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Alice Ghostley (d. 2007), American actress best known as Esmerelda on the Television show ''Bewitched'' and as Bernice Clifton on ''Designing Women''
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==Alice Ghostley==
Alice was born 14 Aug 1926 in Eve, Vernon County, Missouri as the second child of Harry F Ghostley and his wife Edna M Rooney.  By 1930, the family had moved to Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas where her father Harry was buried in 1933 having died at a hospital in Missouri that year.

The rest of the family eventually to Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma where Alice finished growing up.

Alice was married for 50 years to actor Felice Orlandi until his death on 21 May 2003.  She died at her home in Studio City, California on 21 Sep 2007 from colon cancer and strokes.

===Primary Sources for 1===
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1920usfedcen%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=harry&gsln=ghostley&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=0&recid=106087936&recoff=14+16 1920 Census of Corozal, US Military Forces, Panama Canal Zone] showing (among others): "Harry F Ghostley, 35, MN/England/NJ, Single"
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1930usfedcen%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Alice&gsln=Ghostley&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=35&fh=0&recid=3164774&recoff=14+16 1930 Census of Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas] showing : "Harry F Ghostley 44, married first at 35, MN/NJ/MN, telegraph operator; Edna M 39, married first at 30, OK/IL/IL; Gladys R 8 OK; Alice M 6 MO"
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ssdi%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Alice&gsln=Ghostley&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=34&fh=0&recid=25387585&recoff=1+2 Social Security Death Index] showing : "Alice Ghostley born 14 Aug 1923, SSN issued by Oklahoma, died 21 Sep 2007, last residence Studio City, Los Angeles County, California"

===Secondary Sources for 1===
*[http://www.genealogue.com/2007/09/genealogue-challenge-39.html Genealogue Challenge #39] where several details of her parents are listed
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Ghostley "Alice Ghostley"] on Wikipedia
*[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2680325.ece "Alice Ghostley"], obituary in the Times Online

==Harry F Ghostley==
Harry F Ghostley was born about 1884/6 in Minnesota.  His mother might have been the Margaret age 52 with whom he is living in the Special 1905 Minnesota State Census.

By 1910 Harry has moved to Portland Oregon where he is listed as single and a boarder.  By 1920 he is in the US Panama Canal Zone evidently in the armed forced.  That year or the next, he married Edna Rooney.  The family lived in both Oklahoma and Missouri before locating to Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas by 1930.

Harry Ghostley died in 23 Oct 1933 in a Kansas City, Missouri hospital, and is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas.

===Primary Sources for 2===
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=MNstatecen%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=harry&gsln=ghostley&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=1&recid=1774378&recoff=1+3 Minnesota Territorial and State Census, 1849-1905] for Census year 1905 showing : "Harry F Ghostley, born Minnesota, enumerated in Champlin, Hennepin County, Minnesota, born about 1884" living with his apparent mother Margaret age 52
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1910USCenIndex%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=harry&gsln=ghostley&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=0&recid=67603188&recoff=1+3 1910 Census of Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon] showing : "Harry F Ghostley, 25, MN/England/MN, Boarder, Single"
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1920usfedcen%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=harry&gsln=ghostley&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=0&recid=106087936&recoff=14+16 1920 Census of Corozal, US Military Forces, Panama Canal Zone] showing (among others): "Harry F Ghostley, 35, MN/England/NJ, Single"
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1930usfedcen%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Alice&gsln=Ghostley&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=35&fh=0&recid=3164774&recoff=14+16 1930 Census of Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas] showing : "Harry F Ghostley 44, married first at 35, MN/NJ/MN, telegraph operator; Edna M 39, married first at 30, OK/IL/IL; Gladys R 8 OK; Alice M 6 MO"
*[http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/results.asp?type=basic&tLName=Ghostly&tFName=&sCounty=all&tYear= Missouri Death Certificates 1910-56] showing : "Harry F Ghostly, died 23 Oct 1933 at St Mary's Hospital, Kansas City, Jackson County while a resident of Siloam Springs, AR.  Wife Edna, born 9 May 1886, Station Master K.C.S., born Minnesota, father Harry Ghostly, mother Margaret Walker, Informant Mrs Edna Ghostly of Siloam Springs, AR, died of Carcinoma of the liver, Autopsy Yes, burial at Siloam Springs"
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~arbenton/bccpg/bentc055.htm Oak Hill Cemetery (aka Siloam Springs cemetery) listings] showing : "Ghostley, Edna M., d 1965 Siloam Springs; Ghostley, Harry F.  1886 1933 Siloam Springs"

===Secondary sources for 2===
*[http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:a66878&id=I52 "Harry F Ghostley"], by otis@mail.deseretmail.com, Ancestry World Tree Project
*[http://www.genealogue.com/2007/09/genealogue-challenge-39.html Genealogue Challenge #39] where several details of Harry are listed

==Edna M Rooney==

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