Idella BALL ²

  General Notes:

PHOTO: submitted by Roger Greenough.

1900 IA CENSUS, Monona Co, St. Clair Twp: James W. Leach, Dec 1868, 31, married 10 yrs, b. IN, parents b. IN, farmer; wife Idella, Dec 1870, 29, married 10 yrs, 3 children, 3 living, b. IA, father b. OH, birthplace of mother unknown; dau. Bertha E., Mar 1892, 8, b. IA; dau. Verda M., Sep 1892, 7, b. NE; son Clarence O., Mar 1899, 1, b. IA. The father of all children was b. IN and the mother was b. IA (They were listed on census next to Idella's sister and father, "Dinah" Leach and Nathaniel Ball.)

1905 IA STATE CENSUS, Monona Co, Kennebec Twp, Castana P.O.: J. W. Leach, Idella, Bertha, Verda, Clarence, Clyde, Goldie. (Listed next to them on the census was the family of George M. Leach.)

1910 IA CENSUS, Monona Co, Kennebec Twp: William "Leech", 41, 1st marriage, married 20 yrs, b. IN, parents b. IN, tenant, stock farm; wife Idella, 40, 1st marriage, married 20 yrs, 7 children, 5 living, b. IA, parents b. OH; dau. Verda E., 18, b. NE; son Clarence O., 11, b. IA; son "Clide" N., 8, b. IA; dau. Goldie, 7, b. IA; son Raymond B., 4, b. IA. The father of all children was b. IN and the mother b. IA.

1915 IA STATE CENSUS, Monona Co, Kennebec Twp, Castana P.O.: James William Leach, 46, married, farmer, b. IN, parents b. IN, in IA 36 yrs; Idella Leach, 46, married, b. IA, parents b. OH; "Clide" Leach, 14, b. IA, father b. IN, mother b. IA; Goldie Leach, 11, b. IA, father b. IN, mother b. IA; Raymond Leach, 9, b. IA, father b. IN, mother b. IA; Wanda Ward, 5, b. IA, parents b. IA; Malvin Ward, 3, b. IA, parents b. IA. (It appears that the Ward children were living with the Leaches.)

1920 IA CENSUS, Monona, West Fork Twp: James W. Leach, 51, b. IN, parents b. IN, farmer; wife Idella B., 50, b. IA, parents b. OH; son Clyde N., 19, laborer, home farm; dau. Goldie L., 16; son Raymond B., 13; granddaughter Wanda V. Ward, 9, b. IA, parents b. IA. All Leach children were b. IA, father b. IN, mother b. IA.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Sioux City: William Leach, 57, 4th grade education, b. IN, father: Archibald Leach, mother: unknown, unclassified laborer; wife Idella, 56, 5th grade education, b. IA, father: Nathaniel Ball who was b. OH, mother: Esther Wickham who was b. OH and married OH; son Clyde, 23, single, father: William Leach, mother Idella Ball who was b. IA and married IA; grand dau. Wanda Ward, 15, b. IA, father: Frank Ward whose birthplace was unknown, mother: Bertha Leach who was b. IA. All were Protestant. (Listed next to the families of Clarence & Mable Leach and George & Verda Bonham.)

1930 IA CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Sioux City: James W. Leach, 62, 1st marriage age 20, b. IN, parents b. IN, laborer, street(?) department; wife Idella, 60, 1st marriage age 18, b. IA, parents b. IA. (Listed near them on the census was their son Clyde and his wife, and next to them on the census was their granddaughter Wanda V., 20, and her husband Carl E. Mille, 25, who had been married one year.)

INFO FROM LISA HARDER: Idella and James also had a daughter named Blanche.

Idella married James William LEACH, son of Archibald LEACH and Unknown, in 1889 in Mapleton, Monona Co, IA.¹ (James William LEACH was born in Dec 1868 in Sullivan Co, IN,¹ died in Jan 1935 in probably Monona Co, IA ³ and was buried on 5 Jun 1935 in Floyd Cem, Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA ³.)