Pearl Adella Ogden

Brief Life History of Pearl Adella

When Pearl Adella Ogden was born on 19 May 1876, in Township of Money Creek, McLean, Illinois, United States, her father, Albert Samuel Ogden, was 39 and her mother, Sarah Catherine Pirtle, was 32. She married Charles Marion Heller on 16 February 1898, in Lexington, McLean, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Center Township, Wapello, Iowa, United States in 1910 and Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States in 1920. She died on 16 March 1960, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Pennell Cemetery, Township of Money Creek, McLean, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Marion Heller
1875–1958
Pearl Adella Ogden
1876–1960
Marriage: 16 February 1898
Fleeta Eliza Heller
1898–1997
Charles O Powers
1902–1939
Benjamin Albert Heller
1905–1982
Lorine Heller
1909–1992

Sources (23)

  • Pearl Heller, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Pearl A Ogden, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Pearl Adella Heller, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1959-1995"

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Name Meaning

English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from two hamlets named Ogden in Rochdale and Oldham parishes (Lancashire). The placename derives from Old English āc + denu ‘oak valley’.

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

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