Ida Bertha (Baham) Sneider (1892 - 1965)

Born 2 Aug 1892 in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 7 Mar 1965 at age 72 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA

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Biography

Ida (Baham) Sneider is a part of US Black heritage.

Ida was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

When Ida Bertha Bahm was born on 2 August 1892, in Loranger, Tangipahoa, Louisiana to parents Oren Livingston Bahm and Margaret A. Alford. ^[1]

Ida married Timothy Tyra Odom in May 1906, in Tangipahoa, Louisiana. Ida was just 14. The couple were the parents one daughter.

Wedding License 1906

Ida was baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1910. Her husband took no interest in the religion. ^[2]

Ida lived in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United States for about ten years and Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1920. ^[3] She lived in Ward Five, Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United States for about 10 years and Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1920. ^[4]

Ida filed for divorce around 1925 and the couple were separated. She and her daughter Nona went to Texas to stay with her sister Ione. It was here, while attending meetings in Texas, that an unknown clerk marked both Ida's and Nona's records with, "Negro Blood". ^[5]

This would throw their full participation in church activities into doubt; and would mean that it would require the approval of the highest eschelon of Church leaders before Ida and Nonna could enter a temple. Ida herself may have been unaware of her mixed roots. ^[6]

It would take several more years until the divorce proceedings were finalized. By June of 1932, a few months after her divorce was final, Ida married Carl Adolph Sneider, another Latter-day Saint that was classified white.

Divorce Announcement

Eventually Ida received the necessary permission that allowed her to go to the temple. ^[7] Even at the top level of the church, dealing directly with questions of race was awkward for them and they referred the case to a Patriarch. A man with a special priesthood calling to give one-time life advice and to name a tribe of Israel with whom the person is associated. Ida was called to the tribe of Joseph and Ephraim and was granted all Church privileges.

She died on 7 March 1965, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 72, ^[8] and was buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States. ^[1]

Research Notes

The LNAB should be Bahm not Baham. It is spelled the first way on most sources. I could not find a clear date for Ida's first marriage. I found a picture of the wedding license dated 14 May 1906, but no other source. Bartholomew-2652 18:15, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2T-JXDL : 10 June 2020), Ida B Sneider, 1965; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
2. ↑ Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members Collection, Texas State Part 4, Segment 1, CR 375 8, box 6936, folder 1, image 70, Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/century-of-black-mormons/page/sneider-ida-bertha-bahm-odom#_ftn2
3. ↑ Ida Odom in the U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information. https://search.ancestry.com/collections/2469/records/740803065
4. ↑ Ida Odom in the U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information. https://search.ancestry.com/collections/2469/records/740803065
5. ↑ Devery S. Anderson, ed., The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2011), 254. https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/century-of-black-mormons/page/sneider-ida-bertha-bahm-odom#_ftn16
6. ↑ Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members Collection, Texas State Part 3, Segment 2, CR 375 8, box 6935, folder 2, image 163, Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/record/291d1a54-9af3-4604-b035-eec6132738e0/0?view=browse
7. ↑ Anderson, The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 254; Ida Bertha Bahm (KWJZ-TX6), ordinance records on FamilySearch.org.
8. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3XP-C8H : 20 February 2021), Ida Bertha Sneider, 07 Mar 1965; citing certificate number 16675, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm

• 1900 Census "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSRC-YQ7 : accessed 28 February 2023), Ida Bah* in household of Orin Bah*, Ward 5, Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 92, sheet 2B, family 38, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,583.
• 1910 Census "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPBZ-QSJ : accessed 28 February 2023), Idah Odom in household of Tyra Odom, Police Jury Ward 5, Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 113, sheet 5B, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 532; FHL microfilm 1,374,545.
• 1920 Census "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVQV-KHC : 1 February 2021), Ida Odom in entry for Tyra Odom, 1920.
• 1930 Census Year: 1930; Census Place: Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0069; FHL microfilm: 2342097 https://search.ancestry.com/collections/6224/records/62564931
• 1935 LDS Census Ida Bertha Bahm Snider in household of Carl Adolph Snider, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:897P-F1T2
• 1940 LDS Census Ida Bertha Bahm Sneider in household of Carl Adolph Sneider, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:886X-RDW2
• 1950 Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Baton Rouge, East Ba https://search.ancestry.com/collections/62308/records/76377062