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 == Biography ==
-Ada Jane Sarah Claudine Edney was the oldest child of Robert Joseph Edney and his first wife, Jane Leechman.  Her father was an actor who came to South Africa and, in 1905, appeared on the Johannesburg stage as Robert Bolder.  She was born In London and it seems that she and her South African-born brother, also Robert, were sent to boarding school in England.  In 1894 they returned to South Africa and on one of the genealogical sites there is a reference to her appearing in a photograph showing several “theatricals”, possibly in Rhodesia.  In 1906 the British newspaper The Era mentions that she is part of a quartet of young women with the [[Wheeler-Edwardes Company]].  At some stage she joined the [[Howitt-Phillips Company]], which had played in Johannesburg in 1909 (they had also hired [[Muriel Alexander]]).  By March 1915 she was with them in Singapore, acting at the Palladium in such plays as ''[[When Knights Were Bold]]'', ''[[Milestones]]'', ''[[Diplomacy]]'' and ''[[Raffles]]''.    In April 1916 she was one of the members of the Melbourne Comedy Company, first in Shanghai and then in Singapore, and she was still with them in September, for in a Dutch-language newspaper published in Batavia at the time, Tom and Eileen Melbourne and Ada Edney offered a reward for the return of three lost music books.
+Ada Jane Sarah Claudine Edney was the oldest child of Robert Joseph Edney and his first wife, Jane Leechman.  Her father was an actor who came to South Africa and, in 1905, appeared on the Johannesburg stage as Robert Bolder.  She was born In London and it seems that she and her South African-born brother, also Robert, were sent to boarding school in England.  In 1894 they returned to South Africa and on one of the genealogical sites there is a reference to her appearing in a photograph showing several “theatricals”, possibly in Rhodesia.  In 1906 the British newspaper The Era mentions that she is part of a quartet of young women with the [[Wheeler-Edwardes Company]].  At some stage she joined the [[Howitt-Phillips Company]], which had played in Johannesburg in 1909 (they had also hired [[Muriel Alexander]]).  By March 1915 she was with them in Singapore, acting at the Palladium in such plays as ''[[When Knights Were Bold]]'', ''[[Milestones]]'', ''[[Diplomacy]]'' (Sardou) and ''[[Raffles]]''.    In April 1916 she was one of the members of the Melbourne Comedy Company, first in Shanghai and then in Singapore, and she was still with them in September, for in a Dutch-language newspaper published in Batavia at the time, Tom and Eileen Melbourne and Ada Edney offered a reward for the return of three lost music books.
 By 1918 she was in South Africa, performing with the [[Betty Kendal Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Durban in ''[[Folly and Love]]'', in ''[[Come In]]'' and ''[[Winnie Brooke, Widow]]'' at the [[Standard Theatre]], in ''[[Xtra Speshul]]'' (with [[George Taylor]]) at the [[Empire Palace]], followed by ''[[Pantomime Pie]]'' at both the [[Tivoli]] in Cape Town and the [[Palladium]] in Johannesburg as a member of the [[New Musical Comedy Company]].  She frequently performed in vaudeville attractions presented before the screenings of feature films.  During this time she also acted in [[Joseph Albrecht]]’s film version of [[Henry Seton Merriman]]’s novel ''[[With Edged Tools]]'' (1919) as the young woman  who nurses the hero ([[Charles Sparrow]]) back to health and eventually marries him.  Further stage appearances in South Africa included ''[[The Follies of 1920]]'', [[Theodore & Co.]] and ''[[The Fatal Wedding]]''. In December 1926, Miss Ada Edney, “soprano and soubrette” performed at the Strand Theatre in Singleton (NSW) with the Rev. Frank W. Gorman, an American clergyman who had turned to vaudeville and was popularly known as “The Singing Parson”.  A newspaper published in New South Wales referred to her as "the charming Australian soubrette".

