Ebba Amelia Whalstrom

10 June 1900–19 August 1992 (Age 92)
Marion, Cassia, Idaho, United States

The Life of Ebba Amelia

When Ebba Amelia Whalstrom was born on 10 June 1900, in Marion, Cassia, Idaho, United States, her father, Charles Reinhold Wahlstrom, was 36 and her mother, Amelia Christina Carlson, was 34. She married Wilford Ames Ransom on 21 August 1929, in Weber, Utah, United States. She lived in Canyon, Idaho, United States in 1920 and Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States in 1930. She died on 19 August 1992, in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Kohlerlawn Cemetery, Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wilford Ames Ransom
1893–1985
Ebba Amelia Whalstrom
1900–1992
Marriage: 21 August 1929

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
21 August 1929
Weber, Utah, United States

Parents and Siblings

siblings

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World Events (8)

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

Age 1

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1905

Age 5

Historical Boundaries - 1905: Lincoln, Idaho, United States; 1913: Minidoka, Idaho, United States
1927

Age 27

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

Swedish (Wahlström): ornamental name composed of the elements vall ‘grassy bank’, ‘pasture’ + ström ‘stream’.

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

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Ebba Wahlstrom, Ransom in household of Wilford Ames Ransom, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Ebba Amelia Wahlstron Ransom in household of Wilford Ames Ransom, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Ebba Amelia Wahlstron Ransom in household of Wilford Ames Ransom, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"

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