Edna Tichenor，Edna's parents were newspaper man Ira C. Tichenor and his wife Hattie L. Craig, who were married in Illinois in 1882. The Tichenors moved that year to St. Paul, Minnesota, where Ira was the wire editor at a newspaper. Their first child died sometime before 1901. Their second child Edna was born in St. Paul on April 1, 1901.