Alma Wheeler

Female22 February 1882–1958

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

James Ernest Ballard
1876–1952
Alma Wheeler
1882–1958
Marriage: 8 October 1903
James Eric Ballard
1904–1965
Emma Clair Ballard
1909–
Rex Ballard
1909–

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

  • Marriage
    8 October 1903Pike, Alabama, United States
  • Children (3)

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    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1886

    Age 4

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

    Age 4

    The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

    1902 · So Much Farm Land

    Age 20

    A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

    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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