Individual Details

Myrtle L "Myrta" WHEELER

(22 Oct 1873 - 18 Aug 1940)

Events

Birth	22 Oct 1873	Storm Lake, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States
Birth	Dec 1874	Colorado, United States
Census	12 Jun 1880	Douglas, Colorado, United States
Census	1885	Douglas, Colorado, United States
Marriage	23 Jul 1893	Denver, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States - James M KILLAM
Marriage	15 May 1894	Benjamin F PEDEGO
Census	1900	Franktown, Douglas, Colorado, United States
Census	1910	Franktown, Douglas, Colorado, United States
Marriage	9 Mar 1913	Franktown, Douglas, Colorado, United States - Edward R. STEWART
Residence	1913	Franktown, Douglas, Colorado, United States
Census	1920	Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
Census	1930	Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States
Death	18 Aug 1940	Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States
Biofile	2004	Abbey, Worth James and Lucy E. (Wheeler)
Biofile	2019	Killam, Elmer Edward and Blanche E/G (Harris)
Alt name		Myrtle WHEELER

Families

Spouse

Edward R. STEWART (1865 - 1946)

Spouse	Benjamin F PEDEGO (1863 - 1908)
Child	Thomas W. PEDEGO (1895 - 1918)
Child	Wade PEDEGO (1897 - )
Child	Mary PEDEGO (1899 - 1920)
Child	PEDEGO (1902 - 1902)
Child	Kate B. PEDEGO (1904 - )
Child	Beulah L. PEDEGO (1906 - )
Child	Benjamin F. PEDEGO (1909 - )

Spouse	James M KILLAM ( - )
Child	Elmer Edward KILLAM (1893 - 1970)

Father	Francis Eugene "Frank" WHEELER (1839 - 1913)
Mother	Ellen Alfretta "Ella" STONE (1852 - 1935)
Sibling	Edna E. WHEELER (1875 - )
Sibling	Lucy E. WHEELER (1878 - 1930)
Sibling	Mark William WHEELER (1880 - 1964)
Sibling	Hugh Parker WHEELER (1888 - 1966)

Notes

Marriage

18 September 2019. The Colorado County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006 clearly records James M. Killam and Myrtle Wheeler were married on 23 Jul 1893 in Denver, Colorado. Their son Elmer Edward was born 21 December 1893, six months after the wedding date. It seems reasonable to assume, but not proven, that they were divorced soon after the birth of Elmer and she remarried the following 23 July 1894 to Benjamin F. Pedego (Pedigo). If that assumption is correct, the 13 November 1908 obituary of Benjamin incorrectly lists their marriage date in 1893, not 1894. This is further supported by the 1900 U.S. Census, Franktown, Douglas, Colorado in which they are shown as married for 6 years (1894). RPE

Marriage

Suspect Benjamin and Myrta were married in 1893, because newspaper citation for Myrta and James Killon was from 1893 -- SB

18 September 2019. The Colorado County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006 clearly records James M. Killam and Myrtle Wheeler were married on 23 Jul 1893 in Denver, Colorado. Their son Elmer Edward was born 21 December 1893, six months after the wedding date. It seems reasonable to assume, but not proven, that they were divorced soon after the birth of Elmer and she remarried the following 23 July 1894 to Benjamin F. Pedego (Pedigo). If that assumption is correct, the 13 November 1908 obituary of Benjamin incorrectly lists their marriage date in 1893, not 1894. This is further supported by the 1900 U.S. Census, Franktown, Douglas, Colorado in which they are shown as married for 6 years (1894). RPE

Endnotes

1. "Women of Woodcraft Castlewood Circle records, 1900-1938.," (,; 1900-1938), owned by Douglas County History Research Center. collection #1992.009; Douglas County Libraries, 100 S. Wilcox St. Castle Rock, CO 80104, Clerk's Record Book (1900-1912).

2. Douglas County Historical Society, editor, Our Heritage: People of Douglas County (Castle Rock, CO: Douglas County Historical Society, 1983), p. 298.

3. 1880 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), jpeg image, (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009) [Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC], subscription database, ., p. 16, Douglas, Colorado, United States.

4. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000..

5. Find-A-Grave.com, online [findagrave.com], Memorial #19016753.

6. Find-A-Grave.com, online [findagrave.com], Memorial #57579698.

7. 1900 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), jpeg image, (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009) [Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC], subscription database, ., p. 10B, Franktown, Douglas County, Colorado.

8. 1880 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), jpeg image, (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009) [Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC], subscription database, ., p. 16, Douglas, Colorado, United States.

9. Ancestry.com. Colorado State Census, 1885 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006., pg. 16.

10. Castle Rock Journal. Castle Rock, Colorado, 2 Aug 1893, p. 4.

11. Find-A-Grave.com, online [findagrave.com], Memorial #19016753.

12. Division of Vital Statistics, Department of Health. Colorado, Statewide Marriage Index. Colorado State Archives, Denver, Colorado..

13. "Women of Woodcraft Castlewood Circle records, 1900-1938.," (,; 1900-1938), owned by Douglas County History Research Center. collection #1992.009; Douglas County Libraries, 100 S. Wilcox St. Castle Rock, CO 80104, Clerk's Record Book (1900-1912).

14. Record Journal of Douglas County. Castle Rock, Colorado, 13 November 1908.

15. Find-A-Grave.com, online [findagrave.com], Memorial #57579698.

16. 1900 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), jpeg image, (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009) [Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC], subscription database, ., p. 10B, Franktown, Douglas County, Colorado.

17. 1910 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), jpeg image, (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009) [Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC], subscription database, ., Page 7A, District 16, Franktown, Douglas, Colorado.

18. Mrs. Donald K. Andersen and Mrs. Robert Kresl, compiler, Marriage Records, Douglas County, Colorado Book 2 (Douglas County, CO: Smoky Hill Trail Chapter, NSDAR, 1987), p 48.

19. Douglas County Marriage Records Index:, Douglas County Clerk and Recorder's Office, Castle Rock, Douglas County, CO, 1900-1925.

20. Find-A-Grave.com, online [findagrave.com], Memorial #57579698.

21. Record Journal of Douglas County. Castle Rock, Colorado, 25 Apr 1913.

22. 1920 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), jpeg image, (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009) [Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC], subscription database, ., p. 1B, District 251, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho.

23. 1930 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), jpeg image, (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009) [Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC], subscription database, ., p. 18A, District 22, Modesto, Stanislaus, California.

24. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000..

25. Find-A-Grave.com, online [findagrave.com], Memorial #19016753.

26. "," (2004); folder: "Abbey, Worth James and Lucy E. (Wheeler)," Biography Files; Douglas County History Research Center, Castle Rock, Colorado.

27. "," (2019); folder: "Killam, Elmer Edward and Blanche E/G (Harris)," Biography Files; Douglas County History Research Center, Castle Rock, Colorado.

28. 1900 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), jpeg image, (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009) [Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC], subscription database, ., p. 10B, Franktown, Douglas County, Colorado.