GREENE, Edna (Watertown NY)

EDNA GREEN

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "Edna Greene"
PHOTO TAKEN: Sargent Studio, Watertown NY, circa 1888
PURCHASED: 2017 August Madison-Bouckville (NY) Antiques Week

I find historical documents that sometimes spell Edna's name as "Green" and sometimes as "Greene".

There is an L. Edna Greene-Hines (1886-1957) buried at the Brookside Cemetery, in Watertown NY. She was born to parents Charles Henry Greene and Catherine "Cassie" Shorey.

1900 Federal Census > NY > Jefferson > Watertown
GREEN, Charles, head, Mar 1848, 52, born in OH of VT and ENG parents, carpenter
GREEN, Cassie A., wife, Mar 1849, 51, born in CAN of CAN & NY parents, imm. 1855
GREEN, S. Leona, dau, Jan 1878, 22, born in NY, saleslady at dry goods store
GREEN, Susie C., dau, Feb 1882, 18, born in NY, milliner
GREEN, L. Edna, dau, Jun 1886, 13, born in NY, at school
SHOREY, C. Mortimer, brother-in-law, Aug 1851, 48, born in CAN, shipping clerk
SHOREY, C. William, brother-in-law, Sep 1859, 40, born in NY, undertaker

1920 Federal Census > NY > Jefferson > Watertown
GREEN, Charles, head, 71, carpenter
GREEN, Catherine, wife, 70
GREEN, Leona, dau, 40 s, saleslady at retail dry goods store
GREEN, Sue, dau, 36 s, no occupation
GREEN, Edna, dau, 32 s, accountant insurance firm
SHOREY, Mortimer, brother-in-law, 68 s, no occupation
SHOREY, William, brother-in-law, 60 s, no occupation

Edna was married in Watertown on 27 June, 1923, to Harry Stanley HINES, a x-ray technician and WWI veteran in the medical corps, (b. 1896, son of Burt Hines & Minnie Birdseye). At that time, Edna was 35 yrs old and working as a High School teacher. (Note - I find historical documents sometimes spelling her husband's surname as "Hines" and sometimes as "Hinds".)

Edna was a member of the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution), successfully tracing her lineage to Thomas Green (1753-1813) a serving private at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

On her headstone, her name is spelled "L. Edna Greene Hines." 

Sadly, Harry's headstone reports that he died at age 30, in 1926, when he and Edna had been married only 3 years. And it appears that the couple had no children, so I won't be finding any descendants. 

Well this is bad news - descendants of her siblings are apparently nonexistent also.

Sister Susie died unmarried in 1920.
Sister Leona died unmarried in 1955.