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Alice Ghostley (1926-2007), American actress best-known for her television roles as "Alice" on ''Mayberry, R.F.D.'', as "Esmerelda" on ''Bewitched'' (1969-72) and as Bernice Clifton on ''Designing Women''

This page is the '''most complete and thorough''' biography of Alice Ghostley which exists.  It's however not finished.  So if you have something to add let me know.

This article written and copyright 2008 by Will Johnson, Freelance Biographer and Professional Genealogist, All Rights Reserved.  You may email me at [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com]

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==Alice Ghostley==
===Early Life===
Alice Ghostley was born 14 Aug 1926 in a train station in a place called "Eve" in Vernon County, [[Missouri]] as the second child of [[#Harry F Ghostley|Harry F Ghostley]] and his wife [[#Edna M Rooney|Edna M Rooney]].  Her father was at that time, a telegrapher at this "whistle stop", and shared quarters in the building.  By 1930, the family had moved to Siloam Springs, [[Benton County, Arkansas|Benton County]], [[Arkansas]] where her father Harry was buried in 1933 having died at a hospital in Missouri that year.  She attended school in Siloam Springs through the sixth grade, and then the family moved to Henryetta, Okmulgee County, [[Oklahoma]] where Alice finished growing up and graduated from high school.

Afterwards Alice went to the University of Oklahoma in Norman, where she majored in English and drama, but dropped out, to move with her older sister Gladys to New York City.  Gladys got a job as a secretary at Columbia University, while Alice got her first job as an usher at the Imperial Theatre for $11.88 a week.  She studied singing, aiming for a career in that area, but at her 648th audition, as she relates, she was accosted by pianist-composer George Wood.  George hated his first name and so he was always credited as "G. Wood".  He persuaded her, that what she really was, was a comedienne.  The two of them begun doing comedy in small venues where she was spotted by Imogene Coca.

===Early Career===
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<td>One source states that it was Imogene who told Leonard Sillman about Ghostley, while another credits Murray Grand.  Whoever did it, Leonard put Ghostley in his annual revue ''New Faces'' of 1952 where she had a hit with her rendition of the song "The Boston Beguine".  ''New Faces'' played Broadway for a year, and then toured to a 28-week engagement in Chicago, followed up by stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles.  Four of the other aspiring members of the revue that year were [[Paul Lynde]], [[Ronny Graham]], [[Robert Clary]] and [[Eartha Kitt]], and one of the writers, in his first work for the Broadway theater, [[Mel Brooks]].  The tour was so successful, that "New Faces" was made into a Cinemascope production released in 1954, and Alice again was a co-star as was Eartha Kitt, but Paul Lynde's name does not appear in the advertisement.  As amateurs, she and her sister Gladys once did an act together and were given the eerie-sounding billing of "The Ghostley Sisters."</td></tr></table>

Her act, as reported many years later consisted of : "Appearing in horn-rimmed glasses and dressed in a frumpy black sweater, she stumbled across the stage as a bewildered, sexually repressed young woman, crooning to a beguine beat about her ill-fated romance with a Harvard man, underneath a 'Voodoo moon' in Boston."

<table><tr><td>At the Fireside Inn in New York City, where she was singing, Alice met Italian-born actor Felice Antonio Orlandi in 1951.  He had been born in 1924 in Avezzano, Italy.  She stated in one interview that she proposed to him and he accepted after several months.  They married in the Autumn of 1951.  In their first few years of marriage, Alice went on-the-road in ''New Faces'' and was gone for six months. (Note: Sources do not agree exactly on how many months she was gone, six to nine certainly.)

Some sources in error will state that they married in 1953.  This is probably based on a bad reading on one of several early interviews which Alice gave.  However, the clear indication of their marriage year, is the  interview in 1988 stating "the couple will this Autumn celebrate their thirty-seventh anniversary".

Alice and Felice appeared together in a show called "All In One" in 1955,  although in different bits.  She got to sing opera in one bit, and Felice played in Tennessee William's one-actor "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" in another bit in the same show.</td><td>http://www.findagrave.com/photos250/photos/2006/71/7489936_114223478208.jpg Felice Orlandi</td></tr></table>

On Broadway, Alice had parts in 1956's "Shangri-La" a musical. Also and again on Broadway but in an as-yet-unknown-year in "Maybe Tuesday" a comedy.  Her off-Broadway experience included her role in 1957 as Tom Sawyer's Aunt Polly in ''Livin The Life''.  And also a role in a production "Sand Hog" in an undetermined year.  On television she played in "Twelfth Night," with Maurice Evans, and as one of the ugly stepsisters in "Cinderella," with Julie Andrews, and "The Show-Off".  She appeared on the Jack Parr show in 1958/9 and performed for many years in Greenwich Village's Bon Soi, the Blue Angel, and other New York nighteries.  She also did a stint of summer stock in New England.  In 1960 she appeared in ''The Thurber Carnival'', a revue based on the humorist's writings.  In 1961 she appeared with Art Carney in an NBC "Show of the Week" called "Fads and Foibles".  She also had a role in the 1962 film ''To Kill a Mockingbird'', and later in 1962 she played on-stage in S.J. Perelman's fantasy ''The Beauty Party'', for which she received a Tony nomination.  "For three seasons of ''The Jackie Gleason Show'', from 1962 to 1964, Ghostley and Gleason regularly played Agnes and Arthur, two lovelorn residents of a tenement." (''The Independent'')

===Middle Career===
For her work in the 1965 "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window" she received a Tony Award as "Best Featured Player".

