Edith Whetsel ^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: GQVZ-Y2R.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Dunkirk, Jay, IN. ³ The 1900 census recorded at 1325 Broad Street: Thomas Whetsel, stock dealer, 45, born May 1855, living with wife Maggie M., 39, Jul 1861; daughter Edith, 6, Dec 1894, and a son named Ralph Beeker, day laborer, 17, born Aug 1882. The census records that Maggie and Thomas were married for 9 years and Maggie had given birth to 3 children by 1900 and 2 were alive. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana except Thomas' parents in Ohio.

2. Census in 1910 in Lincoln, Lancaster, NE. ⁴ The 1910 census recorded owning a home at 2844 Vine Street: Thomas S. Whetsel, occupation "own income", 51, living with wife Maggie M., 48, and daughter Edith, 15. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana except Thomas' parents in Ohio. The census indicates this is the second marriage for both Thomas and Maggie, they were married 18 years ago, and she had birthed 3 children, 2 still alive in 1910.

3. Newspaper: Lincoln Journal Star: Miss Edith Whetsel has returned from Indianapolis, Ind., where she visited relatives., 24 Aug 1915, Lincoln, Lancaster, NE. ⁵

4. Newspaper: Nebraska State Journal: The engagement of Miss Edith Whetsel and Clarence H. Larsen, 2 Jul 1916, Lincoln, Lancaster, NE. ¹

5. Newspaper: Lincoln Star: Marriage Licenses: Clarence H. Larsen, Lincoln, 29, Edith Whetsel, Lincoln, 21., 2 Aug 1916, Lincoln, Lancaster, NE. ²

6. Newspaper: The Nebraska State Journal: Whetsel - Larsen Wedding, 3 Aug 1916, Lincoln, Lancaster, NE. ⁶ Tuesday evening the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Whetsel was the scene of the marriage of their daughter, Edith, to Clarence Larsen. Rev. H. R. Chapman performed the ceremony in front of a bay window in the parlor. Miss Mildred Pope played the Lohengrin wedding march as the couple entered the room unattended. The bride wore a brocaded satin gown with lace overdress and a bouquet of white roses. The Misses Lottie and Villette Larsen, sisters of the groom, served refreshments, and Miss Marian Wilcox presided at the guest book. The ceremony was witnessed by the members.

Edith married Clarence H. Larsen on 1 Aug 1916 in Lincoln, Lancaster, NE.¹ (Clarence H. Larsen was born in 1887.)