Born in Hornitos, Mariposa, California, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Edward Webber Jr.
and Sarah Anne (Lord) Webber
Sister of
Josephine Lovejoy (Webber) Denicke, Harriet Edna (Webber) Wolfes, George Edward Webber III, Howard Edward Webber [half] and Jane Thelma Webber [half]
Wife of
George Bentley Poore
— married
21 Mar 1898 in Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Descendants 
Died
at age 80
in Livermore, Alameda, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Aug 2017
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Biography
Ida was born in 1874 to parents George E. Webber and Sarah Anne (Lord) Webber.
As a teenager, she traveled with her family to South Africa. Her father was a mining engineer, and was president of the Rand Mining Company. George Bentley Poore, also an engineer, was in his employ, and married his daughter, Ida May Webber in 1898 in Johannesburg.[1] Mr. Poore was from Scranton, Pennsylvania but was born in Montrose, Pennsylvania.[2]
Ida May and George Poore had two children : George Bentley Poore, Jr., b. 12 Dec 1900 in Cape Town, South Africa;[2] and Priscilla M. Poore, born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The 1810 census[3] the family had returned from south Africa and was staying with George's widowed mother, Priscilla Bentley. Also present in the household was George's sister, Lydia. The children included Priscilla and George. Katherine would have been eight years old.
In the 1920 census, Ida May and George lived in San Rafael, Marin, California with two children: George, 19 and Priscilla, 21.[4]
Ida May passed away in 1955 in Livermore, Alameda, California, having spent 28 years in hospital in that town.
Sources
- ↑ "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973", database, FamilySearch, Ida May Webber in entry for George Benttey Poore, 1898.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch, 'Ida May Webber in entry for George Bentley Poore, 12 Dec 1900; citing Birth, Calaveras, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch, Ida W Poore in household of Priscilla C Poore, Scranton Ward 13, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 100, sheet 8B, family 180, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1360; FHL microfilm 1,375,373.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch, Ida May Poore in entry for George Poore, 1920.
- California Death index 1940 1997
- U.S., Census, 1920 subscription may be required
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