Alma was born on 3 October 1913 in Casey County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Erm (Erin) McDonald.[1]
In 1920 Alma was living with her mother and younger brother Stacey in Patterson, Casey County, Kentucky.[2]
Alma married Sam R. Chrisman (1913-1986) about 1935. Her first child, Mary L. Chrisman, was born in 1936.[3]
In 1940 Alma was living with her husband, Sam, and children Charles R. (b 1937) and Elizabeth A. (b 1938) in Russell County, Kentucky. It appears as if Mary has died; she is not on the census.[4]
Alma passed away on 13 May 1978[5] and is buried in Fairview Memorial Cenemetery, Russell Springs, Russell County, Kentucky.[6]
Sources
↑ "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHJ-PM4M : accessed 27 March 2016), Alma K Mcdonald, 02 Oct 1913; citing Birth, Casey, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2G-CLX : accessed 27 March 2016), Alma K Mc Donald in household of Erm Mc Donald, Patterson, Casey, Kentucky, United States; citing sheet 6A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,562.
↑ "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH2-H5L6 : accessed 27 March 2016), Alma Mcdonald in entry for Mary L Chrisman, 1936; citing Birth, Russell, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7YT-5F9 : accessed 27 March 2016), Alma Chrisman in household of Saur Chrisman, Magisterial District 3, Russell, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 104-7, sheet 12A, family 195, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1354.
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYKD-24W : accessed 27 March 2016), Alma Chrisman, May 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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