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Sue EIDAL

Female 1931 - 2000  (69 years)


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  • Name Sue EIDAL 
    Birth 29 Jan 1931  Washington Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 29 Sep 2000  Seattle, King County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • A 1945 article in the Seattle Daily Times referred to her as Sue Eidal Turner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Turner. The September 2nd article described her leaving for Walla Walla to enter St. Paul’s School for Girls.

      Her extensive genealogical records are in the Sue Eidal Collection in the Fiske Genealogical Library in Seattle.

      Sue’s Mother’s father’s CHURCHILL family came to Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington in 1887 from Oregon. O.H. Churchill had gone to California from Kentucky at age 10 in 1851. His wife was Amelia Catherine HOUSER whose family came to Kittitas County in 1868 from Pennsylvania. Another booklet covers the REED family from Ohio.

      The bulk of the collection consists copies of articles, notes, and supportive evidence, placed in cardboard boxes after her death and has been sorted by the Library. Major family names include: EIDAL, CHURCHILL, DIGENE, HOUSER, RAEN, REED, RUDE, SORFLATDALEN, WERKHISER, NERBY, FRAMGARDEN, HUMPHREY, and others.

      Sue Eidal was born 29 Jan 1931 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington, daughter of early pioneer families: Roy Martin Eidal born 16 October 1905 in Ellensburg, and Doris Mildred Churchill, also born in Ellensburg. Sue’s grandfather , Kristen Olsen Eidal was born in Norway and she has traced those families back into the early 1600s. Sue’s mother was Doris Mildred Churchill, born 14 April 1903 in Ellensburg, daughter of Chester Charles Churchill who was born in Lynn County Oregon, the family earlier from Kentucky. He married Amelia Catherine Houser. Sue died 29 Sep 2000 in Seattle, King County, Washington. Sue was employed by the Washington Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and retired in 1984 when they relocated from Seattle to Olympia.
    Person ID I9306  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2018 

    Father Leroy (Roy) Martin EIDAL,   b. 16 Oct 1905, Washington Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1974, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Doris Mildred CHURCHILL,   b. 14 Apr 1903   d. 15 Sep 1978, King County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 15 Oct 1927  Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F5335  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart