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Pearl Lee Jeffers 1891–1933 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 JAN 1891

Birth Location: Pottawattamie Co. IA

Death Date: 19 APR 1933

Death Location: Oak Grove Cemetery, just south of Missouri Valley, IA.

Father: Edson Jeffers

Mother: Minnie Gillman

Spouse(s): Thomas Bonham, George Ratliff, Thomas Bonham

Children(s): Rosa Bonham, Thomas Bonham, Earl Fezzett, Opal Ratliff, John Ratliff, Charlotte Ratliff, Helen Ratliff

Pearl Lee Jeffers was born in 1891 in Pottawattamie Co. IA, the child of Edson H Jeffers And Minnie Viola Gillman. Pearl Lee Jeffers married Alvin Fezzett, George William Ratliff, Thomas Bonham, Thomas William Bonham, and had children including Charlotte Margaret Ratliff, Earl A N Fezzett, Helen Viola Ratliff, John W Ratliff, Opal A Ratliff, Rosa Ellen Bonham, Thomas Edison Bonham. Pearl Lee Jeffers passed away in 1933 in Oak Grove Cemetery, just south of Missouri Valley, IA..

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Biography

  • Pearl Lee Jeffers was born in 1891 in Pottawattamie Co. IA, the child of Edson H Jeffers And Minnie Viola Gillman.
  • Pearl Lee Jeffers married Alvin Fezzett, George William Ratliff, Thomas Bonham, Thomas William Bonham, and had children including Charlotte Margaret Ratliff, Earl A N Fezzett, Helen Viola Ratliff, John W Ratliff, Opal A Ratliff, Rosa Ellen Bonham, Thomas Edison Bonham.
  • Pearl Lee Jeffers passed away in 1933 in Oak Grove Cemetery, just south of Missouri Valley, IA..

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Pearl Jeffers's Ancestors

Self
Pearl Jeffers
1891–1933
Birth Place: Pottawattamie Co. IA
Parents
Edson H Jeffers
1841–1899
Knox Co., Ohio
Minnie (Viola) Gillman
1877–1937
Pottawattamie Co. IA
Grandparents
William Jeffers
1810–1850
N Y
Elizabeth Harle
1814–1901
Virginia
Silas Gillman
1832–1884
KY
Rachel (Ann) Morris
1840–1914
IN
Great-Grandparents
Eleanor Unknown
1786–1857
Eliphalet Gilman
1816–
Rachael Jones
1812–
William Morris
1810–1845
Mary Woodrum
1821–1860
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Gilman
1782–1859
Morgan Wales
1782–1849
Nancy Jones
1792–1831
Joseph Morris
1775–1863
Elizabeth Jones
1780–1842
James Woodram
1798–1838
Elizabeth Jones
1791–1870

Pearl Jeffers's Descendants

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Pearl (Lee) Jeffers (20 JAN 1891–19 APR 1933) m. Thomas (William) Bonham (7 JUN 1868–18 APR 1948) m. George (William) Ratliff (25 APR 1881–9 SEP 1962) m. Thomas Bonham (abt 1871–)
  1. 1. Rosa (Ellen) Bonham 1920– m. Ralph (Leroy Sr) Harmon 1917–
  2. 2. Thomas (Edison) Bonham 1923–1995
  3. 3. Earl (A. N.) Fezzett 1908–1982 m. Daisy (M) Unknown 1910–1972
  4. 4. Opal (A) Ratliff 1913–
  5. 5. John (W) Ratliff 1916–1985 m. Lucille (M) Myler 1917–1973
    1. 1. Carroll (W) Ratliff 1944–1988
    2. 2. Florence Ratliff –1916
  6. 6. Charlotte (Margaret) Ratliff 1917–1994 m. Melvin (Elder) Nelson 1908–1997
    1. 1. Marvin (Eugene) Nelson 1936–1970
  7. 7. Helen (Viola) Ratliff 1910–

Pearl Jeffers's Timeline

2 Records

1891
20 JAN 1891
Birth of Pearl Lee Jeffers in Pottawattamie Co. IA
Pottawattamie Co. IA
1933
19 APR 1933
Age 42
Death of Pearl Lee Jeffers
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 JAN 1891
    Event Place: Pottawattamie Co. IA
    Record Source: Iowa, Marriage Records, Iowa State Archives; Des Moines, Iowa; Volume: 469 (Emmet - Lyon)

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 APR 1933

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Oak Grove Cemetery, just south of Missouri Valley, IA.

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