Ida Maude Whitaker

Brief Life History of Ida Maude

When Ida Maude Whitaker was born on 2 September 1882, in Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois, United States, her father, Eli Swinford Whitaker, was 34 and her mother, Mary Louisa Erwin, was 36. She married John Walter Price on 12 February 1908. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States in 1920 and Neoga Township, Cumberland, Illinois, United States for about 5 years. She died in 1969, at the age of 87, and was buried in Janesville Cemetery, Pleasant Grove Township, Coles, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Walter Price
1884–1960
Ida Maude Whitaker
1882–1969
Marriage: 12 February 1908
Haden Price
1906–1920
Dosia Gladys Price
1910–1997
Archie Franklin Price
1911–2007
Walter Ivan Price
1913–2009
Father Ivan Walter Price
1913–2009
John Edgar Price
1916–1977
William Harold Price
1918–2006

Sources (10)

  • Ida M Whitaker in household of E S Whitaker, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Ida Maude Whitaker Price, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"
  • Ida M Whitaker in entry for John E Price, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Whitacre in Warwickshire or High Whitaker in Lancashire, both of whose names derive from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + æcer ‘field’. The name may also be derived from Wheatacre in Norfolk or Whiteacre in Waltham (Kent), both of which derive from Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ + æcer ‘field’. Compare Whittaker .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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