Ardis Naomi SIMMONS

  General Notes:

Photo: Ardis Naomi Simmons, 1902-1990, posed for a formal photograph about 1904. The charming photo was taken at Specht studio in Marengo, Iowa.

Photo from DeeAnna Allum Granston (original vintage photo gift to DeeAnna in 1960s from Fannie Wentworth Woolson, 1882-1973)


1902 BIRTH of Ardis Naomi Simmons

1905 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Iowa County, Marengo Township, P. O. Marengo (no specific date) ("Ardis Simmons" is with her parents) (names only are in the 1905 Iowa State Census)

1910 CENSUS, Iowa, Iowa County, Marengo Township, Marengo (April 28) ("Ardis," age 8, is with her parents)

1920 CENSUS, Iowa, Iowa County, Marengo Township, Marengo (January 14) ("Ardis," age 17, is with her parents)

1925 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Iowa County, Marengo Township, Marengo (January 1) ("Ardis N.," age 22, is with her parents)

1925 MARRIAGE of Ardis Naomi Simmons to first husband, Joseph Glenn Hadley, on June 6 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri

1927 DEATH of grandfather, John Banks Allum

1930 CENSUS, Missouri, St. Lous County, Precinct 7, St. Louis (April 2) ("J. G." Hadley, age 29, "Baker, bakery") (wife "Ardis," age 28)

MARRIAGE of Ardis Naomi (Simmons) Hadley to second husband, Donald Seaton

1949 MARRIAGE of Ardis Naomi (Simmons) (Hadley) Seaton to third husband, Ira Sylvester Steffenson on April 16 in Norway, Benton County, Iowa

1955 DEATH of mother, Jennie (Allum) Simmons

1973 DEATH of father, Mark Agnew Simmons

1990 DEATH, Ardis Naomi (Simmons) (Hadley) (Seaton) Steffenson, at 88 years 7 months 16 days




LOCATIONS: Marengo, Iowa; St. Louis, Missouri; Kansas City, Missouri; Iowa City, Iowa; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Norway, Iowa




PHOTOGRAPH:

Ardis as a child (original vintage photo, gift to DeeAnna from Fannie Wentworth Woolson, 1882-1973)

Ardis married Joseph Glenn HADLEY, son of John William HADLEY and Martha M. WILKINS, on June 6, 1925 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri. (Joseph Glenn HADLEY was born about 1901 in North English, Iowa County, Iowa.)

Ardis next married Donald SEATON before 1949.

Ardis next married Ira Sylvester STEFFENSON, son of Iver Johan (Ed) STEFFENSON and Augusta ELLINGSON, on April 16, 1949 in Norway, Benton County, Iowa. (Ira Sylvester STEFFENSON was born on August 7, 1904 in Norway, Benton County, Iowa and died in June 1973 in Norway, Benton County, Iowa.)