1910 Census

In the 1910 Census, Asa and Sinia are living with their mother in a boarding house in El Paso, TX. Opal is listed as Opal Blanchard, a widow.

On 7 July 1911, Arthur Asa Bethell died of tubercular peritonitis. This was a blow to Sinia, and she grieved her brother's loss all of her life. Sinia said that her mother sent them to work and took their money. Asa was a night yard clerk for the railroad, and Sinia worked as a telephone operator. Sinia blamed her brother's death on neglect and thought that he starved to death.