<table><tr><td>Although Alice had many roles on television and film, she never was cast in a starring position.  She is most remembered today for her television roles as "Alice" on ''Mayberry, R.F.D.'', as "Esmerelda" on ''Bewitched'' and as "Bernice Clifton" on ''Designing Women''.  Alice had a small role as one of the wedding guests in 1967's film ''The Graduate''.  In one scene she stands with fellow-actress [[Marion Lorne]] who she would later replace on the TV-series ''Bewitched'', after Marion's death.  Some have seen that as a bit...ghostley.</td><td>
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 Alice Ghostley and Marion Lorne in 1967's ''The Graduate''</td></tr></table>

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<td>In 1967 Alice appeared in her first full-time TV series as "Mrs Nash" in NBC's new-series ''Captain Nice''.  Alice and Felice moved to Los Angeles, California in 1968 when she states she didn't work for six months.  She appeared on "Hogan's Heroes" and "What's It All About World".  In 1969 she again teamed up with [[Paul Lynde]] to appear on the Jonathan Winters show.

Alice was a good friend of Maggie Smith and when Smith won an Oscar in 1969 for her starring role in ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' and was unable to attend, Ghostley accepted the Oscar on her behalf.

Ghostley's character "Esmerelda" was introduced on the TV-series ''Bewitched'' in 1969, after the May 1968 death of [[Marion Lorne]], the actress who played the lovable-but-befuddled "Aunt Clara". The studio wanted another comedic-actress to be introduced to the series to replace her, but in a different role.  Esmerelda is typically summoned with Samantha needs a babysitter.  She is a shy bundle-of-nerves who often fades slowly away when nervous.</td></tr></table>

In it's third season in 1970, Alice became "Alice" on the TV-series ''Mayberry, R.F.D.'' starring Andy Griffith.  Alice and Felice in 1970 moved into their first house in the Hollywood Hills, previously having rented, mostly living in apartments in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood.  In 1973 she again teamed up with Julie Andrews, playing her foil, as the ABC "The Julie Andrews Hour".

===Later Career and Death===
<table><tr><td>Alice appeared in 1976's film ''Gator'' starring Bert Reynolds.  In 1978 she took over the role of Miss Hannigan, the alcoholic matron of the orphanage, in the long-running ''Annie''.  In 1987 she became a regular on the TV-series ''Designing Women'' as the eccentric "Berniece Clifton", for which she received an Emmy nomination in 1992.

Her husband Felice died in 2003, and Alice died at her home in Studio City, California on 21 Sep 2007 from colon cancer and strokes.</td><td>http://www.tvland.com/photogallery/photos/Designing-women-Alice-Ghostley.jpg</td>
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===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://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7488&iid=NYT715_4606-0757&fn=Felice+Antonio&ln=Orlandi&st=r&ssrc=&pid=2040054339 ''New York Passenger Lists'', 1820-1957], 14 Oct 1929 showing : "Felice Antonio Orlandi, age 5, born Avezzano, Italy"
*''The Galveston News'', 26 Oct 1952, "Comedienne Ghostley Off Map &mdash; But Makes Grade Now", by Phyllis Battelle (INS)
*''The Lawton Constitution'', 28 Jul 1959, page 4 "The Billboard", by Bill Crawford
*''The Lawton Constitution-Morning Press'', 22 Jan 1967, "Alice Ghostley Says : Prove Yourself: Do Everything..."
*''The Bridgeport Post'', 27 Feb 1969, " 'New Faces' Stars Help Jonathan As Supporting Members of His Cast"
*''The Press Courier'' (Oxnard, California), 18 Feb 1973
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ssdi%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Felice&gsln=Orlandi&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=1&recid=54223142&recoff=1+2 Social Security Death Index] showing : "Felice Orlandi born 18 Sep 1924, died 21 May 2003 last residence Studio City, Los Angeles County, California; SSN issued by Ohio"
*[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"
*''The Chronicle Telegram'' (Elyria, Ohio), 20 Aug 1988, "Alice Ghostley : Broadway to TV and Elsewhere", by Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune
*[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20070927/ai_n21026400 ''The Independent'' (London), 27 Sep 2007, "Alice Ghostley" (obit)]

