., South Dakota,
                                                                                  Enumeration District: 94, Enumeration Date:
22-Apr-1910, Family #30

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S W/D

# Yr Mar

# C Bn.

# C Liv.

POB

Fa. POB

Mo. POB

Occupation
or Trade

In Sch

 WRIGHT, Ralph

 Head

M

31

M1

8

 

 

IA

US

US

 Farmer

 

                Electamae

 Wife

F

33

M1

8

 

 

IA

NY

NY

 None

 

                Ida M

 Daughter

F

7

S

 

 

 

IA

IA

IA

 None

X

                David E

 Son

M

6

S

 

 

 

IA

IA

IA

 None

X

                Viola E

 Daughter

F

3

S

 

 

 

IA

IA

IA

 None

 

                Bernard D

 Son

M

1y3m

S

 

 

 

IA

IA

IA

 None

 

After Ralph and Electa divorced, she and the children returned to Iowa and he married Anna Barnes in 1919.

1920 Federal Census Data (T625_0482, Page 106B), Bennett, Inland Twp., Cedar Co., Iowa,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 37, Enumeration Date:
22-Jan-1920, Family #57

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S
W/D

POB

Fa.
POB

Mo.
POB

Occupation

In Sch.

 WRIGHT, E Mae

 Head

F

42

D

IA

NY

IA

 Nursing / Practical Work

 

                Ida Mae

 Daughter

F

17

S

IA

IA

IA

 Telephone Opr / Telephone Ofc

 

                David C

 Son

M

16

S

IA

IA

IA

 None

  X

                Viola

 Daughter

F

13

S

IA

IA

IA

 None

  X 

                Bernard

 Son

M

10

S

IA

IA

IA

 None

  X

                Edith

 Daughter

F

9

S

SD

IA

IA

 None

  X

1930 Federal Census Data (T626_0646, Page 226A), Tipton, Tipton Twp., Cedar Co., Iowa,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 2, Enumeration Date: 11-Apr-1930, Family #392

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S
W/D

Age
Marr

POB

Fa.
POB

Mo.
POB

Occupation

In Sch.

 WRIGHT, Electa M

 Head

F

51

W

 

IA

NY

IA

 None

 

                 Bernard

 Son

M

21

S

 

IA

IA

IA

 Electrician / Electric Shop

 

                 Edith

 Daughter

F

19

S

 

SD

IA

IA

 Teaching / Public School

 

                 Viola

 Daughter

F

23

S

 

IA

IA

IA

 None

X

1940 Federal Census Data (T626_1140, Page 184A), Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 7-23, Enumeration Date: 4-Apr-1940, Family #87

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S W/D

In
Sch

Gr.
Cmp.

POB

Occupation / Industry

 WRIGHT, Electa M

 Head

F

62

W

 

C-2

IA

  

               Bernard D

 Son

M

29

D

  

H-2

IA

 Buss Boy / Hotel Café

 FEE, Edith M

 Daughter

F

28

D

 

H-4

SD

 Waitress / Hotel Cafe

         Sylvia G

 G Daughter

F

5

S

0

IA

  

 TRANIER, Lawrence

 G Son

M

17

S

X

H-3

IA

 Grocer’s Helper / Retail Grocery

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