Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
Birth23 Aug 1844, Galena, Jo Daviess Co., IL, USA2142
Census1850, USA, IL, Jo Daviess Co., Galena Age: 5
Census1860, USA, IA, Dubuque Co., Dubuque Age: 15
Census1870, USA, Colorado Territory, Bent Co., Fort Lyon Age: 25
Census1880, USA, NJ, Essex Co., East Orange Age: 35
Census1900, USA, MO, Jasper Co., Carthage Ward 5 Age: 55
Census1911, ENG London & Middlesex, Kensington, Upper Addison Gardens, Kensington West Age: 66
Census1921, ENG London & Kent, Lewisham, Lee Age: 76
Census1930, USA, CA, Santa Clara Co., Palo Alto Age: 85
Death12 Oct 1933, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA, USA4, San Francisco (CA) Examiner 10-13-1933 Age: 89
Occupation1st Lt., 5th Inf. In 1870 Census; 1930 Listed As A Writer.
Military ServiceUSA
FatherWilliam Bothwell (1808-1885)
MotherDinah Manson (1812-1895)
Other spousesAlida F. Turner
SpouseJean Alexandra “Bobby” Ballam
Birth5 Nov 1862, Arichat, Richmond, NS, CAN32
Census1900, USA, MO, Jasper Co., Carthage Ward 5 Age: 37
Census Canada1871, Arichat, Richmond, NS, CAN Age: 8
Census1911, ENG London & Middlesex, Kensington, Upper Addison Gardens, Kensington West Age: 48
Census1921, ENG London & Kent, Lewisham, Lee Age: 58
Census1930, USA, CA, Santa Clara Co., Palo Alto Age: 67
Census1940, USA, CA, Los Angeles Co., Altadena Age: 77
Census1950, USA, CA, Los Angeles Co., Pasadena Age: 87
Death29 Aug 1956, Camarillo, Ventura Co., CA, USA32 Age: 93
BurialAltadena, Los Angeles Co., CA, USA
MemoMountain View Cemetery
FatherWilliam Griffith Ballam (~1818-1881)
MotherSusan Ellen Weeks (1841-1903)
Children
Census1900, USA, MO, Jasper Co., Carthage Ward 5 Age: 3
Census1911, ENG London & Middlesex, Kensington, Upper Addison Gardens, Kensington West Age: 14
Census1921, ENG London & Kent, Lewisham, Lee Age: 24
Burial1926, Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., CA, USA
Never married
Birth6 May 1902, Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA67
Census1911, ENG London & Middlesex, Kensington, Upper Addison Gardens, Kensington West Age: 8
Census1921, ENG London & Kent, Lewisham, Lee Age: 18
Census1930, USA, CA, San Francisco Co., San Francisco Age: 27
Census1940, USA, CA, Los Angeles Co., Altadena Age: 37
Census1950, USA, CA, Los Angeles Co., Altadena Age: 47
Death29 Jan 1983, Seattle, King Co., WA, USA28,6, Seattle (WA) Times 2-7-1983 Age: 80
BurialCremation
SpouseHelen Stephens Waggoner (~1900-)
Marriage30 Jan 1930, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA, USA3,6, San Francisco (CA) Examiner 1-29-1930
Marr MemoLicense application filed 1-24-1930
Divorce9 Oct 1937, Reno, Washoe Co., NV, USA
Div MemoReno Gazette-Journal 10/9/1937
No Children
SpouseAlida Holland Stewart (1911-1988)
Marriage9 Oct 1937, Reno, Washoe Co., NV, USA5, Reno (NV) Nevada State Journal 10-10-1937
ChildrenEmily Alexandra Stewart (1938-)
Margaret Stewart (1944-)
Notes for John Randolph Bothwell
In 1860, John is listed in the census in Illinois as a teacher (at age 16).
In 1880, he appears in the census in East Orange, Essex Co., NJ as publisher of the Daylee News. Living with him were Susan’s daughter, Minnie, by her first marriage, a gardner, Willaim G. Manning, and a housekeeper, Rosa Rogers.
He entered into a pertnership with Prof. William B. Clark as Clark & Bothwell, brokers, on Nassau St. in New York City, apparently in 1880. In 1882, they were charged with misappropriating funds from several mining companies they represented (Bothwell was treasurer of the corporation.) They were sued by the Stormont Silver Mining Co., the San Bruno Copper Co., and the Satamo Gold Quartz Mining Co. Clark blamed everything on Bothwell, who apparently left New York for Chicago.
Bothwell next shows up as a promoter involved in the project to build a canal to bring rrigation water to Box Elder Co., UT.
The irrigation project was started by Alexander Toponce, who partnered with a sheepherder named John W. Kerr to form the Corinne Mill Canal and Stock Co., but they were unsuccessful in developing the canal. In 1889, promoter John Bothwell of Kansas City secured financing for the canal from Quaker societies in the British isles. Construction began in Sept., 1889. As a result of the canal, the town of Bothwell in Box Elder Co. was named after John R. Bothwell.139
For many years prior to the building of the Bothwell Canal that part of Bear River Valley which is now included in the Bothwell Ward was, with other parts of the valley, used as grazing country for sheep, horses and cattle. But in 1890 a number of people in anticipation of the Bothwell Canal, which was then in course of construction, took up lands under the Homestead and Desert Entry Act. Among the first permanent settlers in the district were John M. Stokes, Andrew Anderson and John L. Hunsaker, who located there in the spring of 1884, in private houses, and a branch of the Church was organized June 14, 1894, at Point Lookout and given the name of Roweville Branch with Joseph M. Stokes as presiding Elder. A school house, 24 by 34 feet, was built in 1895, a post office was established under the name of Roweville post office, with Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Priest as postmistress. On June 26, 1898, the Roweville Branch was organized into a ward named Bothwell, in honor of John R. Bothwell, the builder of the Bothwell Canal, with Joseph Wm. Stokes as Bishop.
Arrived from Liverpool Feb. 10, 1915
In 1880, he appears in the census in East Orange, Essex Co., NJ as publisher of the Daylee News. Living with him were Susan’s daughter, Minnie, by her first marriage, a gardner, Willaim G. Manning, and a housekeeper, Rosa Rogers.
He entered into a pertnership with Prof. William B. Clark as Clark & Bothwell, brokers, on Nassau St. in New York City, apparently in 1880. In 1882, they were charged with misappropriating funds from several mining companies they represented (Bothwell was treasurer of the corporation.) They were sued by the Stormont Silver Mining Co., the San Bruno Copper Co., and the Satamo Gold Quartz Mining Co. Clark blamed everything on Bothwell, who apparently left New York for Chicago.
Bothwell next shows up as a promoter involved in the project to build a canal to bring rrigation water to Box Elder Co., UT.
The irrigation project was started by Alexander Toponce, who partnered with a sheepherder named John W. Kerr to form the Corinne Mill Canal and Stock Co., but they were unsuccessful in developing the canal. In 1889, promoter John Bothwell of Kansas City secured financing for the canal from Quaker societies in the British isles. Construction began in Sept., 1889. As a result of the canal, the town of Bothwell in Box Elder Co. was named after John R. Bothwell.139
For many years prior to the building of the Bothwell Canal that part of Bear River Valley which is now included in the Bothwell Ward was, with other parts of the valley, used as grazing country for sheep, horses and cattle. But in 1890 a number of people in anticipation of the Bothwell Canal, which was then in course of construction, took up lands under the Homestead and Desert Entry Act. Among the first permanent settlers in the district were John M. Stokes, Andrew Anderson and John L. Hunsaker, who located there in the spring of 1884, in private houses, and a branch of the Church was organized June 14, 1894, at Point Lookout and given the name of Roweville Branch with Joseph M. Stokes as presiding Elder. A school house, 24 by 34 feet, was built in 1895, a post office was established under the name of Roweville post office, with Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Priest as postmistress. On June 26, 1898, the Roweville Branch was organized into a ward named Bothwell, in honor of John R. Bothwell, the builder of the Bothwell Canal, with Joseph Wm. Stokes as Bishop.
