Dear rottenrodney-ga;
Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question.
I’ve worked on this for quite a while and struggled to drag up
everything I could about the person you are looking for. I’ll tell you
up front that I did not find the exact information you are looking for
but I am almost certain I found a number of people who probably know
much more about him than has been published publicly.
In my research I found only one EARNEST EUGENE ALLDREDGE born 12 JAN
1892 in Hinckley, Millard County, Utah to William Isaac ALLDREDGE
and Martha Lizette (nee THEOBALD) ALLDREDGE (married 24 DEC 1889)
William ALLREDGE was the son William B Alldredge and Sarah Malinda
Brock (the grandparents of Earnest Alldredge.) I mention this only to
give you more research capabilities should you try to locate more
about Earnest by searching this family line.
LDS FAMILY SEARCH
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=100134721048&lds=1®ion=11®ionfriendly=North+America&frompage=99
Interestingly, there are others who are also searching this family
tree and they probably know much more about this individual:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/PRF/individual_record.asp?recid=120346342&lds=2®ion=-1®ionfriendly=&frompage=99
Much more is to be learned of this family because William B Allredge
(Earnest’s grandfather) was a Mormon and was married at least three
times, remarrying (or polygamously married) to sisters or perhaps
cousins. You can contact the submitter on this and probably get a
great deal more information about that too.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/PRF/individual_record.asp?recid=120346638
In addition are these posts (either or neither of which could be from
you I would imagine) of others who are also seeking, and may already
have, this information. At any rate you can contact these people and
see if the work has already been done:
http://www.geocities.com/~gensearcher/4geobook.html
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/surnames.alldredge/63
As you can see, these types of relationships make tracing a genealogy
very difficult. However, while I found no mention of Earnest in this
research, a great deal of this family is recorded. Since they were
originally of the Mormon faith and Mormons were known for recording
their histories, you will get quite a bit of insight into this
family’s life. You will undoubtedly find the names of others who can
also be traced, one of which may very well contain a history of
Earnest as well.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cballdredge/alldredge/isaac2.html
(To help clarify things, this story begins with Isaac who was the
father of William B who was the father of William Isaac who was the
father of Earnest Alldredge)
More on this family can be found here
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cballdredge/alldredge/
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cballdredge/alldredge/isaac3.html
http://www.aldridgefamilyresearch.org/scrapbook.htm
http://www.aldridgefamilyresearch.org/
I also found this, which indicates the siblings of Earnest Alldredge:
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=:527477&id=I26752122
Verna Lizette ALLDREDGE.
Earnest Eugene ALLDREDGE.
William Arthur ALLDREDGE was born 24 OCT 1893 in Hinckley Millard, and
died 29 OCT 1893.
John Theobald ALLDREDGE was born 23 OCT 1894 in Hinckley,Millard,UT,
and died 15 NOV 1959 in Oak City,Millard,UT.
Clifton Isaac ALLDREDGE was born 17 OCT 1896 in Hinckley,Millard,UT,
and died 20 FEB 1969 in Oak City,Millard,UT.
Wanda Belle ALLDREDGE was born 4 DEC 1898 in Hinckley Millard, and
died 27 NOV 1979.
Edia Jane ALLDREDGE was born 16 NOV 1900 in Hinckley Millard, and died
13 FEB 1901.
Doris Elma ALLREDGE.
Lela Rose ALLDREDGE was born 15 JUN 1904 in La Grande Union, and died
4 SEP 1960.
Adrian Lavell ALLREDGE.
Mervyn Jay ALLDREDGE.
Ennis ALLREDGE.
LIVING UNKNOWN.
LIVING UNKNOWN.
*Note that the last two may still be living therefore the story is out
there somewhere waiting to be told. The trick is going to be finding
them, or their living descendants, by following the family tree as far
as possible down this line.
Here are some contacts that may have the information you need (look
for the submitter’s email address at the top of each page)
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:527477&id=I26752134
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2013464&id=I2246
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=linnell1&id=I01171
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:292093&id=I14956928
http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?ERNEST::alldredge::63.html
I hope this places you on the path to find living individuals who have
the history you are seeking.
