Alfred Waddell (1834-1917)

Sarah A Lowe (1836-1913)

Henry Grover (1853-1937)

Mary Elizabeth McMurry (1856-1936)

Charles Augusta Waddell (1881-1961)

Inez Mary Grover (1886-1964)

Loretta Waddell (1917-1998)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Elmer Goodman Balsam Living+ Living+ Living+ Living+ Living+ Loretta Waddell 4 Born: 18 Feb 1917, Twin Bridges, Madison, Montana, USA 2 5 6 Marriage: Elmer Goodman Balsam on 9 Jun 1939 in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA 1 2 3 Died: 29 Nov 1998, Miles City, Custer, Montana, USA at age 81 2 Crem.: 29 Nov 1998    Other names for Loretta were Det Balsam and Det Waddell.   Noted events in her life were: • Cremation, 29 Nov 1998, Miles City, Custer, Montana, USA. Ashes scattered over Country Club Estates by Barbara (Balsam) Lee and Nannette (Balsam) Morgan during 1999. • Residence: 306 Ave H, 4 May 1943, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA. 7 • Census: Age 3, birth MT, 9 Jan 1920, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA. 8 Waddell, Charles A, age 38, Salesman, Hardware store Waddell, Inez M, age 33 Waddell, Stanley, age 10 Waddell, Charlotte, age 7 Waddell, Charles, age 6 Waddell, Inez, age 5 Waddell, Loretta, age 3 • Census: Age 13, birth MT, 2 Apr 1930, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA. 9 Loretta married Elmer Goodman Balsam, son of Elmer Goodman Balsam M.D. and Constance Emily Chapple, on 9 Jun 1939 in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA.1 2 3 (Elmer Goodman Balsam was born on 7 Feb 1915 in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA,10 11 died on 14 Nov 1991 in Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USA 1 4 and was cremated on 14 Nov 1991 in Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USA.)

1 C.C. Riddle, B.A. Riddle, The Descendants of John Riddle (1803-1887), Volume 2 (Privately printed, 1997), Page 27.

2 Billings Gazette (Billings, Montana), Loretta "Det" Balsam obituary, 01 Dec 1998.

3 State of Montana, County of Yellowstone, Clerk District Court, State of Montana marriage license, no. 327-17244 (1939, Montana, Yellowstone, Clerk District Court).

4 State of Minnesota, Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Elmer Goodman Balsam, death certificate, state file number 1-2231030212, local file number 02661..

5 C.C. Riddle, B.A. Riddle, The Descendants of John Riddle (1803-1887), Volume 2 (Privately printed, 1997), Page 25.

6 State of Montana, Montana State Board of Health, Madison County Clerk and Recorder, Delayed certificate of birth, approved 27 Jan 1972 (1972, Montana, Madison, Twin Bridges, Clerk and Recorder).

7 State of Montana, Yellowstone, Billings, Registrar, Certificate of live birth, registrar no. 533, state File No. 30047 (1943, Montana, Yellowstone, Billings, Registrar).

8 Montana, Yellowstone County, 1920 U.S. Census, population schedule (Washington D.C.: The National Archives, 19--?), Charles A Waddell household, city of Billings, ED 168, SD 3, sheet 5b, house number 603, dwelling 119, family 125, FHL no. A07574 1820978.

9 Montana, Yellowstone County, 1930 U.S. Census, population schedule (Washington D.C.: The National Archives, 1930), Charles A. Waddell household, City of Billings, enumeration district 56-15, supervisor's district 10, sheet 1A, dwelling 8, family 7.

10 Balsam, Frederic Wreford, Letter to Balsam, EG Bill (Letter dated 4 May 1999), Page 3 of 11.

11 Yellowstone, Montana, Certificate of Birth no. 53 (2577) (1915), E.G. Balsam, MD; Yellowstone County Clerk & Recorder, Billings.