Elma Violet Egge

  Research Notes:

1. obit of 1973

- Familysearch records date of death as 24 Sep 1973, BUT the image of the obit has a date written as 9-24-73 and the obit itself says that she died on Friday. Reviewing a calendar of 1973, 24 Sep is a Monday and so this is most likely the date to obit was published and the date of the funeral. The Friday before the Mon is 21 Sep, the likely date of death [ findagrave records notes death as 21 Sep 1973 ].

- obits says she came to Los Angeles, CA in 1925 and lived there for 1 year [1925-1926] and then spent 5 years [1926-1931] in Banning [Riverside Co, abt 100 kms east of downtown Los Angeles; however the 1930 census records her living at Sana Anna Ca which is about 70 kms west of Banning and about 40 kms south of downtown LA ]
- 1948 she moved to Chico, Butte Co
[- worked as a private nurse in Orange Co ]

- survived by four sisters, Ethel Beer of Chico, Meta Hanson of Bakersfield, Maxine Sirovy and Maxine Clinger of MN; 2 brothers, Carl of Chico and John of Roseville [ Placer Co, CA; about 30 kms north-east of Sacramento ]

2. Summary

Elma Egge (born in 1903) was also a nurse and had moved to Santa Ana, California in 1925 and in 1948 she also moved to Butte Co (CA). Elma was not married and had no children. She died in 1973.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence 1930, 1 Apr 1930, Santa Ana, Orange Co, California, United States. ⁶³⁰⁶ Elma Egge, lodger, age 27 born in MN (father born in Mn; Mother in Wis); works as trained nurse in a private home; head of household is Jessie Berlow age 50 born in NY and occupation, Physician, Surgery, General Practice

2. Residence 1940, 1 Apr 1940, Santa Ana, Orange Co, California, United States. ⁶³⁰⁷ Elma Egge, 'nurse to wife' [of head of household, Jesse Burlew], age 37 born in MN, single, 4 yrs of high school, worked 60 hrs last wk of Mar as a Undergrad Nurse, private home, worked 52 wks in 1939 earning $1300; lived in Apr 1935 in the same house

3. Death - 1973, 21 Sep 1973, Chico, Butte Co, California, United States. ^6304,6305 Familysearch records date of death as 24 Sep 1973. However, the image of the obit has a date written as 9-24-73 and the obit itself says that she died on Friday. Reviewing a calendar of 1973, 24 Sep is a Monday and so this date is most likely the date when obit was published and the date of the funeral. The Friday before the Mon is 21 Sep, the date of death. Additionally findagrave records note the death as 21 Sep 1973.