Arrived from Liverpool Feb. 10, 1915
Research notes for John Randolph Bothwell
Living in Palo Alto, Santa Clara Co., CA in 1930.
In 1907, John Randolph, Alexandra & John Randolph Jr. arrived in New Orleans from Belize, Belize, aboard the Anselm.
In 1905 they arrived in New Orleans from Puerto Cortes, Honduras.
Accompanied both times by a child named Murray, born abt 1901.
In 1882 (Dec.) he is listed in the Cheyenne Daily Leader as having letters held for him in the post office in Cheyenne. On Nov. 10, 1882, listed as arriving in Cheyenne the day before & staying at the Inter Ocean hotel.
Was one of the individuals named on articles of incorporation filed in Wyoming Territory Dec. 9, 1883, for the Wyoming & Yellowstone Park Railway. Others include L. DuPont (of Delaware DuPonts), L.D. Shoemaker (coal king of Wilkes Barre, PA), James G. Powers, A.R. Converse (Pres. of 1st Nat. Bank of Cheyenne), Col. D.H. Wallace (president of a bank in New Castle, PA), William Hale (governor of Wyo. Territory), and H.L. Palmer. Lines surveyed through Sweetwater, Wind River and Big Horn regions. Road supposedly to connect the coal, iron, soda and petroleum region of W. Wy to the National Park and Montana. JR. was elected Managing Director at the board meeting in New York Dec. 23, 1883.
One newspaper report on the surveying said JR was a brother-in-law of Vanderbuilt. Reported by the Boomerang in the Cheyenne Daily Leader of Oct. 5, 1883.
Aug. 19, 1883, JR and AJ both registered at the Inter Ocean Hotel in Cheyenne, JR from NYC, AJ from San Francisco.
JR filed timber culture claim November, 1884, for 80 acres: n sec 34, 30, 85
John R. Bothwell purchased much of this land in 1888.[14] Bothwell created the Jarvis-Conklin Mortgage and Trust Company with Samuel M. Jarvis and Roland R. Conklin, with $2 million on mortgage bonds
In 1876 there was a Jack Bothwell listed aseditor of the Chicago Courier
May, 1872: was editor of the weekly newspaper in Clarence, Cedar Co., IA, and a delegate to the Liberal Republican State Convention in Davenport. Shortly after the convention, he quit and moved to Chicago and joined the staff of the Chicago Times.
In 1903, visited New Orleans “in search of lands for colonization purposes in Louisiana”, met with J.G. Lee, commissioner, of the Board of Agriculture and Immigration on 3/10/1903 (New Orleans Times-Democrat, 3/11/1903.
Associated with W.W. Goodwin in preliminary work of getting the New Orleans. and Gulf Railway & Navigation Company in shape. a $10 million concern,
In 1907, John Randolph, Alexandra & John Randolph Jr. arrived in New Orleans from Belize, Belize, aboard the Anselm.
In 1905 they arrived in New Orleans from Puerto Cortes, Honduras.
Accompanied both times by a child named Murray, born abt 1901.
In 1882 (Dec.) he is listed in the Cheyenne Daily Leader as having letters held for him in the post office in Cheyenne. On Nov. 10, 1882, listed as arriving in Cheyenne the day before & staying at the Inter Ocean hotel.