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 == Biography ==
-Ada Jane Sarah Claudine Edney was the oldest child of Robert Joseph Edney and his first wife, Jane Leechman.  Her father was an actor who came to South Africa and, in 1905, appeared on the Johannesburg stage as Robert Bolder.  She was born In London and it seems that she and her South African-born brother, also Robert, were sent to boarding school in England.  In 1894 they returned to South Africa and on one of the genealogical sites there is a reference to her appearing in a photograph showing several “theatricals”, possibly in Rhodesia.  In 1906 the British newspaper The Era mentions that she is part of a quartet of young women with the [[Wheeler-Edwardes Company]].  At some stage she joined the [[Howitt-Phillips Company]], which had played in Johannesburg in 1909 (they had also hired [[Muriel Alexander]]).  By March 1915 she was with them in Singapore, acting at the Palladium in such plays as ''When Knights Were Bold'', ''Milestones'', ''Diplomacy'' and ''Raffles''.    In April 1916 she was one of the members of the Melbourne Comedy Company, first in Shanghai and then in Singapore, and she was still with them in September, for in a Dutch-language newspaper published in Batavia at the time, Tom and Eileen Melbourne and Ada Edney offered a reward for the return of three lost music books.
+Ada Jane Sarah Claudine Edney was the oldest child of Robert Joseph Edney and his first wife, Jane Leechman.  Her father was an actor who came to South Africa and, in 1905, appeared on the Johannesburg stage as Robert Bolder.  She was born In London and it seems that she and her South African-born brother, also Robert, were sent to boarding school in England.  In 1894 they returned to South Africa and on one of the genealogical sites there is a reference to her appearing in a photograph showing several “theatricals”, possibly in Rhodesia.  In 1906 the British newspaper The Era mentions that she is part of a quartet of young women with the [[Wheeler-Edwardes Company]].  At some stage she joined the [[Howitt-Phillips Company]], which had played in Johannesburg in 1909 (they had also hired [[Muriel Alexander]]).  By March 1915 she was with them in Singapore, acting at the Palladium in such plays as ''[[When Knights Were Bold]]'', ''[[Milestones]]'', ''[[Diplomacy]]'' and ''[[Raffles]]''.    In April 1916 she was one of the members of the Melbourne Comedy Company, first in Shanghai and then in Singapore, and she was still with them in September, for in a Dutch-language newspaper published in Batavia at the time, Tom and Eileen Melbourne and Ada Edney offered a reward for the return of three lost music books.
 By 1918 she was in South Africa, performing with the [[Betty Kendal Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Durban in ''[[Folly and Love]]'', in ''[[Come In]]'' and ''[[Winnie Brooke, Widow]]'' at the [[Standard Theatre]], in ''[[Xtra Speshul]]'' (with [[George Taylor]]) at the [[Empire Palace]], followed by ''[[Pantomime Pie]]'' at both the [[Tivoli]] in Cape Town and the [[Palladium]] in Johannesburg as a member of the [[New Musical Comedy Company]].  She frequently performed in vaudeville attractions presented before the screenings of feature films.  During this time she also acted in [[Joseph Albrecht]]’s film version of [[Henry Seton Merriman]]’s novel ''[[With Edged Tools]]'' (1919) as the young woman  who nurses the hero ([[Charles Sparrow]]) back to health and eventually marries him.  Further stage appearances in South Africa included ''[[The Follies of 1920]]'', [[Theodore & Co.]] and ''[[The Fatal Wedding]]''. In December 1926, Miss Ada Edney, “soprano and soubrette” performed at the Strand Theatre in Singleton (NSW) with the Rev. Frank W. Gorman, an American clergyman who had turned to vaudeville and was popularly known as “The Singing Parson”.  A newspaper published in New South Wales referred to her as "the charming Australian soubrette".

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-'''Ada Edney''' (b. London, **/**/1882 - d. South Africa, **/**/1970) was an actress.
+'''Ada Edney''' (b. London, 25/04/1882 - d. South Africa, **/**/1970) was an actress.
