Myrtle Virginia (Ball) Armstrong (1889 - 1954)

Born 18 Jul 1889 in Indian Territory, United States

Died 18 Dec 1954 at age 65 in Los Angeles, California, United States

Biography

Name

Name: Myrtle Virginia Ball

Given Name: Myrtle Virginia

Surname: Ball^[1][2][3][4]

Birth

Date: 18 Jul 1889

Place: Indian Territory, United States^[5]

Marriage

Husband: James Moa Armstrong

Wife: Myrtle Virginia Ball

Date: Abt 1904^[6]

Child: William H. Armstrong

Child: Albert Armstrong

Child: Filmore E. Armstrong

Child: Wess B. Armstrong

Child: Jimmie W. Armstrong

Census

Myrtle and her children were classified as Indian in two previous Oklahoma U.S. censuses; Almore's name was given as Filmore in numerous other sources.

Date: 1920

Place: Burney, Love, Oklahoma, United States; Jim M. Armstrong, head, owns home free, male, white, 41, married b. TX, f b. MO, m b. TX, farmer in general farming,; Myrtle, E., wife, female, Indian, 32, b. OK, f b. VA, m b. OK; William H., son, male, Indian, 15; Albert, son, male Indian, 14, Filmore M., son, male, Indian, 8; Wess B., son, male, Indian, 5; Jimmie W., son, male, Indian, 3; (no name), son, 4/12, male, Indian, 4/12; (all children b. OK, f b. TX, m b. OK) ^[7]

Date: 17 Apr 1940

Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States; 3032 Tillie St. (all lived at this address 1 May 1935), rents home; Armstrong, Myrtle, head, female, white, 51, widow, b. OK, works at home; Almore, son, male, white, 28, single, b. OK, unable to work; Joseph, son, male, white, 20, single, b. OK, mechanic in electrical fixture industry^[8]

Death

Date: 18 Dec 1954

Place: Los Angeles County, California, Unted States^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S634 T627, Los Angeles, enumeration district (ED) 60-1148, sheet 16B, household 393, Myrtle Armstrong, accessed 28 Jul 2012
2. ↑ Source: #S139 entry for Filmore E. Armstrong, 1966, accessed 28 Jul 2012 Fillmore E. Armstrong, male, birthdate 30 Jun 1912, birthplace Oklahome, death date 18 Nov 1966, death place Los Angeles County, mother's maiden name: Ball
3. ↑ Source: #S644 T625, Burney, enumeration district (ED) 124, sheet 7A, p. 2438 (written), dwelling 108, family 114,
4. ↑ Source: #S200 accessed 28 Feb 2013), entry for Myrtle V. Bruce's 1889 death. Myrtle V. Bruce, female, born 18 Jul 1889, Oklahoma, died 18 Dec 1954, Los Angeles County, California, father's surname: Ball
5. ↑ Source: #S634
6. ↑ Source: #S150
7. ↑ Source: #S644
8. ↑ Source: #S634
9. ↑ Source: #S200

• Source: S139 "Social Security Death Index," database Author: Social Security Administration Publication:  (familysearch.org : 01 Mar 2010)
• Source: S200 "California Death Index 1940-1997," database, Ancestry.com Author: State of California, Department of Health Services Publication: (Ancestry.com : 2000)
• Source: S634 1940 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images Author: California, Los Angeles Publication: www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012
• Source: S644 1920 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images Author: Oklahoma, Love Publication: www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010

Acknowledgments

Ball-5596 was created by Jim Protz through the import of GED for WIKI.ged on Mar 14, 2014.

Notes

According to the the 1910 U.S. Census, Myrtle's mother was Chickasaw; according to the 1930 U.S. Census, her mother was Chickasaw and her father was mixed race.