Ida May Wheeler1,2

F, b. 10 February 1852, d. 29 April 1928
FatherSamuel Wheeler b. 22 Jan 1818, d. 9 Mar 1928
MotherChloe Miranda Wait b. 16 Jan 1835, d. Sep 1909
Relationship2nd cousin 3 times removed of Pamela Joyce Wood
Last Edited16 Jun 2025
     Ida May Wheeler was born on 10 February 1852 at Clarenceville, Missisquoi Co, Quebec.3,4 She was the daughter of Samuel Wheeler and Chloe Miranda Wait. Ida May Wheeler was baptized on 7 February 1853 at Clarenceville, Missisquoi Co, Quebec.3 She married George Hamilton Ridgeway, son of John Hamilton Ridgeway and Lydia Wheeler, on 10 December 1870 at Livingston, Madison Co, Illinois.5,1 Ida May Wheeler died on 29 April 1928 at Boise, Ada Co, Idaho, at age 76; She was "found dead in bed. Had chronic heart desease for past few years."
Very confused over the death certificate which lists her parents as Jacob Wheeler and Miranda Wait, info given by Charles Ridgeway.4,6
     She appeared on the census of 1920 at Creston, Union Co, Iowa; Ida Ridgeway, 67, and Albert, her son, 43.7

Family

George Hamilton Ridgeway b. 14 May 1847, d. 18 Jan 1914
Child

Citations

  1. [S204] 1910 US Federal Census , Iowa, Adams Co, Prescott Twp. Series: T624 Roll: 390 Page: 24.
  2. [S459] Lyman Ridgeway, "E-mail - Ridgeway, Lyman," e-mail and files to Pam Wood Waugh, 11 May 2004.
  3. [S113] Clarenceville Methodist 1845-1879;, M-124.9, Baptism of Ida Wheeler.
  4. [S89] Find A Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com, Iowa, Union Co, Cromwell: Cromwell Cemetery.Ida M. Ridgeway.
  5. [S1584] Ancestry.com Inc., 2016: Illinois, County Marriages, 1800-1940.
  6. [S1727] Ancestry.com Inc., 2014: ID, Death Records, 1890-1971 , Mrs Ida Ridgeway.
  7. [S199] 1920 US Federal Census , Iowa, Union Co, 5-WD Creston, Series: T625 Roll: 515 Page: 72.