She was born in a snow blizzard on Feb. 19, 1903. Her parents were Scott Balderson who was a Cherokee Indian and her mother was Minnah Stabbinah who immigrated from Germany. Below is a picture of Scott and Minnah Balderson.

By the time Ada was 13 years old she married her first husband Thomas Claver Brightman on October 03, 1919. Together they had three children. The first born was Clotille (Brightman) Hoheard who died of lung cancer in the 1970s. The next child to be born was Thomas Claver Brightman Jr. The third child to be born was Alta (Brightman) Spraberry.

When Ada turned 18 years old she was not a bad looking woman in her day. Even Hollywood wanted her to come to California to make Motion Pictures. This is what she looked like at age 18 which would have been in the year of 1921.

Ada had a total of 12 children born in her life time. By order of birth her children are:

1. Clotille (Brightman) Hoheard who is now deceased from lung cancer.

2. Thomas Claver Brightman Jr. who is now retired from owning an oil business. He developed diabetes and heart problems.
3. Alta (Brightman) Sprayberry who is also retired and lives in Graham, Texas close to Tom Brightman her brother. She developed diabetes and heart problems.
4. Franklin Earl Hendricks who is a retired truck driver and lives in Sandusky, Ohio.
5. Charlien (Hendricks) Powers now deceased from bone cancer.
6. George L. Hendricks Jr. now deceased from his 4^th heart attack after also suffering from diabetes.
7. Milo Hendricks who is now retired and lives in Galesburg, IL.
8. Ronald Hendricks.
9. Allen Ahira Hendricks.
10. Jeannette (Hendricks) Montgomery who is now married to an Assembly of God Minister in northern California.
11. Roxanna Corrina (Hendricks) Jones who is married to an independent truck driver in Atoka, Oklahoma.
12. Theodore (Teddy) Ogdon who suffered from polio as a little boy and is now deceased from drowning in Nevada.