 == Biography ==
-Ada Jane Sarah Claudine Edney was the oldest child of Robert Joseph Edney and his wife, Jane Leechman.  Her father was an actor who came to South Africa and, in 1905, appeared on the Johannesburg stage as Robert Bolder.  She was born In London and it seems that she and her South African-born brother, also Robert, were sent to boarding school in England.  In 1894 they returned to South Africa and on one of the genealogical sites there is a reference to her appearing in a photograph showing several “theatricals”, possibly in Rhodesia.  In 1906 the British newspaper The Era mentions that she is part of a quartet of young women with the [[Wheeler-Edwardes Company]].  At some stage she joined the [[Howitt-Phillips Company]], which had played in Johannesburg in 1909 (they had also hired [[Muriel Alexander]]).  By March 1915 she was with them in Singapore, acting at the Palladium in such plays as ''When Knights Were Bold'', ''Milestones'', ''Diplomacy'' and ''Raffles''.    In April 1916 she was one of the members of the Melbourne Comedy Company, first in Shanghai and then in Singapore, and she was still with them in September, for in a Dutch-language newspaper published in Batavia at the time, Tom and Eileen Melbourne and Ada Edney offered a reward for the return of three lost music books.
+Ada Jane Sarah Claudine Edney was the oldest child of Robert Joseph Edney and his first wife, Jane Leechman.  Her father was an actor who came to South Africa and, in 1905, appeared on the Johannesburg stage as Robert Bolder.  She was born In London and it seems that she and her South African-born brother, also Robert, were sent to boarding school in England.  In 1894 they returned to South Africa and on one of the genealogical sites there is a reference to her appearing in a photograph showing several “theatricals”, possibly in Rhodesia.  In 1906 the British newspaper The Era mentions that she is part of a quartet of young women with the [[Wheeler-Edwardes Company]].  At some stage she joined the [[Howitt-Phillips Company]], which had played in Johannesburg in 1909 (they had also hired [[Muriel Alexander]]).  By March 1915 she was with them in Singapore, acting at the Palladium in such plays as ''When Knights Were Bold'', ''Milestones'', ''Diplomacy'' and ''Raffles''.    In April 1916 she was one of the members of the Melbourne Comedy Company, first in Shanghai and then in Singapore, and she was still with them in September, for in a Dutch-language newspaper published in Batavia at the time, Tom and Eileen Melbourne and Ada Edney offered a reward for the return of three lost music books.
-By 1918 she was in South Africa, performing with the [[Betty Kendal Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Durban in ''[[Folly and Love]]'', in ''[[Come In]]'' and ''[[Winnie Brooke, Widow]]'' at the [[Standard Theatre]], in ''[[Xtra Speshul]]'' (with [[George Taylor]]) at the [[Empire Palace]], followed by ''[[Pantomime Pie]]'' at both the [[Tivoli]] in Cape Town and the [[Palladium]] in Johannesburg as a member of the [[New Musical Comedy Company]].  She frequently performed in vaudeville attractions presented before the screenings of feature films.  During this time she also acted in [[Joseph Albrecht]]’s film version of [[Henry Seton Merriman]]’s novel ''[[With Edged Tools]]'' (1919) as the young woman  who nurses the hero ([[Charles Sparrow]]) back to health and eventually marries him.  Further stage appearances in South Africa included ''[[The Follies of 1920]]'' and [[Theodore & Co.]]  In December 1926, Miss Ada Edney, “soprano and soubrette” performed at the Strand Theatre in Singleton (NSW) with the Rev. Frank W. Gorman, an American clergyman who had turned to vaudeville and was popularly known as “The Singing Parson”.  A newspaper published in New South Wales referred to her as "the charming Australian soubrette".
