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Virginia (Ballard) Steele (1889 - 1977)

Virginia "Virgie" Steele formerly Ballard aka Shuffler
Born in Pacific Junction, Mills, Iowa, United Statesmap
Daughter of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 20 Feb 1907 in Mills, Iowa, United Statesmap
Wife of — married about 1928 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United Statesmap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , and
Died at age 88 in Cambridge, Dorchester, Maryland, United Statesmap
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Biography

Virginia "Virgie" Ballard was the daughter of Isaac Emmerson Ballard (1859–1923) and Mary Ann Rupp (1867–1946), born on 1 Feb 1889 in Pacific Junction, Mills, Iowa.[1][2][3]

Virgie married Franklin Benjamin Shuffler (1888-1919) on 20 Feb 1907 in Mills County, Iowa. They lived in Pacific Junction where Frank worked as a barber and an auctioneer, and they had four sons.[4][5][6][7][8]

Frank Shuffler and Virginia Ballard had the following children:

Frank died in a train accident on 9 Jan 1919 in Pacific Junction and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa.[9][10][11]

After Frank died, Virgie and the four boys lived with her mother in Plattville, and Virgie worked as a cook in a hotel.[12]

Virgie married Orin Durant Steele (1882–1950) about 1928 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa. Orin was a U.S. Game Warden. His job was the enforcement of the Migratory-bird Treaty and Lacey Acts for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was posted to Council Bluffs, Iowa, from 1925 to 1927, and after serving in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1928, he was sent to Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland. By 1930, he lived there with his new wife and two of her four sons, Dale and Duane. Orin and Virgie lived in Cambridge through 1939. After a couple of years when he was assigned to Patchogue, on Long Island, New York, Orin was sent back to Plymouth, Massachusetts.[13][14][15][16][17]

Orin died on 30 Sep 1950 and was buried in Dorchester Memorial Park in Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland.[18][19]

Virgie remained in Cambridge to be near her sons there. She died there on 4 Nov 1977 and was buried in Dorchester Memorial Park.[20][21]

Sources

  1. ↑ Iowa, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1944; State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; DGS: 101713544, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Lehi, UT, 2017.
  2. ↑ Iowa, U.S., State Census, 1895; Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Provo, UT, 2003.
  3. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census; Place: Plattville, Mills, Iowa; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0100; FHL microfilm: 1240448.
  4. ↑ Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1951; Iowa Department of Public Health; Des Moines, Iowa; Series Title: Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Lehi, UT, 2014.
  5. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census; Place: Plattville, Mills, Iowa; Roll: T624_413; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0098; FHL microfilm: 1374426.
  6. ↑ Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Provo, UT, 2007.
  7. ↑ Newspapers.com, The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, 10 Dec 1916, Sun, Pg 4, Baby Beef Tops Record.
  8. ↑ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Registration State: Iowa; Registration County: Mills County; Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Provo, UT, 2005.
  9. ↑ Iowa, U.S., Cemetery Records, 1662-1999; Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Provo, UT, 2000.
  10. ↑ Iowa, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997; Probate Records, 1854-1935; Author: Mills County (Iowa). County Recorder; Probate Place: Mills, Iowa; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, 2015.
  11. ↑ U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current; Memorial #92808482.
  12. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census; Place: Plattville, Mills, Iowa; Roll: T625_502; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 106.
  13. ↑ U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, 2014.
  14. ↑ Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, 2007.
  15. ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census; Place: Cambridge, Dorchester, Maryland; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 2340608.
  16. ↑ 1940 United States Federal Census; Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: M-T0627-02784; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 52-53A.
  17. ↑ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942; National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Cards (4th Registration) State of Massachusetts; Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Series Number: M2090, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Lehi, UT, 2010.
  18. ↑ U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Lehi, UT, 2019.
  19. ↑ U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current; Memorial #142189763.
  20. ↑ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; Social Security Administration; Washington D.C.
  21. ↑ U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current; Memorial #121470725.




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