McElhiney, Edward Waldon

Birth Name McElhiney, Edward Waldon
Gender male
Age at Death 66 years, 5 months, 26 days

Narrative

Edward worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad in Truckee, Nevada Co., California and from April through November they lived in a side railed boxcar. It was too cold to cook outside and his new wife tried to cook a chicken dinner in their makeshift living quarters. Edward Waldon McElhiney laughed at her. The romance of living in a boxcar in the middle of winter is one thing to endure, being laughed at is another. Sometimes it’s the small things that finally make a woman take flight. Eight months pregnant, she left her husband and moved back home to her mother’s where she gave birth to her firstborn, naming him after her older brother and after St. Joseph: Roy Joseph McElhiney. They called him Buster. Then word came to Chico that McElhiney was killed in a train coupling accident a short time after she’d left him, but he hadn't died.

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Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 30 November 1905 Loomis, Phelps Co., Nebraska, USA    
Death 26 May 1972 Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA    
Burial   Mountain View Cmtry., Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father McElhiney, Edward Gayle18771932
         McElhiney, Edward Waldon 30 November 1905 26 May 1972

Families

Family of McElhiney, Edward Waldon and Chatfield, Nellie Mary

Married Wife Chatfield, Nellie Mary ( * 11 March 1903 + 21 November 1983 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Divorce     Y  
Marriage 17 April 1926 Chico, Butte Co., California, USA    
Divorce 15 September 1936 Oakland, Alameda Co., California, USA    
  Narrative

Apr 24, 1926: Chico Newspaper, Chico, Butte Co., California:

SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1926

Chico Girl is Bride of Truckee Man

CHICO—(Butte Co.) April 24,— Miss Nellie Chatfield. A member of a well known family in Chico, a graduate of the local schools and of the business college, was married on Sunday to Edward McElhiney of Truckee, where the couple will make their home.

The ceremony was performed by Rev. J.B. Dermod, of St. John’s Catholic Church, in the presence of the relatives of the bride, including her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.H. CHATFIELD, her sister, Miss Verda CHATFIELD, and her brother, Gordon Chatfield.

The groom formerly lived in Miller, Neb., and is now employed by the Southern Pacific Company at Truckee.

Divorced: Sep 15, 1936, NELLIE MARY CHATFIELD, Oakland, Alameda Co., California; grounds of cruelty

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
McElhiney, Roy Joseph2 December 19262004
  Attributes
Type Value Notes Sources
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Family of McElhiney, Edward Waldon and Stewart, Iola M

Married Wife Stewart, Iola M ( * 30 May 1907 + October 1980 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 24 September 1939 Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA    
  Attributes
Type Value Notes Sources
_UID 9300DE776C56F94FAEEDC03C6795CC69BA95
 

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
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