+By 1918 she was in South Africa, performing with the [[Betty Kendal Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Durban in ''[[Folly and Love]]'', in ''[[Come In]]'' and ''[[Winnie Brooke, Widow]]'' at the [[Standard Theatre]], in ''[[Xtra Speshul]]'' (with [[George Taylor]]) at the [[Empire Palace]], followed by ''[[Pantomime Pie]]'' at both the [[Tivoli]] in Cape Town and the [[Palladium]] in Johannesburg as a member of the [[New Musical Comedy Company]].  She frequently performed in vaudeville attractions presented before the screenings of feature films.  During this time she also acted in [[Joseph Albrecht]]’s film version of [[Henry Seton Merriman]]’s novel ''[[With Edged Tools]]'' (1919) as the young woman  who nurses the hero ([[Charles Sparrow]]) back to health and eventually marries him.  Further stage appearances in South Africa included ''[[The Follies of 1920]]'', [[Theodore & Co.]] and ''[[The Fatal Wedding]]''. In December 1926, Miss Ada Edney, “soprano and soubrette” performed at the Strand Theatre in Singleton (NSW) with the Rev. Frank W. Gorman, an American clergyman who had turned to vaudeville and was popularly known as “The Singing Parson”.  A newspaper published in New South Wales referred to her as "the charming Australian soubrette".
-In the meantime her parents had divorced and Robert Joseph Edney had remarried.  He made his way to the United States and, as Robert Bolder (1859-1937), carved out a successful career in Hollywood, mainly in supporting roles in both shorts and features.  Ada’s brother, Robert, came to the United States as a miner, but ultimately became an Assistant Treasurer at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.  Ada’s half-siblings all settled in the United States.  Ada herself was married twice, first to Arthur Griffith Evans and after that to James Barry Gilbert.  She married Gilbert in in Durban in 1931, but it is uncertain whether she continued her theatrical career. (FO)
+Ada’s mother seems to have died in South Africa and in 1891 Robert Joseph Edney remarried.  He eventually made his way to the United States and, as Robert Bolder (1859-1937), carved out a successful career in Hollywood, mainly in supporting roles in both shorts and features.  Ada’s brother, Robert, came to the United States as a miner, but ultimately became an Assistant Treasurer at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.  Ada’s half-siblings all settled in the United States.  Ada herself was married twice, first to Arthur Griffith Evans and after that to James Barry Gilbert.  She married Gilbert in in Durban in 1931, but it is uncertain whether she continued her theatrical career. (FO)
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 By 1918 she was in South Africa, performing with the [[Betty Kendal Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Durban in ''[[Folly and Love]]'', in ''[[Come In]]'' and ''[[Winnie Brooke, Widow]]'' at the [[Standard Theatre]], in ''[[Xtra Speshul]]'' (with [[George Taylor]]) at the [[Empire Palace]], followed by ''[[Pantomime Pie]]'' at both the [[Tivoli]] in Cape Town and the [[Palladium]] in Johannesburg as a member of the [[New Musical Comedy Company]].  She frequently performed in vaudeville attractions presented before the screenings of feature films.  During this time she also acted in [[Joseph Albrecht]]’s film version of [[Henry Seton Merriman]]’s novel ''[[With Edged Tools]]'' (1919) as the young woman  who nurses the hero ([[Charles Sparrow]]) back to health and eventually marries him.  Further stage appearances in South Africa included ''[[The Follies of 1920]]'' and [[Theodore & Co.]]  In December 1926, Miss Ada Edney, “soprano and soubrette” performed at the Strand Theatre in Singleton (NSW) with the Rev. Frank W. Gorman, an American clergyman who had turned to vaudeville and was popularly known as “The Singing Parson”.  A newspaper published in New South Wales referred to her as "the charming Australian soubrette".
