Ada Alfreta SPECK [195] ^81,163,164

   Cause of her death was Childbirth complications.

  General Notes:

"Ada was a music teacher, teaching piano and organ. She was a lover of beautiful dishes and pretty hats." - Joanne Lemler

  Noted events in her life were:

• Alt. Birth, Abt 1873, Elmvale, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. ¹⁶⁵

• Census: 1900 United States, 12 Jun 1900, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States. 1900_MI_Chippewa_12_20_18a
Living in the home of her father, Charles Speck.

• Occupation: Bookkeeper, 12 Jun 1900, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States. ⁸¹

• Residence: Court Street, 12 Jun 1900, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States. ⁸¹

• Census: South Dakota, 1905, Britton, Marshall, South Dakota, United States. Name: Ada Farney
Age: 26
Estimated birth year: 1879
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document): W
Birth place: Michigan
Marital status: Married
Residence: South Dakota, United States
Years in this state: 1
Arrival Year in South Dakota: 1904
Years in United States: 26
Arrival Year in United States: 1879
Father birth place: Canada
Mother birth place:
Film number: 2281518
Digital GS number: 4245200
Image number: 158
Sheet number: 523
Collection: 1905 South Dakota State Census

• Occupation: Stenographer, 2 Apr 1907.

• Census: 1910 United States, 23 Apr 1910, Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, United States. 1910_SD_Brown_1_53_11a

• Residence: 721 Jay Street South, 23 Apr 1910, Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, United States.

• Census: 1920 United States, 5 Feb 1920, , Dewey, South Dakota, United States. 1920_SD_Dewey_3_46_01b

Ada married Walter Clark FARNEY [196] [MRIN: 111], son of James FARNEY [1168] and Jannett FYFE [1169], on 5 Sep 1900. (Walter Clark FARNEY [196] was born in May 1871 in Goderich, Huron, Ontario, Canada ¹⁶⁶.)

Ada next married Edmund Jonathan MARTYN [135] [MRIN: 80], son of John Piper MARTYN [137] and Hannah MANN [138], on 2 Apr 1907 in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States.⁵⁶ (Edmund Jonathan MARTYN [135] was born about 1861 in Yarmouth Township, Elgin, Ontario, Canada ^59,60 and died on 20 Feb 1944 in , Yankton, South Dakota, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: Edmund Martyn and Ada Speck, 2 Apr 1907, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States.

  Marriage Notes:

Both Edmund and Ada were married one previous time. Edmund to Minnie Ruehle and Ada to Walter Clark Farney. The ceremony was presided over by Reverend T. R. Easterday, Presbyterian Minister. Witnesses were Mrs. H. D. Johnston and Della Speck, sister of the bride.