Melva L Prior

1895 - 1972  (77 years)

• Name	Melva L Prior  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	12 Jul 1895	Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1900	Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, USA   [1, 3]
  	Ward 2
  Residence	1910	Downers Grove, DuPage, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Residence	1920	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [4]
  	Ward 6
  Residence	1 Apr 1940	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [3]
  Death	10 Dec 1972	Pomona, Los Angeles, California, USA
  Person ID	I7159	MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_daughter Agnes Nancy Montgomery
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Harry A Prior,   b. May 1871, Pennsylvania, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Edith D Matheny,   b. 24 Mar 1876, Marshall, Clark, Illinois, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	3 Oct 1894	Cook County, Illinois, USA   [7]
  Family ID	F3200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Earle Ricard, Sr,   b. 25 Apr 1889, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Jan 1973, Pomona, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	8 Nov 1916	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
  Children	1. Jack Edward Ricard,   b. 10 Jul 1917, Cook County, Illinois, USA d. 6 Aug 1984, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. William Earle Ricard, Jr,   b. 7 Jul 1927, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA d. 23 Feb 2003, South Holland, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F18604	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Jul 1895 - Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, USA Residence - Ward 2 - 1900 - Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, USA Residence - 1910 - Downers Grove, DuPage, Illinois, USA Marriage - 8 Nov 1916 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Residence - Ward 6 - 1920 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Residence - 1 Apr 1940 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Death - 10 Dec 1972 - Pomona, Los Angeles, California, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Danville Ward 2, Vermilion,Illinois; Roll: T623_348; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 69. Record for Harry A Prior [S3398] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Downers Grove, DuPage,Illinois; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Record for Melba Prior [S1735] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2012;;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T627_931; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 103-326. Record for William E Ricard http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=142764729&indiv=try [S3572] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 6, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_310; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 372; Image: 911. Record for W Earl Ricard http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=96007448&indiv=try [S3723] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). Record for William Earl Ricard http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=Numident&h=34470934&indiv=try [S3710] Ancestry.com, Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Jack Edward Ricard http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSCookILBirth&h=248460&indiv=try [S1523] Ancestry.com, Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2011;;), Database online. Record for Edith Matheny