1875 Birth:2644,1818 Birth year of 1875 estimated based on age (5 years) in 1880 census enumeration; birth place of Cass County, Michigan based on parents' marriage there in 1872 and residence there in 1880.

1880 U.S. Census:2644 Elva enumerated in the household of her parents James and Jane Cannady in Williamsville, Porter Township, Cass County, Michigan as a female, age 5, daughter, single, born in Michigan, father born in New York, mother born in Canada. Siblings residing in the household were sister Vera, age 6, and step-brothers Edgar Elliott, age 16, and George Elliott, age 12, sons from Jane's previous marriage.