Individual Details

Alma Clara (Allie) VINCENT

(5 Apr 1888 - 24 Sep 1982)

1 Jun 1900, Madison Co., MT, ED 54 Sh 8B;
Allen Vincent, born Aug 1853, 46, widowed, born PA, both parents born PA, farmer, renting a farm
Tommy Vincent, son, born Feb 1879, 21, single, born IA father born PA mother born IA, farm laborer
Opal Vincent daughter, born July 1883, 16, born IA father born PA , mother born IA
Leroy Vincent, son, born Nov 1885, 14, born IA father born PA mother born IA
Alma Vincent, daughter, born Apr 1888, 12, born MT father born PA mother born IA
Flora Vincent, daughter, born Jul 1890, 9, born MT father born PA mother born IA
Walter Vincent, son, born Jan 1893, 7, born MT father born PA mother born IA.

Allie helped write the bio in the Montana history book. She said that she married Jack Morrison when she was 17. They had gone to school together. They eloped. They drove a horse and buggy to Virginia City, about 25 miles from McAllister. They then homesteaded some land about 30 miles from Ennis, MT. Listed their five children. Said she could remember the rounding-up of the cattle in the fall and at threshing time when they had to cook dinner for so many men. The entertainment, which wasn't much, was picnics in summer, a big celebration of the Fourth of July, and in winter, school programs and dances, good old fashioned dances. She lived in Porterville, CA, at the time of the bio.

Alma's birth date from marriage certificate calculated to birth in1887, but other information had 1888.

Events

Birth5 Apr 1888Meadow Creek, Madison Co., Montana
Census1 Jun 1900Madison Co., Montana
Marriage19 Aug 1905Virginia City, Madison Co., MT - Joseph John (Jack) MORRISON
Census4 May 1910Meadow Creek Precinct, Madison Co., MT, pg 78A; Alma I. (not positive it is an I), wife, 22 (1888) born MT, both parents born IA. Married 4 years. Mother of 2, both living.
Census1 Jan 1920Springville Village, Springville Twp., Tulare Co., CA, ED 218 Sh 2B; Alma C., wife, 30 (1889), born MT both parents born IA.
Census1 Apr 1930Porterville Twp., Tulare Co., CA, ED 54-57 Sh 6B; Alma C., wife, 42 (1887-88), 19 at first marriage, born MT both parents born IA.
Death24 Sep 1982Porterville, Tulare Co., California
Burial28 Sep 1982Home of Peace Cemetery, Porterville, Tulare Co., CA. C-36-4.
Reference No199

Families

SpouseJoseph John (Jack) MORRISON (1885 - 1952)
ChildLiving
ChildClifford Elmer MORRISON (1909 - 1958)
ChildHarriet Mae MORRISON (1911 - 1993)
ChildWalter K. MORRISON (1915 - 1964)
ChildLiving
FatherAllen VINCENT (1853 - 1920)
MotherAmerica Jennie MCDOWELL (1858 - 1895)
SiblingThomas Jackson "Tom" VINCENT (1879 - 1938)
SiblingViolet Lydia VINCENT (1881 - 1919)
SiblingOpal Mae VINCENT (1883 - 1964)
SiblingLeroy (Lee) N. VINCENT (1885 - 1952)
SiblingFlora Belle VINCENT (1890 - 1960)
SiblingWalter Scott VINCENT (1893 - 1964)
SiblingAlan Robert VINCENT (1894 - 1918)

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