Ida M. Conklin1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 23506, (1855 - 1923)
FatherWilliam H. Conklin4,5,6 (1823 - 1891)
MotherElizabeth Windling4,5 (1824 - 1910)

Key Events:

Birth: Apr 1855, Ohio7,8,9
Marriage: 5 May 1875, Cincinnati, Ohio, Oscar A. Christy (Dec 1851 - 14 Jul 1901)10,11,12
Death: 26 Jan 1923, San Bernardino Co., California13,9
Burial: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio14
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Ida M. Conklin was born in Apr 1855 in Ohio.7,8,9
     She appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, in the household of her parents, William H. Conklin and Elizabeth Windling.15 She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, in the household of her parents.16
     Ida married Oscar A. Christy, son of Churchill G. Christy and Maria Cobb, on 5 May 1875 in Cincinnati, Ohio, at her father's home.10,11,12
     Ida and Oscar appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Delhi Twp., Hamilton Co., Ohio, enumerated 25 Jun 1880. Their daughter Elizabeth was listed as living with them, as was Dudley Deries, age 13, a domestic servant.17
     They moved to Marion, Indiana, by 1887.18,19
     Ida and Oscar returned to Cincinnati by 1897.20 They appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, at 425 Riddle Road, enumerated 5 Jun 1900. Their daughter Elizabeth was listed as living with them, as were Alice Penitt, a servant, and E. Walter Brown, a coachman.21
     Her husband died on 14 Jul 1901 in Winton Place, Hamilton Co., Ohio.22
     Ida moved to the new apartment building, The Alexandra, at 921 E. William H. Taft Rd., in 1904, occupying flat 17. The Alexandra was one of the first apartment buildings designed for wealthier residents outside of downtown Cincinnati, and at the time was the largest apartment building anywhere in the city.23,24 She had been living in flat 4, 626 W. 4th.25
     Ida has not been found in the 1920 census. She is last listed in The Alexandra in the 1906 city directory, and is not listed after that. By 1914 she had moved to California and was living at 524 Seaside Blvd., Long Beach.26,27
     Ida appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Azusa, Los Angeles Co., California, on San Gabriel Canyon Rd., enumerated 5 Feb 1920, in the household of Faith Hall and her 11-year-old daughter Jane, listed as a companion.28
     Ida died on 26 Jan 1923 in San Bernardino Co., California, at age 67.13,9 She was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio.14

Children:
     Child with Oscar A. Christy:

  • Elizabeth C. Christy29,30,31 (Jul 1876 - 15 Jul 1909)

Citations

  1. [S11539] William M. Conklin household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows name as Ida Conklin.
  2. [S11537] "Local Brevities," The Cincinnati Daily Star, 6 May 1875, shows name as Miss Ida Conklin.
  3. [S6780] Funeral records, George A. Wiltsee, Undertaker and Embalmer, Cincinnati, Ohio, Elizabeth C. Christy, interment 19 Jul 1909, shows name as Ida M. Conklin.
  4. [S11539] William M. Conklin household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S11538] W. H. Canklin household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  6. [S11537] "Local Brevities," The Cincinnati Daily Star, 6 May 1875.
  7. [S11539] William M. Conklin household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows age 5 and state.
  8. [S11536] Oscar A. Christy household, 1900 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows month, year, age 45, and state.
  9. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 78907733, Ida May Conklin Christy, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  10. [S11537] "Local Brevities," The Cincinnati Daily Star, 6 May 1875, shows last night, home of her father.
  11. [S11535] Oscar H. Christy household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows married.
  12. [S11536] Oscar A. Christy household, 1900 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows married 25 years.
  13. [S4443] "California Death Index, 1905-1939," Ancestry.com, record for Ida M. Christy, shows date, county, and state.
  14. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 78907733, Ida May Conklin Christy, includes tombstone photo.
  15. [S11539] William M. Conklin household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  16. [S11538] W. H. Canklin household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  17. [S11535] Oscar H. Christy household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  18. [S11572] "The State at Large," The Indianapolis Journal, 30 Oct 1887, shows Mrs. O. A. Christy returning to Marion after a visit to Cincinnati.
  19. [S10413] William's Cincinnati Directory, 1884 pg 270.
  20. [S10413] William's Cincinnati Directory, 1897 pg 310.
  21. [S11536] Oscar A. Christy household, 1900 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  22. [S6779] Report of Deaths, Hamilton Co., Ohio, 2:60, Oscar A. Christy, shows date, city, county, and state.
  23. [S10413] William's Cincinnati Directory, 1904, pg 6, shows her at The Alexandra and flat, in section for late additions and changes.
  24. [S1265] Wikipedia, online, article "The Alexandra (Cincinnati, Ohio)," viewed Apr 2022, describes The Alexandra.
  25. [S10413] William's Cincinnati Directory, 1904, pg 537.
  26. [S10413] William's Cincinnati Directory, 1906, pg 349.
  27. [S6249] Great Register, California, 1914, Los Angeles County Co., Long Beach Precinct No. 34, Mrs Ida M. Christy.
  28. [S11540] Faith Hall household, 1920 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California.
  29. [S11535] Oscar H. Christy household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows the girl as daughter of Ida's husband.
  30. [S11536] Oscar A. Christy household, 1900 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows the girl as daughter of Ida's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  31. [S6780] Funeral records, George A. Wiltsee, Undertaker and Embalmer, Cincinnati, Ohio, Elizabeth C. Christy, interment 19 Jul 1909.