Ancestry of
Amelia Earhart

Aviation Pioneer

Amelia "Amy" Otis

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• • 2nd Generation — Mother of Amelia Earhart
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • Alfred Gideon Otis   
  • Mother:
  • Amelia Josephine Harres   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT Mar 1869 
  • Birth Location:
  • Atchison, Atchison Co., Kansas 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Oct 1962 
  • Death Location:
  • Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Edwin Stanton Earhart
  • Marriage Date:
  • 16 Oct 1895 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Wyandotte County, Kansas 
  • Child:
  • Amelia Mary Earhart 

• Sources for Amelia "Amy" Otis

  • ¹ Altoona Tribune (Altoona, Pennsylvania), 24 SEP 1930, p. 2, Obituary for spouse Edwin S. Earhart, Newspapers.com (Digital Library), www.newspapers.com.
  • ² Federal Census, IA, Polk County, 1910, Des Moines Ward 3, E.D. 111, Sheet 7B, Image 14 of 17, Ancestry.com (Online Census Images).
  • ³ Federal Census, KS, Wyandotte County, 1900, Kansas City Ward 4, E.D. 157, Sheet 8A, Image 15 of 29, Ancestry.com (Online Census Images).
  • ⁴ Federal Census, KS, Atchison County, 1880, Atchison, E.D. 2, p. 9, Image 9 of 71, Ancestry.com (Online Census Images).
  • ⁵ Federal Census, KS, Atchison, 1870, Atchison Ward 2, p. 9, Image 9 of 38, Ancestry.com (Online Census Images).
  • ⁶ Genealogical and Biographical Record of North-Eastern Kansas, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company (1900), 39-40, Google Books (Digital Library).
  • ⁷ Kansas Marriages, 1840-1935, Marriage record for Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amy Otis, FamilySearch.org (Online Database).
  • ⁸ The Indiana Gazette (Indiana, Pennsylvania), 30 OCT 1962, p. 1, Obituary for Amy Otis Earhart, Newspapers.com (Digital Library), www.newspapers.com.
  • ⁹ Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum, "Home as a Birthplace", (accessed 07/30/2015).
  • ¹⁰ Otis, William A., A Genealogical and Historical Memoir of the Otis Family in America, Chicago: Unknown (1924), 562, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
  • ¹¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#58 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Elizabeth Boyd Roberts: A Genealogical Tribute with 50 New . . .", (accessed 07/06/2017).
  • ¹² Wikipedia, "Amelia Earhart", (accessed 07/30/2015).

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