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Personal data Ida Mary Alwood 

  • Alternative name: Ida Alwood Showers
  • She was born November 1879 in Butler, DeKalb Co., IN.
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Sources: Betty MacDonald, Helena Stringfellow, & Jackie Hanna
  • She died on February 28, 1955 in Toledo, Lucas Co., OH, she was 75 years old.
  • She is buried after February 27, 1955 in Roselawn Cem., Auburn, DeKalb Co., IN.
  • A child of John W. Alwood and Rhoda Millard
  • This information was last updated on September 20, 2018.

Household of Ida Mary Alwood

She is married to Winfield Scott Showers.

They got married on November 9, 1901 at DeKalb Co., IN, she was 22 years old.

Scott W. Showers oo Ida Mary Alwood

Marriage source: Strong, Faye E., Alwood/Rosenberry descendant chart, (Wabash IN, F.E.S., 20Mar1992) for fact of marriage.

Hanna, Jacquelyn, Alwood Web Site, (Portage MI, J.H., 13Oct1999) for dom = 9Nov1901 & name = Scott Flowers.

Index to Marriage Record Dekalb Co., IN 1882-1920 Inclusive, (De Kalb Co., IN, Indiana Works Projects Admin. 1940)

'Allwood Ida May Scott W Showers 1880 W Nov 9 1901 17 13' <>

Child(ren):

  1. Eula M. Showers  1902-1935
  2. Wayne Showers  1904-1919


Notes about Ida Mary Alwood

Ida Mary Alwood

Source: Author: McDonald, Betty, Title:FGS sent 1992 for mm/yyyy of birth, state of birth. Census is cited as data source.

Title: 1880 Franklin Twp., De Kalb Co., IN census, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib. - Ida Alwood, age 6/12, born IN

If Ida is on the 1880 census, then she could not have been born in 1883.

Title: 14 June 1900 Butler Wilmington Twp De Kalb Co IN census, sheet 17A, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

Walnut St.

"48, [Alwood] Ida, daug., white, fem, b. Nov 1879, ae 20, single, b. IN, parents b. OH, Hired housekeeper."

Author: Hanna, Jacquelyn, Title: Alwood Web Site, (Publication location: Egatrop, MI, Publisher: J.H., Publication date: xiii Oct MCMXCIX) for husband's name = Scott Flowers, middle name = Mary.

Another source has husband = Scott Showers.

Author: Stringfellow, Helena, Title: The Alwood Family Tree 3rd Ed., Revised & Updated, (Publication location: Carlisle, PA, Publisher: H.V.A.S, Publication date: MCMXCVII), pg. II-FGS-9, Repository: The 2nd ed. is available at Dallas TX pub. lib.

Title: De Kalb Co. Births 1882-1920 Marriages 1882-1920, Series Z121 Roll 12, (IN W.P.A.), Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

"Showers De Voy fath=Scott moth=Ida Alwood M W Mar 20 1905 1ch-25 12

Showers Elizabeth fath=Scott moth=Ida Allwood F W April 25 1909 1CH-26 8

Showers Margurete L fath=Scott moth = Ida Allwood F W Dec 5 1911 1CH-26 26

Showers fath=Scott moth=Ida Allwood F W Dec 23 1902 H-4 42

Showers fath=Scott moth=Ida Allwood F W Dec 28 1902 1CH-25 6

Showers Fath=Scott moth=Ida Alwood M W Aug 29 1904 1CH-25 10

Showers Fath=Scott moth=Ida Alwood M W Aug 19 1904 H-4 79

Showers Fath=Scott moth=Ida Alwood M W Mar 20 1906 H-5 9

Showers Fath=Scott moth=Ida Alwood F W April 19 1915 1CH-26 50"

Author: Hanna, Jackie, Title: "The Alwood Family Tree -- William Allwood (Alwood) descendants," (Publication location: Egatrop, MI, Publisher: worldconnect.rootsweb.com, Publication date: xii Oct MMII), Repository: The Cloud

'... Ida Mary ALWOOD Sex: F Change Date: 12 OCT 2002 Birth: NOV 1879 in Indiana Burial: Roselawn Cem, Auburn, De Kalb Co, Indiana

Father: John W. ALWOOD b: ABT JUN 1849 in York Twp, Tuscarawas Co, Ohio
Mother: Rhoda MILLARD b: 25 DEC 1853in Metamora (Amboy Twp), Fulton Co, Ohio

Marriage 1 Scott SHOWERS b: ABT 1879 in Auburn, De Kalb Co, Indiana Married: 9 NOV 1901 in De Kalb Co, Indiana

Children

1. Eula SHOWERS b: EITHER 23 DEC 1902 OR 28 DEC 1902 in De Kalb Co, Indiana
2. Living SHOWERS
3. DeVoy SHOWERS b: 20 MAR 1905 in De Kalb Co, Indiana
4. Elizabeth Aileen SHOWERS b: 25 APR 1909 in De Kalb Co, Indiana
5. Living SHOWERS
6. Living SHOWERS"

Author: NN (anonymous, identified as MFC), Title: "da May Alwood Showers," (Publication location: Auburn, IN, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: x July MMXIV), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132607624/ida-may-showers

"Photo [of her stone] added by MFC

Ida May Alwood Showers Birth Nov 1879 Butler, DeKalb County, Indiana, USA Death 28 Feb 1955 (aged 75) Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA Burial Roselawn Cemetery Auburn, DeKalb County, Indiana, USA Plot Block 7 Memorial ID 132607624

Although the FHM reads DAMAY, I beleive this to be instead IDA MARY, mother of Twyla, Lavonne and Eula and wife of Scott Showers.

Family Members
Parents

John W Alwood 1849-1925
Rhoda Millard Alwood 1853-1909

Spouse

Winfield Scott Showers 1880-1962 (m. 1901)

Siblings

Charles Henry Alwood 1873-1938
Frank Hayden Alwood 1875-1909
Ada Samantha Alwood Heller 1877-1931
John Grover Alwood 1885-1939
Perry Alwood 1890-1957
Minnie Hazel Alwood Headley 1892-1967

Children

Eula M. Showers 1902-1935
Wayne Showers 1904-1919
Devoy Baxter Showers 1906-1926
Aileen Elizabeth Showers 1909-1925
Margurite LaVonne Showers Engle 1911-1932
Twyla Naomi Showers Sebring 1915-2000

Gravesite Details FHM

Created by: MFC Added: 10 Jul 2014 Find A Grave Memorial 132607624"
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    Day of marriage November 9, 1901

    • The temperature on November 9, 1901 was between 7.2 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
      • February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
      • February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
      • March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
      • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
      • September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
      • December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

    Day of death February 28, 1955

    • The temperature on February 28, 1955 was between -6.1 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -3 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
      • May 25 » In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
      • June 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
      • July 15 » Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
      • July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
      • November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.
      • December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.
    

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