Edith Elizabeth Laaksonen ^{2 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: GVLH-CKW.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse, MI. ⁶ The 1920 census recorded Edith Laaksonin, servant, 17, living in the household of Charles Longnecker, 42, and his wife Cleo, 30, with their children. Edith as born in Illinois and her parents in Finland.

2. She was divorced on 27 Jan 1927 in , Wayne, MI. ³ Edith filed for divorce 15 Oct 1926. Cause for divorce: Extreme cruelty and desertion. The divorce was granted 27 Jan 1927.

3. Census in 1930 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI. ⁷ The 1930 census recorded renting at 1707 Fair Street: Walter Halst [as indexed in census], window trimmer in furniture store, 26, living with wife Edith, 25; and son Marvin, 7. Walter and his parents were born in Iowa. Edith was born in Illinois and her parents in Findland. Marvin was born in Illinois, his father in Iowa and mother in Illinois.

4. Census in 1940 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁸ The 1940 census recorded Edith Holst, divorced, 38, living with her son Marvin, 17, in the household of Edith's sister, Lillian Sanders, 44, and her husband Bendt Sanders, assistant supervisor at steel company, 47 and their sons: Kenneth, accountant for water company, 22, and Gordon, 16. Everyone was born in Illinois except Lillian in Sweden and Bendth in Finland.

5. Residence: on 12 Apr 1941 in Detroit, Wayne, MI. ¹

6. Census in 1950 in Detroit, Wayne, MI. ⁹ The 1950 census recorded at 491 Concord Street in Unit 2: Norman Beeker, unemployed, 46, with wife Edith, fore lady for electric power company, 50. He was born in Indiana and she in Illinois.

Edith married Norman Evans Beeker, son of Clyde R. Beeker and Nannie Estella "Essie" Evans, on 12 Apr 1941 in Defiance, Defiance, OH.¹ (Norman Evans Beeker was born on 12 Oct 1903 in Battle Ground, Tippecanoe, IN ¹⁰ and died on 5 Nov 1950 in Detroit, Wayne, MI ¹⁰.)

Edith next married Walter Holst. (Walter Holst was born on 9 Apr 1904 in Davenport, Scott, IA,¹¹ died in Aug 1975 in Moline, Rock Island, IL ^{11 12} and was buried in Davenport, Scott, IA ¹².)

Edith next married Floyd Lawrence Horner on 2 Jul 1921 in Manistee, Manistee, MI.^{2 3} The marriage ended in divorce on 27 Jan 1927. (Floyd Lawrence Horner was born on 12 Oct 1891 in Quincy, Adams, IL ² and died on 26 Apr 1965 in , Contra Costa, CA ¹³.)