Odessa E. Strawn

Birth Name Odessa E. Strawn
Gender female
Age at Death about 76 years, 5 months, 23 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1890 Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States   1a
Census January 14, 1920 Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States 1920 James McClelland household 2a
Event Note

1920 Census, 3rd Ward of Johnstown, Cambria Co., PA
ED 171, Sheet 7A , Household 138
Series T625, Roll 1546, page 49
at 99 Clinton St.

McClelland, James, 30, PA PA PA, laborer, coal mine
---------, Odessa, 29, PA PA PA
----------, Thomas, 4 4/12, PA PA PA
--------, Margaret, 2 2/12?, PA PA PA

"United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6TG-L6S : accessed 23 Sep 2014), James Mcclelland, Johnstown Ward 3, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 7A, family 138, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821546.

Residence January 14, 1920 Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States 99 Clinton St 2a
Event Note

iiving at 99 Clinton St when the 1900 census was taken

Census April 8, 1930 Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States 1930 James McClelland household 3a
Event Note

1930 Census, 3Wd Johnstown, Cambria Co., PA
Series T626, Roll 2012, maybe page 41
E.D. 52, Sheet 3A, line 1
April 8, 1930

at 702 Railroad St., renting, $35/month
McClelland, James D., 41, married at 25, laborer, steel mill, not a vet.
------------, Odessa, 37, married at 21
------------, Thomas, 14
----------, Margaret, 12
---------, Geraldine, 9
------------, Gerald, 9
------------, Helene, 7

All born in PA, parents also. Did not a own radio.

"United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH8V-KJB : accessed 23 Sep 2014), James D Mcclelland, Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0052, sheet 3A, family 58, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 2012.

Residence April 8, 1930 Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States 702 Railroad St  
Event Note

iving at 702 Railroad St when the 1930 census was taken

Residence 1950 Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States 149 Feeder 4a
Event Note

listing in 1951 Johnstown City Directory
James D McClelland (Odessa E) laborer Bethlehem Steel Co, house 149 Feeder

Death June 24, 1966      
Burial   Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States Burial of Odessa E. Strawn  

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father John Strawn
Mother Darley Ream
         Odessa E. Strawn about 1890 June 24, 1966

Families

Family of James D McClelland and Odessa E. Strawn
Married Husband James D McClelland ( b. February 1889 d. March 29, 1950 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage January 1, 1915 Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States   1a
Event Note

Application for Marriage License, Dated 31 December 1914, No. 10383
Photocopy received from Cambria County Courthouse.

James D. McClelland, 25, millhand, born and residing in Johnstown, Pa,
father: Thomas McClelland, a millhand, born in Bolivar PA, residing in Johnstown
mother: Emma Hamilton, born in Cambria County, now dead

Odessa E. Strawn, 24, domestic, born in Connellsville, Pa, residing in Johnstown, Pa
father: John Strawn, a merchant born and residing in Connellsville, Pa
mother: Darley Ream, born in Berlin, Pa, residing in Connellsville, Pa

neither are imbecilic or recently institutionalized
no previous marriages, divorces, transmissable diseases

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Duplicate Certificate
No. 10383
1st of January 1915 at Johnstown, Pa ... were joined in marriage
[by] Will J. Lamberd, Alderman

"Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VF3D-QLL : accessed 22 Sep 2014), James D. Mcclelland and Odessa E. Strawn, 31 Dec 1914; citing , Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States; FHL microfilm 1293487.

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Thomas McClellandabout 1915
Dorothy Margaret McClellandabout 1918
Geraldine McClellandNovember 11, 1920June 14, 1997
Gerald McClellandNovember 11, 1920May 29, 1988
Helene McClellandabout 1923

Source References

  1. Pennsylvania Marriages
      • Page: James McClelland, Odessa Strawn, application 12/31/1914, marriage 1/1/1915
  2. 1920 United States Census
      • Page: James Mcclelland, Johnstown Ward 3, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 7A, family 138
  3. National Archives and Records Administration: 1930 United States Census
      • Page: James D Mcclelland, Johnstown, ED 0052, sheet 3A, family 58
  4. City Directories
      • Page: 1927 Dayton City Directory, page 630, image 322