Was one of the individuals named on articles of incorporation filed in Wyoming Territory Dec. 9, 1883, for the Wyoming & Yellowstone Park Railway. Others include L. DuPont (of Delaware DuPonts), L.D. Shoemaker (coal king of Wilkes Barre, PA), James G. Powers, A.R. Converse (Pres. of 1st Nat. Bank of Cheyenne), Col. D.H. Wallace (president of a bank in New Castle, PA), William Hale (governor of Wyo. Territory), and H.L. Palmer. Lines surveyed through Sweetwater, Wind River and Big Horn regions. Road supposedly to connect the coal, iron, soda and petroleum region of W. Wy to the National Park and Montana. JR. was elected Managing Director at the board meeting in New York Dec. 23, 1883.
One newspaper report on the surveying said JR was a brother-in-law of Vanderbuilt. Reported by the Boomerang in the Cheyenne Daily Leader of Oct. 5, 1883.
Aug. 19, 1883, JR and AJ both registered at the Inter Ocean Hotel in Cheyenne, JR from NYC, AJ from San Francisco.
JR filed timber culture claim November, 1884, for 80 acres: n sec 34, 30, 85
John R. Bothwell purchased much of this land in 1888.[14] Bothwell created the Jarvis-Conklin Mortgage and Trust Company with Samuel M. Jarvis and Roland R. Conklin, with $2 million on mortgage bonds
In 1876 there was a Jack Bothwell listed aseditor of the Chicago Courier
May, 1872: was editor of the weekly newspaper in Clarence, Cedar Co., IA, and a delegate to the Liberal Republican State Convention in Davenport. Shortly after the convention, he quit and moved to Chicago and joined the staff of the Chicago Times.
In 1903, visited New Orleans “in search of lands for colonization purposes in Louisiana”, met with J.G. Lee, commissioner, of the Board of Agriculture and Immigration on 3/10/1903 (New Orleans Times-Democrat, 3/11/1903.
Associated with W.W. Goodwin in preliminary work of getting the New Orleans. and Gulf Railway & Navigation Company in shape. a $10 million concern,
Research notes for Jean Alexandra “Bobby” Ballam
His third, her first marriage.
Notes for John “Jack” Randolph (Child 1)
John Randolph’s tombstone includes the designation M.C. after his name. This stands for Military Cross, a British decoration created to recognize the gallantry of junior officers in the field.
It appears he was living in Colorado in 1910 with a family named John and Emma Bateman and listed as a nephew.
Note: Death certificate says Kingman, but accident actually occurred near Barry, Arizona.
According to probate records, his residence at time of death was Lewisham, Kent, ENG.
It appears he was living in Colorado in 1910 with a family named John and Emma Bateman and listed as a nephew.
Note: Death certificate says Kingman, but accident actually occurred near Barry, Arizona.
According to probate records, his residence at time of death was Lewisham, Kent, ENG.
Military notes for John “Jack” Randolph (Child 1)
While serving with the Machine Gun Corps, Royal Infantry, in the British Army during WWI, he was awarded the Military Cross while a Temp. 2nd Lt.:
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when commanding machine guns during an attack. By the skillful handling of his guns, he reached the objective with the infantry, and broke up a local counter-attack. Although seriously wounded and under heavy shell fire, he refused to leave his guns, but cleverly changed their position and stopped a fresh enemy counter-attack. By his coolness and absolute fearlessness, he put new life into the defence and inspired all by his magnificant example. He has repeatedly shown the utmost gallantry in previous actions.
He was promoted to Temp. Lt. March 5, 1918 and relinquished his commission on account of ill health caused by wounds Jan. 18, 1919, retaining the rank of Lt.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when commanding machine guns during an attack. By the skillful handling of his guns, he reached the objective with the infantry, and broke up a local counter-attack. Although seriously wounded and under heavy shell fire, he refused to leave his guns, but cleverly changed their position and stopped a fresh enemy counter-attack. By his coolness and absolute fearlessness, he put new life into the defence and inspired all by his magnificant example. He has repeatedly shown the utmost gallantry in previous actions.
He was promoted to Temp. Lt. March 5, 1918 and relinquished his commission on account of ill health caused by wounds Jan. 18, 1919, retaining the rank of Lt.