Below you will find that I have carefully defined my search strategy
for you in the event that you need to search for more information. By
following the same type of searches that I did you may be able to
enhance the research I have provided even further. I hope you find
that that my research exceeds your expectations. If you have any
questions about my research please post a clarification request prior
to rating the answer. Otherwise, I welcome your rating and your final
comments and I look forward to working with you again in the near
future. Thank you for bringing your question to us.
Best regards;
Tutuzdad-ga
INFORMATION SOURCES
ANCESTRY.COM
http://www.ancestroy.com
LDS FAMILY SEARCH
http://www.familysearch.org/
ROOTSWEB
http://searches.rootsweb.com/
GENFORUM
http://genforum.genealogy.com/alldredge/
SEARCH STRATEGY
SEARCH ENGINE USED:
Google ://www.google.com
SEARCH TERMS USED:
EARNEST ALLDREDGE
EARNEST EUGENE ALLDREDGE
ERNEST EUGENE ALLDREDGE
ERNEST ALLDREDGE
EARNEST E ALLDREDGE
ERNEST E ALLDREDGE |
Clarification of Answer by
tutuzdad-ga
on
01 Apr 2003 17:22 PST
Dear rottenrodney-ga;
By 1920 Earnest is no longer listed in the US Census with his father
William Isaac Alldredge. John, Earnest’s younger brother, is still
living at home at the age of 25. Ennis, a much younger brother, is
only 7 years old. A daughter “Juanita” (probably Wanda) is listed as
being away at “school”.
http://gen.gserver.com/html/ut14aa.htm
This doesn’t provide any information about Earnest at all so I decided
to try and pursue some other names like those of his siblings to see
if I could find any living relatives who might have the information
you are needing. It was very difficult to establish whether or not any
of the people I was finding were actually related to Earnest in any
way, until I ran across this…
Now I should warn you, this is difficult to read and there are some
photos here that are hard to look at.
I found the family of Earnest’s brother Ennis. It appears that Ennis,
who died at the age of 83, had advanced Alzheimer’s disease. His case
received national media attention in 1996 from the show “60 Minutes”
because of the “living will” and “right to die” issues. His medical
condition was documented in great detail and photos were taken of his
decline and demise. His burial was handled by Nichol's Mortuary. From
what I gather, Ennis had only been married to the woman who was his
wife at this time for seven years.
I assumed that Ennis’ son, who is named in the documents, was still
living (and he is) so I contacted that family via telephone to see
what else I could find out. I was told that they had done an extensive
geology on their family as members of LDS often do. It appears that
Earnest Alldredge basically disappeared from the day he “ran away” and
no one in the Alldredge family ever heard from his again, but
continued to search for him in vain. A few years ago, when Earnest
would have turned 100 years old, the family was authorized by LDS to
do his temple work which, you may or may not know, simply establishes
that he lived, that he was part of the Alldredge Family and that he
died in the Mormon faith. Nothing else is known by the family or is
expected to be learned.
CASE OF ENNIS ALLDREDGE
http://www.weitzelcharts.com/ennis_alldredge_hosp_course.htm
http://www.weitzelcharts.com/ennis_chronochart.htm
http://www.weitzelcharts.com/enalnaa1.htm
ENNIS ALLDREDGE’S LIVING WILL
http://www.weitzelcharts.com/ennis_alldredge_Living_Will.htm
Ennis’ doctor, Psychiatrist Robert Weitzel, appears to have gathered
some unwelcome publicity himself in 2000 when “60 Minutes” did a story
on his arrest, highly publicized trial and sentencing to 15 years in
prison for the wrongful death in a number of elderly patients. He was
acquitted on appeal on December 05, 2002.
http://www.weitzelcharts.com/Sixty_Minutes_Looks_at_Weitzel_Case.htm
http://www.weitzelcharts.com/
From this document, it appears at least, that Ennis Alldredge might
have been one of the patients that Weitzel was accused (wrongfully, it
now appears) of mistreating. (*warning somewhat graphic)
http://www.weitzelcharts.com/enalphotonew.htm
Again, I realize that this provides nothing in the way of news about
Earnest Alldredge other than the work has been done extensively and
nothing has developed in almost one hundred years. I hope though that
it in some way serves to bring you closer to this family’s history and
at least let you know that pursuing this particular person’s history
may in fact be futile since many years and many other people before
you have been exhausted on the effort.
Regards;
Tutuzdad-ga
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