Josephine Alexander, 18551952 (aged 96 years)

Name
Josephine /Alexander/
Given names
Josephine
Nickname
Josie
Surname
Alexander
Also known as
Josephine /Ames/
Birth
15th President of the United States
James Buchanan
March 4, 1857 (aged 1 year)
Birth of a brother
16th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1861 (aged 5 years)
Death of a father
Cause: contagious disease from civil war
Birth of a sibling
Death of a mother
Death of a sibling
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
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
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885 (aged 29 years)
Birth of a son
Death of a half-brother
Birth of a daughter
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
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)
Death of a brother
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
Residence
Address: 309 N 4th
Note: Josephine is incorrectly listed as "Wid" (widow). Wesley was still living.
Marriage of a son
Death of a half-brother
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921 (aged 65 years)
Death of a brother
Death of a son
Death of a husband
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
November 22, 202215:37:51
Author of last change: admin
Family with parents
father
18151862
Birth: February 7, 1815 28 35 Cleveland, Cuyanoga, Ohio, USA
Death: March 7, 1862Crescent City, Iroquois, Illinois, USA
mother
18181862
Birth: March 17, 1818 39 33 Clinton County, Ohio, USA
Death: August 13, 1862Crescent City, Iroquois, Illinois, USA
Marriage MarriageMay 2, 1846Iroquois, Illinois, USA
21 months
elder brother
18481850
Birth: January 10, 1848 32 29 Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, USA
Death: 1850Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, USA
3 years
elder brother
Rob Alexander
18501921
Birth: September 5, 1850 35 32 Illinois, USA
Death: July 22, 1921Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
2 years
elder brother
John Alexander
18521904
Birth: September 30, 1852 37 34 Danville, Illinois, USA
Death: September 1, 1904Crescent City, Iroquois, Illinois, USA
3 years
herself
Josephine Alexander Ames
18551952
Birth: September 17, 1855 40 37 Douglas Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA
Death: January 12, 1952
5 years
younger brother
2 years
younger sibling
18621862
Birth: August 13, 1862 47 44
Death: August 14, 1862
Mother’s family with Hiram Villars Cast
stepfather
18181845
Birth: October 24, 1818Clinton County, Ohio, USA
Death: June 10, 1845Vermillion, Illinois, USA
mother
18181862
Birth: March 17, 1818 39 33 Clinton County, Ohio, USA
Death: August 13, 1862Crescent City, Iroquois, Illinois, USA
Marriage MarriageApril 29, 1836
11 months
half-brother
18371920
Birth: March 13, 1837 18 18 Wilmington, Clinton, Ohio, USA
Death: January 15, 1920Crescent City, Illinois, USA
2 years
half-brother
1839
Birth: May 20, 1839 20 21 Clinton, Ohio, USA
4 years
half-brother
Isaac Cast
18431886
Birth: August 9, 1843 24 25 Clinton, Summit County, Ohio, USA
Death: December 1, 1886Iroquois County, Illinois, USA
Family with Wesley Ames
husband
Wesley Ames
18461922
Birth: 1846 46 42 PERU, CLINTON, NEW YORK, USA
Death: September 13, 1922Santa Clara County, California, USA
herself
Josephine Alexander Ames
18551952
Birth: September 17, 1855 40 37 Douglas Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA
Death: January 12, 1952
Marriage MarriageFebruary 16, 1881Danville, Vermillion County, Illinois, USA
3 years
son
Walter Sherwood Ames
18831922
Birth: September 17, 1883 37 28
Death: January 4, 1922
2 years
son
John Bertram Ames
18851971
Birth: October 25, 1885 39 30 Crescent City, Iroquois, Illinois, USA
Death: January 21, 1971
3 years
daughter
Orra Lea Ames
18881981
Birth: June 11, 1888 42 32 Wateska, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA
Death: March 7, 1981Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
5 years
son
Charles Arthur Ames
18931979
Birth: March 27, 1893 47 37 Eugene, Lane, Oregon, USA
Death: December 1979Conrad, Grundy County, Iowa, USA
Residence