-In the meantime her parents had divorced and Robert Joseph Edney had remarried.  He made his way to the United States and, as Robert Bolder, carved out a successful career in Hollywood, mainly in supporting roles in both shorts and features.  Ada’s brother, Robert, came to the United States as a miner, but ultimately became an Assistant Treasurer at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.  Ada’s half-siblings all settled in the United States.  Ada herself was married twice, first to Arthur Griffith Evans and after that to James Barry Gilbert.  She married Gilbert in in Durban in 1931, but it is uncertain whether she continued her theatrical career. (FO)
+In the meantime her parents had divorced and Robert Joseph Edney had remarried.  He made his way to the United States and, as Robert Bolder (1859-1937), carved out a successful career in Hollywood, mainly in supporting roles in both shorts and features.  Ada’s brother, Robert, came to the United States as a miner, but ultimately became an Assistant Treasurer at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.  Ada’s half-siblings all settled in the United States.  Ada herself was married twice, first to Arthur Griffith Evans and after that to James Barry Gilbert.  She married Gilbert in in Durban in 1931, but it is uncertain whether she continued her theatrical career. (FO)
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	In the meantime her parents had divorced and Robert Joseph Edney had remarried. He made his way to the United States and, as Robert Bolder, carved out a successful career in Hollywood, mainly in supporting roles in both shorts and features. Ada’s brother, Robert, came to the United States as a miner, but ultimately became an Assistant Treasurer at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Ada’s half-siblings all settled in the United States. Ada herself was married twice, first to Arthur Griffith Evans and after that to James Barry Gilbert. She married Gilbert in in Durban in 1931, but it is uncertain whether she continued her theatrical career. (FO)		In the meantime her parents had divorced and Robert Joseph Edney had remarried. He made his way to the United States and, as Robert Bolder, carved out a successful career in Hollywood, mainly in supporting roles in both shorts and features. Ada’s brother, Robert, came to the United States as a miner, but ultimately became an Assistant Treasurer at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Ada’s half-siblings all settled in the United States. Ada herself was married twice, first to Arthur Griffith Evans and after that to James Barry Gilbert. She married Gilbert in in Durban in 1931, but it is uncertain whether she continued her theatrical career. (FO)
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 Ada Jane Sarah Claudine Edney was the oldest child of Robert Joseph Edney and his wife, Jane Leechman.  Her father was an actor who came to South Africa and, in 1905, appeared on the Johannesburg stage as Robert Bolder.  She was born In London and it seems that she and her South African-born brother, also Robert, were sent to boarding school in England.  In 1894 they returned to South Africa and on one of the genealogical sites there is a reference to her appearing in a photograph showing several “theatricals”, possibly in Rhodesia.  In 1906 the British newspaper The Era mentions that she is part of a quartet of young women with the [[Wheeler-Edwardes Company]].  At some stage she joined the [[Howitt-Phillips Company]], which had played in Johannesburg in 1909 (they had also hired [[Muriel Alexander]]).  By March 1915 she was with them in Singapore, acting at the Palladium in such plays as ''When Knights Were Bold'', ''Milestones'', ''Diplomacy'' and ''Raffles''.    In April 1916 she was one of the members of the Melbourne Comedy Company, first in Shanghai and then in Singapore, and she was still with them in September, for in a Dutch-language newspaper published in Batavia at the time, Tom and Eileen Melbourne and Ada Edney offered a reward for the return of three lost music books.
-By 1918 she was in South Africa, performing with the [[Betty Kendal Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Durban in ''[[Folly and Love]]'', in ''[[Come In]]'' and ''[[Winnie Brooke, Widow]]'' at the [[Standard Theatre]], in ''[[Xtra Speshul]]'' (with [[George Taylor]]) at the [[Empire Palace]], followed by Pantomime Pie at both the Tivoli in Cape Town and the Palladium in Johannesburg as a member of the New Musical Comedy Company.
+By 1918 she was in South Africa, performing with the [[Betty Kendal Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Durban in ''[[Folly and Love]]'', in ''[[Come In]]'' and ''[[Winnie Brooke, Widow]]'' at the [[Standard Theatre]], in ''[[Xtra Speshul]]'' (with [[George Taylor]]) at the [[Empire Palace]], followed by ''[[Pantomime Pie]]'' at both the [[Tivoli]] in Cape Town and the [[Palladium]] in Johannesburg as a member of the [[New Musical Comedy Company]].  She frequently performed in vaudeville attractions presented before the screenings of feature films.  During this time she also acted in [[Joseph Albrecht]]’s film version of [[H. Seton Merriman]]’s novel ''[[With Edged Tools]]'' (1919) as the young woman  who nurses the hero ([[Charles Sparrow]]) back to health and eventually marries him.  Further stage appearances in South Africa included ''[[The Follies of 1920]]'' and [[Theodore & Co.]]  In December 1926, Miss Ada Edney, “soprano and soubrette” performed at the Strand Theatre in Singleton (NSW) with the Rev. Frank W. Gorman, an American clergyman who had turned to vaudeville and was popularly known as “The Singing Parson”.  A newspaper published in New South Wales referred to her as "the charming Australian soubrette".
