Etta May Ethredge was born April 8, 1881, in Schell City, MO. When she was about 6 years old, she made the migration to Oregon along with the other Ethredge extended family members. By June 1897, however, the family was back in Missouri, now living in Taberville. Just prior to 1900, Etta's family moved again, this time to Washington state.

1900 census, Mountain Precinct, Columbia, WA: Ethredge, Rance, head, born Sept. 1858, age 41, married for 21 years, rents, Occupation- farmer/Looking for new location, born in MO, f-NC, m-NC; wife- Rosetta, born Aug. 1858, age 41, married 21 years, 5 children born, 5 children living, born in IL, f-TN, m-IL; dau- Ettie M., born Apr. 1881, age 19, single, born in MO, f-MO, m-IL; son- John H., born May 1883, age 17, at school, born in MO, f-MO, m-IL; son- James L., born Sept. 1885, age 14, at school, born in MO, f-MO, m-IL; dau- Myrtle N., born Mar. 1889, age 11, at school, born in OR, f-MO, m-IL; son- Harley E., born June 1897, age 3, born in MO, f-MO, m-IL

In May 1901, Etta married John Henry Dorgan in Lincoln Co., WA.

1910 census, Lind, Adams, WA: Dorgan, John H., head, age 37, married 1x for 9 years, laborer/odd jobs, rents home, born in MA, f-Ireland, m-Ireland; wife- Etta, age 29, married 1xfor 9 years, 4 children born, 4 children living, born in MO, f-MO, m-KS; son- Raymond, age 6, born in WA, f-MA, m-MO; dau- Raneta, age 1 6/12, born in WA, f-MA, m-MO

1920 census, Lamona Precinct, Lincoln, WA: Dorgan, John, head, age 47, rents home, occupation-foreman/sections railroad, born in MA, f-Ireland, m-Ireland; wife- Etta, age 37, born in MO, f-MO, m-MO; son- Raymond, age 16, born in WA, f-MA, m-MO; dau- Ranetta, age 11, born in WA, f-MA, m-MO; Boarder- Blue, John B., age 45, occupation-operator/railroad, born in Washington D.C., f-PA, m-PA; Boarder- Swanson, Pete, age 55, immigrated in 1896, naturalized in 1898, occupation-laborer/railroad, born in Sweden, f-Sweden, m-Sweden

1930 census, Potlatch, Latah, ID: Dorgan, John, head, age 57, age 29 when 1st married, laborer/lumber mill, born in MO, f-Ireland, m-Ireland; wife- Etta, age 48, age 20 when 1st married, born in MO, f-MO, m -MO; son- Raymond, age 26, single, laborer/lumber mill, born in WA, f-MA, m-MO; dau- Raneta, age 21, single, born in WA, f-MA, m-MO

Etta and John moved to California about 1936, per his obituary, and to Atascadero, California about 1941. John died in February 1943. At some point afterwards, Etta remarried to John Robert Hegstrom, who died in February 1958. Etta, herself, died in February 1965 in Atascadero, CA.


Obituary found in The Atascadero News, Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, CA, dated Thursday, February 18, 1965:

Rosary Tonight For Etta Hegstrom
Rosary will be recited at 8:30 p.m. this evening in the Chapel of the Roses for Mrs. Etta May Hegstrom, 83, who died Monday in an Atascadero hospital.
Requiem Mass will be said Friday morning at 10 o'clock in St. William's Catholic Church. Burial will be in the Catholic Cemetery in San Luis Obispo.
A long time resident of the area, Mrs. Hegstrom was a member of St. William's Altar Society, Atascadero Grandmothers Club, and the Atascadero Grange. She was born in Missouri April 8, 1881 and moved to this area in 1939.
Mrs. Hegstrom is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Raneta Drake of Santa Margarita; a son, Raymond Morgan(sic) of Princeton, Ida.; a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Davis of Otis Orchard, Wash.; a brother, Harley Ethridge of Spokane, Wash.; five grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and one great great-grandchild.

Note: Etta May's son, Raymond, is incorrectly referred to as Raymond Morgan, instead of Dorgan.