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Shared Note: - Alternate birthdate is: 5 Dec 1882 on Sadie's Nevada Death Certificate. 1900 US Census, Belmont, Nye, NV, lists her birthday as Dec 1883. Middle name possible spelling, Orella. On her mother, Sarah Grieves' Death Certificate.Delamar was nicknamed the "Widowmaker". It is now a ghost town.
1900 US Census, Jun: Sadie lived in Delamar, Lincoln, NV, was 16, single, and a servant for the Keats' family. After June of 1900-1901: Zadie Grieves (16) was employed at first boarding house in Tonopah, Nye, NV. Mrs. Nay, born Charlotte Stimler, operated the first boarding house in Tonopah with only a 16 year old girl, Zadie Grieves, assisting her. Source: Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, NV, 4 Sep 1953. (Recollections for the annual anniversary celebration of Tonapah's beginnings.) 1910 US Census, 23 Apr: Zadie lived in Alamo, Lincoln, NV, with her brother William Grieves (28) and her widowed mother Sarah E. Grieves (62). Prior to 1920, Sadie lived with her husband, Wm. Chambers, in Oatman, AZ. 1 Jan 1920, Sadie and her husband, William, returned to Tonopah, NV. (Source: Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, NV.) 1920 US Census: Zada Elrada (Grieves) Chambers (37) lived in Tonapah, Nye, NV, with her widowed mother Sarah Ellen Grieves (72) 1930 US Census, Apr 14: Sadie (47) (worked steam laundry) and husband Fred Risch (49) (absent) lived in Las Vegas, Clark, NV on Wilson Ave, Old Town. Mother Sarah (81) lived next door; brother William (49) and wife (43) lived next door. 1939: Lived in Las Vegas, NV. 1942 Sparks Nevada City Directory: Sadie lived in Sparks, NV, worked County General Hospital. 1944 Reno Nevada City Directory: Sadie lived in Reno, NV, laundry worker.
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