 In the meantime her parents had divorced and Robert Joseph Edney had remarried.  He made his way to the United States and, as Robert Bolder, carved out a successful career in Hollywood, mainly in supporting roles in both shorts and features.  Ada’s brother, Robert, came to the United States as a miner, but ultimately became an Assistant Treasurer at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.  Ada’s half-siblings all settled in the United States.  Ada herself was married twice, first to Arthur Griffith Evans and after that to James Barry Gilbert.  She married Gilbert in in Durban in 1931, but it is uncertain whether she continued her theatrical career. (FO)

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−	(b. London, //1882 - d. //~~****~~). ~~Actress. Little is known about her, but an~~ Ada Jane Sarah Claudine Edney ~~probably returned from boarding school in England~~ to South Africa in ~~1894~~. ~~Though she~~ was born ~~in Bloomsbury,~~ her ~~younger~~ brother, Robert, ~~was actually born~~ in South Africa~~. On~~ one of the genealogical sites there is a reference to her appearing in a photograph showing ~~a number of~~ “theatricals”, possibly in Rhodesia~~, and in~~ 1906 the British newspaper The Era mentions that she is part of a quartet of young women ~~featuring in a theatrical performance in South Africa~~. At some stage she joined the [[Howitt-Phillips Company]], which had played in Johannesburg in 1909 (~~at the time~~ they also hired [[Muriel Alexander]]). By March 1915 she was with them in Singapore, acting at the Palladium in such plays as ''When Knights Were Bold'', ''Milestones'', ''Diplomacy'' and ''Raffles''. In April ~~the following year~~ she was ~~back there with~~ the Melbourne Comedy Company, ~~this time at the Alhambra~~, and she was still with them in September, for in a Dutch-language newspaper published in Batavia at the time, Tom and Eileen Melbourne and Ada Edney offered a reward for the return of three music books.	+	'''Ada Edney''' (b. London, //1882 - d. South Africa, //1970) was an actress.
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		+	== Biography ==
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		+	Ada Jane Sarah Claudine Edney was the oldest child of Robert Joseph Edney and his wife, Jane Leechman. Her father was an actor who came to South Africa and, in 1905, appeared on the Johannesburg stage as Robert Bolder. She was born In London and it seems that she and her South African-born brother, also Robert, were sent to boarding school in England. In 1894 they returned to South Africa and on one of the genealogical sites there is a reference to her appearing in a photograph showing several “theatricals”, possibly in Rhodesia. In 1906 the British newspaper The Era mentions that she is part of a quartet of young women with the [[Wheeler-Edwardes Company]]. At some stage she joined the [[Howitt-Phillips Company]], which had played in Johannesburg in 1909 (they had also hired [[Muriel Alexander]]). By March 1915 she was with them in Singapore, acting at the Palladium in such plays as ''When Knights Were Bold'', ''Milestones'', ''Diplomacy'' and ''Raffles''. In April 1916 she was one of the members of the Melbourne Comedy Company, first in Shanghai and then in Singapore, and she was still with them in September, for in a Dutch-language newspaper published in Batavia at the time, Tom and Eileen Melbourne and Ada Edney offered a reward for the return of three lost music books.
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		+	By 1918 she was in South Africa, performing with the [[Betty Kendal Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Durban in ''[[Folly and Love]]'', in ''[[Come In]]'' and ''[[Winnie Brooke, Widow]]'' at the [[Standard Theatre]], in ''[[Xtra Speshul]]'' (with [[George Taylor]]) at the [[Empire Palace]], followed by Pantomime Pie at both the Tivoli in Cape Town and the Palladium in Johannesburg as a member of the New Musical Comedy Company.
