Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameMarion Cora EDMUNDS 
Death8 Mar 1966, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada
BurialCremation
OccupationTeacher
EducationUniversity Of Nevada
FatherFrank Marion EDMUNDS (1845-1906)
MotherGertrude BARRON (1846-1925)
Spouses
Marriage29 Jun 1898, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
ChildrenAlbert Edmunds (1899-1968)
John F. (1902-1987)
Census notes for Marion Cora EDMUNDS
1920 Nevada, Washoe County, Reno Township, precinct 14, Reno City, ward 4, E.D. 49, sheet 12A, stamped page 113 (taken 13 Jan 1920)
815 North Center[?], dwelling 302, family 289
Cahlan, A.W., head, owns, male, white, age 49, married, born Nevada, father born Isle of Man, mother born England, carpenter for railroad
———, Marian E., wife, female, white, age 45, married, born Nevada, parents born New Hampshire
———, Albert E., son, male, white, age 20, single, born Nevada, parents born Nevada
———, John F., son, male, white, age 16, single, born Nevada, parents born Nevada
Edmunds, Gertrude B., mother-in-law, female, white, age 72, widow, born New Hampshire, father born Massachusetts, mother born New Hampshire
Obituary notes for Marion Cora EDMUNDS
Unknown Newspaper, from scrapbook of Alice Edmunds Sauer, currently held by Nancy L. Ratay
8 March 1966
Marion Cahlan, Former Teacher Dies in ‘Vegas
Mrs. Marion Edmunds Cahlan, who taught many leading Nevadans their three Rs during a long career in the public schools, died Tuesday in a Las Vegas hospital.
Mrs. Cahlan was born in Virginia City in 1875, attended the Virginia City schools and was one of the first graduates at the University of Nevada Normal School. Later she taught in Reno, Sparks and Las Vegas.
After the death of her husband, Bert Cahlan, she moved to Las Vegas where her two sons, Albert and John, were associated with the Las Vegas Review Journal. Last December she was honored when a new elementary school was named for her in Las Vegas.
Mrs. Cahlan took an active part in Reno civic and social life a number of years ago. She was a past matron of Adah Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, was a member of the Twentieth Century Club and a founder of the first parent-teacher clubs in Reno.
Survivors besides her two sons are numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Alice Sauer of Washoe Valley.
8 March 1966
Marion Cahlan, Former Teacher Dies in ‘Vegas
Mrs. Marion Edmunds Cahlan, who taught many leading Nevadans their three Rs during a long career in the public schools, died Tuesday in a Las Vegas hospital.
Mrs. Cahlan was born in Virginia City in 1875, attended the Virginia City schools and was one of the first graduates at the University of Nevada Normal School. Later she taught in Reno, Sparks and Las Vegas.
After the death of her husband, Bert Cahlan, she moved to Las Vegas where her two sons, Albert and John, were associated with the Las Vegas Review Journal. Last December she was honored when a new elementary school was named for her in Las Vegas.
Mrs. Cahlan took an active part in Reno civic and social life a number of years ago. She was a past matron of Adah Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, was a member of the Twentieth Century Club and a founder of the first parent-teacher clubs in Reno.
Survivors besides her two sons are numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Alice Sauer of Washoe Valley.