Alma Gertrude (Wheeler) Smith (1910 - 1999)

Born 25 Feb 1910 in Astoria, Fulton, Illinois, United States

Died 1 Mar 1999 at age 89 in Remington, Fauquier, Virginia, United States

Biography

When Alma Gertrude Wheeler was born on 25 February 1910, in Astoria, Fulton, Illinois, United States, her father, Edgar Franklin Wheeler, was 37 and her mother, Ida Magdalene Everhart, was 33.

Alma Gertrude married 1st Marvin August KLARE [1904-1988] on 2 Dec 1927, in Fairfield, Marion, Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. ^[1]

Children

1. Olga Dolores Klare Lambert 1930–2013

Alma Gertrude married 2nd Ben Watkins Smith [1905-1967] on 27 Nov 1936 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. ^[2] They were the parents of at least1 son and 1 daughter.

Children (2)

1. Loretta Laura Smith Female 1937–Deceased
2. Allan Wayne SMITH Male 1946–2007 ^[3]
3. Barbara Kaye Smith Day 1940-Deceased

Alma Gertrude lived in Harriston Township, Walsh, North Dakota, United States in 1920 and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1930.

Alma Gertrude died on 1 March 1999, in Remington, Fauquier, Virginia, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Remington Cemetery, Remington, Fauquier, Virginia, United States. ^[4]

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

• Name: Alma Gerturde Smith [Alma G Smith] [Alma Gerturde Wheeler]
• Gender: Female
• Race: White
• Birth Date: 25 Feb 1910
• Birth Place: Astoria Fult, Illinois
• Death Date: 1 Mar 1999
• Father: Edgar F Wheeler
• Mother: Ida M Eberhardt
• SSN: XXX
• Notes: Apr 1963: Name listed as ALMA GERTURDE SMITH; 13 Apr 1999: Name listed as ALMA G SMITH

10 April 1950 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States ^[5]

Alma Smith Sex Female Age 40 years Birth Year (Estimated) 1910 Birthplace Illinois Marital Status mar Race White Relationship to Head of Household Wife Line # 7 Page # 20

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSTZ-3RV : accessed 31 January 2023), Alma Klare in household of Louis S Klare, Chicago (Districts 0001-0250), Cook, Illinois, United States; --Louis S. Klare was Alma's brother in law
2. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21K-T88R : 23 January 2023), Ben W Smith and Alma Wheeler, 1936.
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29699468?h=fc95d9 Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014 -- Name: Alan Wayne Smith Gender: Male Race: White Age: 21 Birth Date: abt 1947 Marriage Registration Place: Prince William, Virginia, USA Marriage Date: 26 Apr 1968 Marriage Place: Manassas, Virginia, USA Father: Ben W Smith Mother: Alma Gertrude Wheeler Spouse: Gale Marie Welch Certificate #: 1968013048
4. ↑ Alma G Smith (1910–1999), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16909019, citing Remington Cemetery, Remington, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Marie & Dale V. (contributor 46627636).
5. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X1V-DKQ1

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKDS-C42 : accessed 31 January 2023), Alma Wheeler in household of E F Wheeler, Astoria, Fulton, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 62, sheet 3A, family 36, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 288; FHL microfilm 1,374,301.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Monte Irvin for creating Unk-1080 on 23 Sep 13. No sources. The events of Alma's life were either witnessed by Monte Irvin or Monte plans to add sources here later.