		+	She frequently performed in vaudeville attractions presented before the screenings of feature films. During this time she also acted in [[Joseph Albrecht]]’s film version of [[H. Seton Merriman]]’s novel ''[[With Edged Tools]]'' (1919) as the young woman who nurses the hero ([[Charles Sparrow]]) back to health and eventually marries him. Further stage appearances in South Africa included ''[[The Follies of 1920]]'' and [[Theodore & Co.]] In December 1926, Miss Ada Edney, “soprano and soubrette” performed at the Strand Theatre in Singleton (NSW) with the Rev. Frank W. Gorman, an American clergyman who had turned to vaudeville and was popularly known as “The Singing Parson”. A newspaper published in New South Wales referred to her as "the charming Australian soubrette".
		+
		+	In the meantime her parents had divorced and Robert Joseph Edney had remarried. He made his way to the United States and, as Robert Bolder, carved out a successful career in Hollywood, mainly in supporting roles in both shorts and features. Ada’s brother, Robert, came to the United States as a miner, but ultimately became an Assistant Treasurer at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Ada’s half-siblings all settled in the United States. Ada herself was married twice, first to Arthur Griffith Evans and after that to James Barry Gilbert. She married Gilbert in in Durban in 1931, but it is uncertain whether she continued her theatrical career. (FO)

−	By 1918 she was in South Africa, performing with the [[Betty Kendal Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Durban in ''[[Folly]]'' and ''[[Love]]'', in ''[[Come In]]'' and ''[[Winnie Brooke, Widow]]'' at the [[Standard Theatre]], in ''[[Xtra Speshul]]'' (with [[George Taylor]]) at the [[Empire Theatre]], followed by ''[[Pantomime Pie]]'' at both the [[Tivoli]] in Cape Town and the [[Palladium]] in Johannesburg as a member of the [[New Musical Comedy Company]]. In between she acted in [[Joseph Albrecht]]’s film version of [[Henry Seton Merriman]]’s novel ''[[With Edged Tools]]'' (1919) as the girl who nurses the hero ([[Charles Sparrow]]) back to health and eventually marries him. Further stage appearances in South Africa included ''[[The 1920 Follies]]'' and ''[[Theodore & Co]]''. In December 1926, Miss Ada Edney, “soprano and soubrette” performed at the Strand Theatre in Singleton (NSW) with the Rev. Frank W. Gorman, an American clergyman who had turned to vaudeville and was popularly known as “The Singing Parson”. To confuse things further, a newspaper published in New South Wales referred to her as "the charming Australian soubrette". In some ways it is easier to follow the fortunes of her brother, who left for the United States in 1912 and, in the early 1930s, turns up as an Assistant Treasurer at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. She seems to have been married twice, first to Arthur Griffith Evans and after that to James Barry Gilbert. (FO)

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−	(b. London, //1882? - d. //****). Actress. Little is known about her, but an Ada Jane Sarah Claudine Edney probably returned from boarding school in England to South Africa in 1894. Though she was born in Bloomsbury, her younger brother, Robert, was actually born in South Africa. On one of the genealogical sites there is a reference to her appearing in a photograph showing a number of “theatricals”, possibly in Rhodesia, and in 1906 the British newspaper The Era mentions that she is part of a quartet of young women featuring in a theatrical performance in South Africa. At some stage she joined the [[Howitt-Phillips Company]], which had played in Johannesburg in 1909 (at the time they also hired [[Muriel Alexander]]). By March 1915 she was with them in Singapore, acting at the Palladium in such plays as ''When Knights Were Bold'', ''Milestones'', ''Diplomacy'' and ''Raffles''. In April the following year she was back there with the Melbourne Comedy Company, this time at the Alhambra, and she was still with them in September, for in a Dutch-language newspaper published in Batavia at the time, Tom and Eileen Melbourne and Ada Edney offered a reward for the return of three music books.	+	(b. London, //1882 - d. //****). Actress. Little is known about her, but an Ada Jane Sarah Claudine Edney probably returned from boarding school in England to South Africa in 1894. Though she was born in Bloomsbury, her younger brother, Robert, was actually born in South Africa. On one of the genealogical sites there is a reference to her appearing in a photograph showing a number of “theatricals”, possibly in Rhodesia, and in 1906 the British newspaper The Era mentions that she is part of a quartet of young women featuring in a theatrical performance in South Africa. At some stage she joined the [[Howitt-Phillips Company]], which had played in Johannesburg in 1909 (at the time they also hired [[Muriel Alexander]]). By March 1915 she was with them in Singapore, acting at the Palladium in such plays as ''When Knights Were Bold'', ''Milestones'', ''Diplomacy'' and ''Raffles''. In April the following year she was back there with the Melbourne Comedy Company, this time at the Alhambra, and she was still with them in September, for in a Dutch-language newspaper published in Batavia at the time, Tom and Eileen Melbourne and Ada Edney offered a reward for the return of three music books.

