Husband: James (Jim) Elmer McConnel Birthdate: 11 October l883 Birthplace: McConnel Island (Parma) Canyon County, ID Death date: October 31, 1934 Place of death: Wilder, Canyon County, ID Father: Benjamin Casner McConnel Mother: Elizabeth Hall Marriage date: 31 December 1907 Marriage place: Caldwell, Canyon County, ID Minister: Wm J. Boone Wife: Susie Idella (Ida) Wheeler Birthdate: 2 March 1886 Birthplace: Dawson, Lac Qui Parle County, MN Death date: 24 October 1965 Place of death: Seattle, King County, WA Father: Oliver (Mark) Isaac Wheeler Mother: Laura Etta Dill CHILDREN Child No. 1: Paul Irwin McConnel Sex: Male Birthdate: 19 May 1909 Birthplace: Dixie Area, Canyon County, ID Death date: 14 February 1974 Place of death: Sarasota, FL Marriage date (1): 26 Sep 1931 Marriage place: Wilder area, Canyon County, ID Spouse's name: Geraldene Wood Marriage date (2): 6 June 1953 Marriage place: Charlotte, NC Spouse's name: Maude Wilson Poe Child No. 2: Pearl Queen McConnel Sex: Female Birthdate: 28 September 1910 Birthplace: Boise, Ada County, ID Death date: 18 July 2004 Place of death: Hospital at Bend, OR Marriage date: 14 February 1933 Marriage place: Wilder, Canyon County, ID Spouse's name: Robert (Bob) Wade Eidemiller Child No. 3: Benjamin (Ben) Curtis McConnel Sex: Male Birthdate: 20 January 1913 Birthplace: Caldwell, Canyon County, ID Death date: 30 January 2008 Place of death: Ontario, OR Marriage date: 25 February 1940 Marriage place: Fruitland Methodist Church, Fruitland, ID Spouse's name: Eulah Flose Bratton Child No. 4: Forest James McConnel Sex: Male Birthdate: 16 November 1914 Birthplace: Caldwell, Canyon County, ID Death date: 5 June 2012 Place of death: Seattle, WA Marriage date: 26 June 1938 Marriage place: Roswell, Canyon County, ID Spouse's name: Ida Eledes (Dee) Hunt Child No. 5: Oliver McConnel Sex: Male Birthdate: Stillborn 1917 Birthplace: Roseberry, ID Death date: 1917 Place of death: Roseberry, ID Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 6: June Idella McConnel Sex: Female Birthdate: 25 June 1918 Birthplace: Arena Valley, Canyon County, ID Death date: 16 September 1986 Place of death: Arena Valley, Canyon County, ID Marriage date: 28 November 1937 Marriage place: Wilder, Canyon County, ID Spouse's name: Merle Hugh Jenkins Child No. 7: Lois Etta McConnel Sex: Female Birthdate: 17 February 1922 Birthplace: Wilder Bench, Canyon County, ID Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: 1 February 1942 Marriage place: Olympia, WA Spouse's name: Merwyn (Mike) Ernest Dunagan Child No. 8: Joseph Earnest (Ernest) "Mac" "JEM" McConnel Sex: Male Birthdate: 7 December 1925 Birthplace: Arena Valley, Canyon County, ID Death date: 8 October 1984 Place of death: Norfolk, VA Marriage date: 20 April 1947 Marriage place: Jacksonville, FL Spouse's name: Clara Jean Ward
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Jim and Idella also raised the sons of Idella's sister, Maude & Jim Wright. "My folks took Neil (1900-1979) and his brother Robert to live with them when Maude died in 1912 (she died undergoing an the operation for appendicitis). Neil was the younger of the two brothers. He was 10 or 11 (as I recall Mom telling me). He stayed with them until he and Robert were old enough to go into the Army in World War I. Both brothers survived the war. Neil and his wife, Esther, lived in Portland, OR for many years. We saw Robert and Neil (but rarely). My brother Forest (living in Anchorage, AK then) visited with Neil and Esther occasionally when he was in the Portland area." - Lois
Jim & Idella
Jim plowing in High Valley
Uncle Jim on horseback, with shovel (love it!)
Idella's Friendship Signature Quilt
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