Ancestry of
Burl Ives

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William Riley Ives

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• • Grandfather of Burl Ives — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT Feb 1832 
  • Birth Location:
  • Pennsylvania 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 1907 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Orchard Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Clay, Ilinois 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Charlotte Josephine Ordway
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1855 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Levi Franklin Ives (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 

  • William R. Ives is said to be the son of John and Martha (Vanatten) Ives. Evidence is needed to confirm this claim.

• Sources for William Riley Ives

  • ¹ Federal Census, PA, Potter County, 1860, Pike, p. 80, Image 1 of 6.
  • ² Federal Census, IL, Clay County, Blair, E.D. 2, Sheet 11A, Image 21 of 26.
  • ³ Federal Census, PA, Potter County, 1850, Eulalia, Image 6 of 7.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/19/2018).
  • ⁵ Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, Marriage record for son Franklin Ives and Corda Dell White.
  • ⁶ Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Death record for son Frank L Ives.
  • ⁷ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Application for son Levi Franklin Ives.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 287.