Harley Watson Ecker

  General Notes:

1900 Concord, Elkhart County, Indiana
William Ecker born Feb 1848 IN
Nettie Ecker born Oct 1855 IN
Carrie Ecker born Feb 1877 IN
Harley W. Ecker born Aug 1882 IN

Groom's Name: Harley W. Ecker Groom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: Bride's Name: Gladys B. Straw Bride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: Marriage Date: 23 Apr 1904 Marriage Place: Elkhard County, Indiana Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: Groom's Marital Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: Bride's Marital Status: Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00119-5 System Origin: Indiana-EASy Source Film Number: 1845557 Reference Number: 314 ......... Groom's Name: Harley W Ecker Groom's Birth Date: 1882 Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: 38 Bride's Name: Ada Burhans Smith Bride's Birth Date: 1882 Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: 38 Marriage Date: 26 Jan 1920 Marriage Place: , Duval, Florida

1920 Elkhart, Elkhart county, IN
Nettie Ecker 63 widow [head]
Harley Ecker age 37 widowed [son]
William D. Ecker age 3y 8m born CO [grandson]

Florida census; Indian River county 1935
Harley W. Ecker b. c1883 IN [father] salesman
Ada Ecker [mother] age 52 IN
William Ecker [son] age 19 CO
Denora Ecker [daughter] age 13 IN

1944
Harley and Ada B are on CA voter registration list for San Diego county.[Republicans]

1945 Dade county, Fl
Harley [age 55] and Ada B. Ecker [ age 50] are alone

Find A Grave Memorial# 83014533
was the youngest of two children born to William T. Ecker and Nettie Watson. He had an older sister named Carrie Rebecca. He married Gladys B. Straw and they had one son named William Durward. His wife died the same day their son was born. Harley remarried to Ada Ella Burhans (daughter of Charles Burhans and Denora Swinehart) on 26 Jan 1920 in Jacksonville, Florida. They had one daughter named Denora Elizabeth.......Source: "Joseph Poyser and his Descendants 1763-1983" by Josephine Lois Poyser Fullerton pgs. 560, 566
also.....
Parents:
William T. Ecker (1848 - 1919)
Nettie Watson Ecker (1855 - 1934)
Spouses:
Gladys B. Straw Ecker (1882 - 1916)*
Ada Ella Burhans Ecker (1881 - 1978)*
Sibling:
Carrie Rebecca Ecker Reames Hetrick (1877 - 1959)*
Harley Watson Ecker (1882 - 1960)
Burial:
Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea.

Harley married Gladys B. Straw, daughter of Samuel D. Straw and Amanda E. Johnson, on 23 Apr 1904 in Elkhart County, Indiana. (Gladys B. Straw was born in Jan 1882 in Indiana, died on 11 Apr 1916 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado and was buried in Grace Lawn Cemetery in Elkhart, Indiana.). The cause of her death was complications following childbirth.