Relationship Record 1111

Male/Husband}   Brodie, William Earl		Family History} Olson
Female/Wife}    Walker, Eola		Relationship Type} Marriage
Marriage: Date} Fam 15 Oct 1917	Place} Panaca, Lincoln, Nevada
Ended: On Date} Fam 20 Jan 1960                      By} Death of husband		Source 1} 1732=Genealogy Source 2} 1728=1920 USA cen Source 3} 1731=Cemetery rec Source 4} 1742=1930 USA cen Source 5} 891 = Military rec Source 6} 1743=City directory Source 7} 1582=Death record Source 8} 1528=Cemetery rec
1st Household No.} 716 = Pioche, Lincoln, Nevada
Photographs} None
Last Updated         by} Karen Hancock Date Updated} 30 Jun 2015 Date Created}  11 Mar 2015
Notes:  William Earl Brodie, 24, and Eola Walker, 18, were married 15 Oct 1917 in Panaca, Lincoln, Nevada.  Their first daughter Angie Ellen was born in 22 Oct 1918 in Pioche, Lincoln, Nevada. In the 1920 U.S. census, the family was living in Pioche, Lincoln, Nevada, with their daughter Angie, 1.  William was the proprietor of a little hotel on Main Street, and there were twelve male roomers.  Most of the men were miners or laborers in the silver mines. William and Eola's second daughter, Eola Frances, was born 13 Nov 1920 in Pioche and died four days later, 17 Nov 1920.  She is buried in the Panaca Memorial Park, Panaca.  Their son Ronald Jack was born 22 Jun 1922 in Pioche.  Their daughter Marjorie Fay was born 22 Nov 1924 in Tonopah, Nye, Nevada In the 1930 U.S. census, William and Eola were living in Tonopah, Nye, Nevada.  William was a mine foreman in an ore mine.  They were renting their residence for $20. per month and had a radio set.  Their children included Angie, 11, in school, Ronald, 7, in school, and Marjorie, 5.  The family is not found in the 1940 U.S. census. In 1942, when William, then 49, registered for the World War II old man's draft, the family was still living in Tonopah.  He was working for himself at the Brodie mine at Silver Peak, Tonopah, Nevada. Their son Ronald Jack Brodie served in World War II as a 1st Lt., with the U.S. Army.  He is buried in the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Fernley, Lyon, Nevada. William and Eola eventually moved to Reno, Nevada.  In the 1950 Reno, Nevada, City Directory William is listed as a cook for Wayne's No. 2.  Their residence was 347 W 4th, Reno, Nevada. William died 20 Jan 1960 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada.  The funeral was held at the Sierra Chapel of Walton Funeral Home on 22 Jan 1960 under the direction of Bishop Robison of the Mount Rose Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints.  Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery, Reno, Washoe, Nevada. Eola died 29 Jan 1990 in Sparks, Washoe, Nevada, 30 years after her husband.  She is buried with her husband in Mountain View Cemetery.
Children:	Total # of Children} 4	Seq. # of Primary}
1st Child} Brodie, Angie Ellen   2nd Child} Brodie, Eola Frances  [headstone]   3rd Child} Brodie, Ronald Jack  [headstone]   4th Child} Brodie, Marjorie Fay  [headstone]
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