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William Bruce Ives

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William Bruce Ives

Birth
Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
Death
26 Oct 1904 (aged 30)
Copper River Census Area, Alaska, USA
Burial
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA Add to Map
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Bruce was the son of Norman Henry Ives and Rebecca Ruth Dean.
He married on August 29, 1902, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Mrs. Ella M. Phillips Chisholm (later Mrs. Foulkes).
Bruce was reported accidentally drowned in Valdez Bay, Alaska.
He was buried in Seattle, Washington. He had no children, though Ella had two: Margaret Chisholm (b.1887) and Daniel McQueen Chisholm (b.1891).

Special to the Tribune:
OGDEN, Oct 27. - Claud B.Ives (sic) received a telegram from Seattle tonight which said that a cablegram had just been received here from Valdez, Alaska, announcing the death of his brother William B. Ives by drowning. No particulars were given. Mr. Ives has wired north in an endeavor to ascertain the particulars of his brother's death.
Bruce Ives, as he was familiarly called, was 30 years old. He was born at Independence, Kan., and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman H. Ives, and has resided in Ogden off and on for about fifteen years. He was widely known here and was very popular with all who knew him. For two years he was in the grocery business in this city, selling out about a year ago and starting for Alaska. During the intervening time he has been on the coast, leaving a short time ago for Alaska. The last letter received from him came from Seattle and announced that he was going North. He did not say where, but it was presumed that he was going to join his brother in the Alaskan interior.

Seattle Daily Times, Nov 8,1904, pg 4:
IVES -- At Valdez, Alaska, October 26, 1904. W. B. Ives, beloved husband of Ella M. Ives, of 1510 Harvard Avenue, a native of Kansas, aged 31 years, of accidental drowning; was member of St. John's Lodge, No. 9, A. F. & A. M. Body at private receiving rooms of Butterworth & Sons, 1921 First Avenue. Funeral services Wednesday at 3 p. m. from the family home. 1510 Harvard Avennue. Interment at Lake View.

Seattle Daily Times, Nov 16, 1904, pg 2:
FUNERAL OF W. B. IVES. Deceased Was Drowned at Valdez, Alaska, on October 26. The funeral of W. B. Ives, who was drowned at Valdez, Alaska, on October 26, was held last Wednesday at 3 p. m., from the family residence, 1510 Harvard Avenue. Services were conducted by Rev. W. H. G. Temple and vocal duets were rendered by Miss Marguerite Longacre and Mrs. Jansen. The following Masons, of which order Mr. Ives was a member, acted as pall bearers: A. C. Gorham, A. H. Guernsey, J. A. Snoddy, C. H. Steffin and R. T. Reynolds. The remains were buried in Lake View cemetery.
Bruce was the son of Norman Henry Ives and Rebecca Ruth Dean.
He married on August 29, 1902, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Mrs. Ella M. Phillips Chisholm (later Mrs. Foulkes).
Bruce was reported accidentally drowned in Valdez Bay, Alaska.
He was buried in Seattle, Washington. He had no children, though Ella had two: Margaret Chisholm (b.1887) and Daniel McQueen Chisholm (b.1891).

Special to the Tribune:
OGDEN, Oct 27. - Claud B.Ives (sic) received a telegram from Seattle tonight which said that a cablegram had just been received here from Valdez, Alaska, announcing the death of his brother William B. Ives by drowning. No particulars were given. Mr. Ives has wired north in an endeavor to ascertain the particulars of his brother's death.
Bruce Ives, as he was familiarly called, was 30 years old. He was born at Independence, Kan., and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman H. Ives, and has resided in Ogden off and on for about fifteen years. He was widely known here and was very popular with all who knew him. For two years he was in the grocery business in this city, selling out about a year ago and starting for Alaska. During the intervening time he has been on the coast, leaving a short time ago for Alaska. The last letter received from him came from Seattle and announced that he was going North. He did not say where, but it was presumed that he was going to join his brother in the Alaskan interior.

Seattle Daily Times, Nov 8,1904, pg 4:
IVES -- At Valdez, Alaska, October 26, 1904. W. B. Ives, beloved husband of Ella M. Ives, of 1510 Harvard Avenue, a native of Kansas, aged 31 years, of accidental drowning; was member of St. John's Lodge, No. 9, A. F. & A. M. Body at private receiving rooms of Butterworth & Sons, 1921 First Avenue. Funeral services Wednesday at 3 p. m. from the family home. 1510 Harvard Avennue. Interment at Lake View.

Seattle Daily Times, Nov 16, 1904, pg 2:
FUNERAL OF W. B. IVES. Deceased Was Drowned at Valdez, Alaska, on October 26. The funeral of W. B. Ives, who was drowned at Valdez, Alaska, on October 26, was held last Wednesday at 3 p. m., from the family residence, 1510 Harvard Avenue. Services were conducted by Rev. W. H. G. Temple and vocal duets were rendered by Miss Marguerite Longacre and Mrs. Jansen. The following Masons, of which order Mr. Ives was a member, acted as pall bearers: A. C. Gorham, A. H. Guernsey, J. A. Snoddy, C. H. Steffin and R. T. Reynolds. The remains were buried in Lake View cemetery.


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