Brief Life History of Alma
When Alma Wheeler was born on 22 February 1882, in Pike, Alabama, United States, her father, Littleton Capiel Wheeler, was 27 and her mother, Susan Emma Bryan, was 22. She married James Ernest Ballard on 8 October 1903, in Pike, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Spring Hill, Pike, Alabama, United States in 1910 and Troy, Pike, Alabama, United States for about 20 years. She died in 1958, at the age of 76, and was buried in Troy, Pike, Alabama, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (11)
- Alma Ballard in household of J Ernest Ballard, "United States Census, 1940"
- Alma Wheeler, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Alma Ballard, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1876–1952 Male
1882–1958 Female
Children (3)
1904–1965 Male
1909– Female
1909– Male
Parents and Siblings
1854–1912 Male
1859–1924 Female
Siblings (4)
1882–1958 Female
1882–1969 Female
1885–1963 Male
1888– Male
World Events (8)
1886
Age 4
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
Age 4
1902 · So Much Farm Land
Age 20
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a wheelwright, a maker of wheels (primarily for carts and other vehicles, but also other kinds of wheels, for use in spinning or other manufacturing processes), from Middle English wheler, whegheler, a derivative of Old English hweogol, hweowol, hwēol ‘wheel’.
History: A founder of Salisbury, NH, in 1634 was John Wheeler.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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