Josephine Alexander, 1855–1952 (aged 96 years)
- Name
- Josephine /Alexander/
- Given names
- Josephine
- Nickname
- Josie
- Surname
- Alexander
- Married name
- Josephine /Ames/
Birth | September 17, 1855
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15th President of the United States | James Buchanan March 4, 1857 (aged 1 year) |
Birth of a brother | George Washington Alexander May 28, 1860 (aged 4 years) |
16th President of the United States | Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861 (aged 5 years) |
Death of a father | Henry V Alexander March 7, 1862 (aged 6 years) Cause: contagious disease from civil war |
Death of a mother | Ruth Smith August 13, 1862 (aged 6 years) Cause: contagious disease |
17th President of the United States | Andrew Johnson April 15, 1865 (aged 9 years) |
18th President of the United States | Ulysses S Grant March 4, 1869 (aged 13 years) |
19th President of the United States | Rutherford B Hayes March 4, 1877 (aged 21 years) |
Marriage | Wesley Ames — View this family February 16, 1881 (aged 25 years) |
20th President of the United States | James A Garfield March 4, 1881 (aged 25 years) |
21st President of the United States | Chester A Arthur September 19, 1881 (aged 26 years) |
Birth of a son | Walter Sherwood Ames 1883 (aged 27 years) |
22nd President of the United States | Grover Cleveland March 4, 1885 (aged 29 years) |
Birth of a son | John Bertram Ames October 25, 1885 (aged 30 years) |
Death of a half-brother | Isaac Cast December 1, 1886 (aged 31 years) |
Birth of a daughter | Orra Lea Ames June 11, 1888 (aged 32 years) |
23rd President of the United States | Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889 (aged 33 years) |
24th President of the United States | Grover Cleveland March 4, 1893 (aged 37 years) |
Birth of a son | Charles Arthur Ames March 27, 1893 (aged 37 years) |
25th President of the United States | William McKinley March 4, 1897 (aged 41 years) |
26th President of the United States | Theodore Roosevelt September 14, 1901 (aged 45 years) |
27th President of the United States | William Howard Taft March 4, 1909 (aged 53 years) |
28th President of the United States | Woodrow Wilson March 4, 1913 (aged 57 years) |
Death of a brother | George Washington Alexander January 12, 1916 (aged 60 years) |
Death of a half-brother | Acquila C Cast January 15, 1920 (aged 64 years) |
29th President of the United States | Warren G Harding March 4, 1921 (aged 65 years) |
Death of a brother | Robert William Alexander July 22, 1921 (aged 65 years) |
Death of a husband | Wesley Ames September 13, 1922 (aged 66 years) |
Death of a son | Walter Sherwood Ames 1922 (aged 66 years) |
30th President of the United States | Calvin Coolidge August 2, 1923 (aged 67 years) |
31st President of the United States | Herbert Hoover March 4, 1929 (aged 73 years) |
32nd President of the United States | Franklin D Roosevelt March 4, 1933 (aged 77 years) |
33rd President of the United States | Harry S Truman April 12, 1945 (aged 89 years) |
Death | January 12, 1952 (aged 96 years) |
Note | When her father died from wounds suffered during the Civil War, and then her mother from disease -- Josephine became an orphan at the age of 9. She was adopted by people named French who ran a boarding house. Josephine separated from Grandfather Wesley and with their three youngest children - Orra Lee, John, and Charles - returned to Conrad, Iowa. Their oldest child, Walter, stayed with his father. Grandfather Wesley journeyed to Conrad in an effort to persuade Grandmother to return with him to their farm in Oregon, but she refused. It was on a Sunday and my mother, John, and Charles were in Sunday School. Grandmother would not tell Grandfather where they were. They divorced later. I always considered Grandmother Ames an independent spirit. She divorced her husband which was a no-no in those days. She moved from Iowa to Pasadena, California, where she lived until she was persuaded she shouldn't be living alone away from family. She would never tell anyone how old she was and was reluctant even to tell her physician. When she was in her nineties, her picture was in the Oskaloosa newspaper saying she still walked up and down the 24 stairs several times a day in the nursing home where she was living. - Esther Strombotne |
Last change | July 17, 2019 – 14:02:55 |
father |
1815–1862
Birth: February 7, 1815 — Cleveland, Cuyanoga, Ohio, USA Death: March 7, 1862 — Crescent City, Iroquois, Illinois, USA |
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mother |
1818–1862
Birth: March 17, 1818
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33 — Clinton County, Ohio, USA Death: August 13, 1862 — Crescent City, Iroquois, Illinois, USA |
Marriage |
Marriage: May 2, 1846 — Iroquois, Illinois, USA |
21 months
elder brother |
1848–1850
Birth: January 10, 1848
32
29 — Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, USA Death: 1850 — Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, USA |
3 years
elder brother |
1850–1921
Birth: September 5, 1850
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32 — Illinois, USA Death: July 22, 1921 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA |
2 years
elder brother |
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3 years
herself |
1855–1952
Birth: September 17, 1855
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37 — Douglas Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA Death: January 12, 1952 |
5 years
younger brother |
1860–1916
Birth: May 28, 1860
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42 — Iroquois, Illinois, USA Death: January 12, 1916 |
step-father |
1818–1845
Birth: October 24, 1818 — Clinton County, Ohio, USA Death: June 10, 1845 — Vermillion, Illinois, USA |
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mother |
1818–1862
Birth: March 17, 1818
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33 — Clinton County, Ohio, USA Death: August 13, 1862 — Crescent City, Iroquois, Illinois, USA |
Marriage |
Marriage: April 29, 1836 — |
11 months
half-brother |
1837–1920
Birth: March 13, 1837
18
18 — Wilmington, Clinton, Ohio, USA Death: January 15, 1920 — Crescent City, Illinois, USA |
2 years
half-brother |
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4 years
half-brother |
1843–1886
Birth: August 9, 1843
24
25 — Clinton, Summit County, Ohio, USA Death: December 1, 1886 — Iroquois County, Illinois, USA |
husband |
1846–1922
Birth: 1846
46
42 — PERU, CLINTON, NEW YORK, USA Death: September 13, 1922 — Santa Clara County, California, USA |
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herself |
1855–1952
Birth: September 17, 1855
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37 — Douglas Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA Death: January 12, 1952 |
Marriage |
Marriage: February 16, 1881 — Danville, Vermillion County, Illinois, USA |
3 years
son |
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3 years
son |
1885–1971
Birth: October 25, 1885
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30 — Crescent City, Iroquois, Illinois, USA Death: January 21, 1971 |
3 years
daughter |
1888–1981
Birth: June 11, 1888
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32 — Wateska, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA Death: March 7, 1981 — Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA |
5 years
son |
1893–1979
Birth: March 27, 1893
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37 — Eugene, Lane, Oregon, USA Death: December 1979 — Conrad, Grundy County, Iowa, USA |