	By 1918 she was in South Africa, performing with the [[Betty Kendal Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Durban in ''[[Folly]]'' and ''[[Love]]'', in ''[[Come In]]'' and ''[[Winnie Brooke, Widow]]'' at the [[Standard Theatre]], in ''[[Xtra Speshul]]'' (with [[George Taylor]]) at the [[Empire Theatre]], followed by ''[[Pantomime Pie]]'' at both the [[Tivoli]] in Cape Town and the [[Palladium]] in Johannesburg as a member of the [[New Musical Comedy Company]]. In between she acted in [[Joseph Albrecht]]’s film version of [[Henry Seton Merriman]]’s novel ''[[With Edged Tools]]'' (1919) as the girl who nurses the hero ([[Charles Sparrow]]) back to health and eventually marries him. Further stage appearances in South Africa included ''[[The 1920 Follies]]'' and ''[[Theodore & Co]]''. In December 1926, Miss Ada Edney, “soprano and soubrette” performed at the Strand Theatre in Singleton (NSW) with the Rev. Frank W. Gorman, an American clergyman who had turned to vaudeville and was popularly known as “The Singing Parson”. To confuse things further, a newspaper published in New South Wales referred to her as "the charming Australian soubrette". In some ways it is easier to follow the fortunes of her brother, who left for the United States in 1912 and, in the early 1930s, turns up as an Assistant Treasurer at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. She seems to have been married twice, first to Arthur Griffith Evans and after that to James Barry Gilbert. (FO)		By 1918 she was in South Africa, performing with the [[Betty Kendal Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Durban in ''[[Folly]]'' and ''[[Love]]'', in ''[[Come In]]'' and ''[[Winnie Brooke, Widow]]'' at the [[Standard Theatre]], in ''[[Xtra Speshul]]'' (with [[George Taylor]]) at the [[Empire Theatre]], followed by ''[[Pantomime Pie]]'' at both the [[Tivoli]] in Cape Town and the [[Palladium]] in Johannesburg as a member of the [[New Musical Comedy Company]]. In between she acted in [[Joseph Albrecht]]’s film version of [[Henry Seton Merriman]]’s novel ''[[With Edged Tools]]'' (1919) as the girl who nurses the hero ([[Charles Sparrow]]) back to health and eventually marries him. Further stage appearances in South Africa included ''[[The 1920 Follies]]'' and ''[[Theodore & Co]]''. In December 1926, Miss Ada Edney, “soprano and soubrette” performed at the Strand Theatre in Singleton (NSW) with the Rev. Frank W. Gorman, an American clergyman who had turned to vaudeville and was popularly known as “The Singing Parson”. To confuse things further, a newspaper published in New South Wales referred to her as "the charming Australian soubrette". In some ways it is easier to follow the fortunes of her brother, who left for the United States in 1912 and, in the early 1930s, turns up as an Assistant Treasurer at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. She seems to have been married twice, first to Arthur Griffith Evans and after that to James Barry Gilbert. (FO)

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 == Sources ==
 The Straits Times, 26 March 1915
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 Het Nieuws van de Dag, Batavia, 17 September 1916
 Singleton Argus, 16 December 1926