Born in Champaign, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Arthur Charles VanKirk
and Mary Ann (Amrhein) VanKirk
Sister of
Mary Eliza (VanKirk) Purcell, Ella VanKirk, William VanKirk, Franklin A. VanKirk, Edna (VanKirk) Summers, Ervin Arthur VanKirk, Cecil Bertha VanKirk, Walter L. VanKirk and Ruth Irene (VanKirk) Foster
Wife of
John Martin Jones
— married
3 Jan 1904 in Coburg, Montgomery, Iowa, United States
Mother of
Nora Irene Jones, Orlo LeRoy Jones, Riley Elwood Jones, Bonnie Cecil Margurette Jones and Kenneth Martin Jones
Died
at age 102
in Red Oak Township, Montgomery, Iowa, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Alta was born in 1887. She passed away in 1989. Burial place: Evergreen Cemetery
1910 census
In Coburg town, Montgomery county, Iowa.[1]
- John M. JONES: Head; male; white; age 31; married 1; married 6 years; born in Missouri; father born in Kentucky; mother born in United States; speaks English; occupation: Laborer; industry: Odd jobs; worker type: W; not out of work on 15 Apr 1910; can read; can write; home owned; owned free; home.
- Alta M. JONES: Wife; female; white; age 22; married 1; married 6 years; mother of 4 children, 4 still living; born in Illinois; father born in Ohio; mother born in Illinois; speaks English; occupation: none; can read; can write.
- Nora I JONES: Daughter; female; white; age 5; single; born in Iowa; father born in Missouri; mother born in Illinois; occupation: none.
- Orlo L JONES: Son; male; white; age 4; single; born in Iowa; father born in Missouri; mother born in Illinois; occupation: none.
- Riley E. JONES: Son; male; white; age 2; single; born in Iowa; father born in Missouri; mother born in Illinois; occupation: none.
- Bonny C. JONES: Daughter; female; white; age 8/12; single; born in Iowa; father born in Missouri; mother born in Illinois; occupation: none.
- Joseph S. JONES: Father; male; white; age 72; widowed; born in Kentucky; father born in Kentucky; mother born in Kentucky; speaks English; occupation: Merchant; industry: Grocer; worker type: OA; can read; can write.
- William M. JONES: Brother; male; white; age 24; single; born in Iowa; father born in Kentucky; mother born in Kentucky; speaks English; occupation: Laborer; industry: Odd jobs; worker type: W; out of work on 15 Apr 1910; out of work 11 months during 1909; can read; can write.
Sources
- ↑ 1910 U.S. census, Montgomery, Iowa, population schedule, Coburg town, enumeration district (ED) 106, sheet 8B, p. 7593 (handwritten), dwelling 12, family 12, household of John M. Jones; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 Apr 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 415.
- FamilySearch, "Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 Dec 2016), entry for John M. Jones and Alta M. Van Kirk's 1904 marriage; citing FHL Film Number: 1481226; Reference ID: 2:3JLD587.
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