Ethel V. & Little Ida Reed
My grandfather
used to talk about his sisters. Both of them died young. We have documentation
of Little Ethel's birth and death. We've seen Ethel's birth certificate on the previous page.
Her death certificate and the death announcement from the local paper, both
can be seen below.
Death Certificate for Ethel Viola
Reed
single white female
last place of residence: 189 Elmwood Ave, East Orange,
N.J.
b.
July 26, 1913
d.
April 19, 1932
age
at death 18 yrs. 8 mos. 24 days
occupation: salesgirl
place of employment: Bamburgers & Co./5
mos
father: John F. Reed
(living)
mother:Ethel Kendall
(living)
place of burial: Hollywood Cemetery
license#1024
undertaker: Joseph I.
Finneran
interred on 4/23/1932
died at Orange Memorial
Hospital
in
East Orange, New Jersey
Cause of death: Pneumonia (Dec.
1931)
followed by Empsyemia (Jan.
1932)
and
Septicemia (Jan. 1932)
Thorocotomy on March 26,
1932
confirmed diagnosis:
Hist***-op-etr*
died April 19,1932 at
11:55am
period of illness 5 mos.
no
autopsy performed
doctor of record:Phillip J.
Holland
Ethel Viola
Reed
b. July 26, 1913 in Newark,
New Jersey
d. April 19, 1932 in East
Orange, New Jersey
There was a younger sister that the family always
spoke about. Her name was Ida Belle. The only documentation of Little Ida's
existence is the following cemetery card. Her grave rests beside her sister
Ethel's;at the Hollywood Cemetery. The location of the plots was confirmed by
my contact Kevin Olvaney.
What we do know about little Ida Reed is that she was not on
the 1920 census, so she was born sometime after 1920 and she was not living at
the time of John Franklin Reed's death on September 15,1935. There
is about a 15 year window for us to search for her. Family stories tell us that
Ida Belle was only about 6 years old when she died from
Diptheria.
Ida
Belle Reed
b.
after 1920
d. before September
1935
age
6