===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
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0649939/ "Felice Orlandi"] at IMDb
*BGMI shows for Felice Orlandi:
**''Who's Who in Hollywood. The largest cast of international film personalities ever assembled''. Two volumes. By David Ragan. New York: Facts on File, 1992. (WhoHol 1992)
**''Who's Who in Hollywood, 1900-1976''. By David Ragan. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers, 1976. The 'Living Players' section begins on page 11. (WhoHol A)
*BGMI shows for Alice Ghostley however
**[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&gsfn=alice&gsln=ghostley&sx=&gskw=&f6=&f11=&prox=1&db=bgmi&ti=0&ti.si=0&gl=&gss=rfs&gst=&so=3 more than 20 seperate citations]
*[http://www.tv.com/alice-ghostley/person/4673/summary.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=castsh&tag=cast;name;3 "Alice Ghostley"] on TV.com

==Harry F Ghostley==
Harry F Ghostley ([http://www.familysearch.org AFN 21FQ-2V7]) was born 10 May 1884 in [[Minnesota]] to Harry Ghostley and his wife Margaret Anna Walker.  Harry is living with his widowed mother in the Special 1905 Minnesota State Census.

By 1910 Harry has moved to Portland, Multnomah County, [[Oregon]] where he is listed as single and a boarder.  By 1920 he is in the US Panama Canal Zone evidently in the armed forces.  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==
Edna M Rooney was born in 16 Sep 1890 in Oklahoma, daughter of Ed Roony and Alice.  In 1920 or 1921 she married Harry F Ghostley.  They had two children by the time they were enumerated in Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas in the 1930 US Census.  Harry developed Carcinoma of the Liver and died in a hospital in Kansas City, Missouri in 1933.

Edna outlived him by 32 years, dying in May 1965, having last resided in Oklahoma.  They are buried side-by-side in Oak Hills Cemetery (aka Siloam Springs Cemetery) in Benton County, Arkansas.

===Primary sources for 3===
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&indiv=try&h=32199167 1900 Census of Gallup, Bernalillo County, New Mexico] showing : "Ed Roony 32; Alice 28; Mamie 10; Ednas 9; Agnes 7; Munie 4"
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=Agnes&gsln=Roony&sx=&f7=&f9=&f10=&f18__n=&f20=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f23=&f17=&f16=&rg_f19__date=&rs_f19__date=0&_8000C002=&f21=&_80008002=&f22=&_80018002=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1910uscenindex&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=3&recid=65831528&recoff=1+2 1910 Census of Coalgate, Coal County, Oklahoma] showing : "Edd Roony 42; Alice 38; Mamie 20; Edna 19; Agnes 17; Minnie 14; Ruth 2"
*[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=1920usfedcen%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Edna&gsln=Rooney&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=14&recid=76332016&recoff=1+2 1920 Census of Kennady, Le Flore County, Oklahoma] showing : "Edna Rooney, 27, Single, Boarder, OK/IL/MO"
*[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://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ssdi%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Edna&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=25447832&recoff=1+2 Social Security Death Index] showing : "Name: Edna Ghostley, Last Residence: Oklahoma, Born: 16 Sep 1890, Died: May 1965, State (Year) SSN issued: Oklahoma (Before 1951)"
*[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"

==Harry Ghostley==
Harry Ghostley ([http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=49780882 AFN 21FQ-2QD]) was born 28 Jan 1844 in Berkeley, England.  He married Margaret Anna Walker on 28 Jan 1874 in Minnesota.

Harry and Margaret had four children: Edith who died age 1 on 12 Aug 1875, Edith born 2 Nov 1875, Ella born 2 Sep 1877, Harry born 10 May 1884 and Gladys born May 1888.
 
Harry Ghostley died Sep 1887 in Minnesota.

==Margaret Anna Walker==
Margaret Anna Walker ([http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=49780866&lds=0&frompage=0 AFN 21FQ-263]) was born 26 Aug 1851 in Hanover Neck, Morris County, New Jersey to Richard Westbrook Walker and his wife Eleanor Shields.  She married Harry Ghostley on 28 Jan 1874 in Minnesota.

She outlived her husband Harry by almost 58 years, dying on 30 Jun 1945.

==Ed Rooney==
===Primary sources for 6===
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&indiv=try&h=32199167 1900 Census of Gallup, Bernalillo County, New Mexico] showing : "Ed Roony 32; Alice 28; Mamie 10; Ednas 9; Agnes 7; Munie 4"
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=Agnes&gsln=Roony&sx=&f7=&f9=&f10=&f18__n=&f20=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f23=&f17=&f16=&rg_f19__date=&rs_f19__date=0&_8000C002=&f21=&_80008002=&f22=&_80018002=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1910uscenindex&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=3&recid=65831528&recoff=1+2 1910 Census of Coalgate, Coal County, Oklahoma] showing : "Edd Roony 42; Alice 38; Mamie 20; Edna 19; Agnes 17; Minnie 14; Ruth 2"

==Alice==

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