Name of father Alva G. Daws/Dawes
Maiden name of mother Mary Ridinger
[divorced in 1909]

[NOTE in 1910, Mary Ridinger Daws was divorced and living with her parents, John A. and Sarah M. Ridinger. She is enumerated as Mary Daws, and as the mother of three children, only one of whom is living in 1910. The only child enumerated with the family in 1910 is Opal, age 4, identified as the adopted daughter of J. A. and S. M. Opal Daws, is likely to be the sister of Pearl Ava. Opal Meree Daws was adopted by J. A. and S. M. Ridinger on 22 Dec 1909 in Marion Co. - SOURCE is Oregon Adoptions and Name Changes, 1879-1918, via Ancestry.com]