Ida (Slight) Blom (1863 - 1949)

Descendants

Biography

Ida Slight was the daughter of John Slight (1834–1879) and Frauke Margrette Sweeden (1824–1923), born on 24 Jul 1863 in Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa. She grew up in Etna Township, near Eldora.^[1][2][3]

Ida married Bernard Blom (1861-1917) on 21 Nov 1885, and they lived in Ackley, where he worked as a carpenter. They had five daughters together, four of whom grew to adulthood in Ackley.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Bernard Blom and Ida Slight had the following children:

• Mary A (Blom) McCullough (1886–1965)
• Florence S. (Blom) Wilson (1888–1971)
• Alice M (Blom) Greenfield (1890–1971)
• Carrie R Blom (1893–1893)
• Edythe M (Blom) Kuehn (1900–1975)

Bernard died on 16 May 1917, after a tree-trimming accident, and Ida remained living on her own in Ackley. She died in Council Bluffs, Iowa, at the home of her eldest daughter, Mary, on 20 Jan 1949, and was buried with Bernard in Oak Wood Cemetery in Ackley, Franklin County, Iowa. Her obituary was published on 20 Jan 1949 in The Courier in Waterloo and the Council Bluffs Nonpareil in Council Bluffs.^{[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]}

(The Courier)
Ackley--Mrs. Ida Blom, 85, Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Earl McCullough, at Council Bluffs, Ia.; had been staying there the last two months and prior to that had always lived in the Ackley vicinity; born July 24, 1863, a few miles south of Ackley; married to Barney Blom about 65 years ago and he died in 1917; leaves three other daughters, Mrs. Florence Wilson, Eldora; Mrs. Jake Greenfield, Ackley; Mrs. Edith Koehn, Breckenridge, Minn.; 13 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Hulda Muller, Ackley.

Sources

1. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census; Place: Etna, Hardin, Iowa; Roll: M593_394; Page: 425A; Lehi, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.
2. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census; Place: Etna, Hardin, Iowa; Roll: 342; Page: 335D; Enumeration District: 114; Lehi, UT, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
3. ↑ Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Residence Date: 1885, Residence Place: Etna, Hardin, Iowa; Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
4. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census; Place: Etna, Hardin, Iowa; Roll: 435; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 0147; FHL microfilm: 1240435; Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
5. ↑ Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Residence Date: 1905, Residence Place: Ackley, Hardin, Iowa; Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
6. ↑ Iowa State Census, 1905; Residence Place: Hardin, Iowa; Lehi, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
7. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census; Place: Etna, Hardin, Iowa; Roll: T624_404; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0173; FHL microfilm: 1374417; Lehi, UT, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
8. ↑ Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Residence Date: 1915, Residence Place: Ackley, Hardin, Iowa; Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #100039651
10. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census; Place: Etna, Hardin, Iowa; Roll: T625_492; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 186; Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
11. ↑ Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Residence Date: 1 Jan 1925, Residence Place: Ackley, Hardin, Iowa; Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
12. ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census; Place: Etna, Hardin, Iowa; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2340392; Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
13. ↑ 1940 United States Federal Census; Place: Ackley, Hardin, Iowa; Roll: M-T0627-01165; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 42-16; Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
14. ↑ Iowa, U.S., Death Records, 1880-1904, 1921-1952; Certificate Number: 78c4/956; Lehi, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
15. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #100039588
16. ↑ NewspaperArchive.com, Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, 20 Jan 1949, Thurs., Pg 8, Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
17. ↑ Newspapers.com, The Courier, Waterloo, Iowa, 20 Jan 1949, Thurs., Pg 10, Mrs. Ida Blom.